We took Gracie (7 months old) to the groomer for the first time today.
They had to cut it shorter than I'd probably like for her, but I can take the blame for that. Unfortunately, although I won a few battles against mats, I lost the war. There were just too many of them on her legs to work through. I'm actually ok with it being that short, though, because I know she's been getting very hot here lately, and the weather is only going to get warmer. Also, she's going to the Vet later this week to get spayed, so I wanted her to do the work of shaving her underside ahead of time.
Just another side note, I've mentioned this before but I'll say it again before anyone asks. Gracie was born with a naturally docked tail, so it's only about an inch long. The hair still grows longer on it, so she gets a little "poof", though.
Here's the before picture from a few weeks ago:
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And here are the afters:
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They had to cut it shorter than I'd probably like for her, but I can take the blame for that. Unfortunately, although I won a few battles against mats, I lost the war. There were just too many of them on her legs to work through. I'm actually ok with it being that short, though, because I know she's been getting very hot here lately, and the weather is only going to get warmer. Also, she's going to the Vet later this week to get spayed, so I wanted her to do the work of shaving her underside ahead of time.
Just another side note, I've mentioned this before but I'll say it again before anyone asks. Gracie was born with a naturally docked tail, so it's only about an inch long. The hair still grows longer on it, so she gets a little "poof", though.
Here's the before picture from a few weeks ago:
And here are the afters:
