My childhood longhair got a partial shave every summer - some of his fur was so long that his neck wasn't long enough to clean it, and he'd get all sweaty and matty and sad, even when we brushed him.
He was a sight - they left his lower legs, his tail, and the upper part of his ruff, ostensibly on the theory that that was what he could see and therefore wouldn't freak out about all his fur being gone. Dubious, but he was pretty dim. Sweet, but dumb as a box of donuts.
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Date: 2007-12-07 02:48 pm (UTC)He was a sight - they left his lower legs, his tail, and the upper part of his ruff, ostensibly on the theory that that was what he could see and therefore wouldn't freak out about all his fur being gone. Dubious, but he was pretty dim. Sweet, but dumb as a box of donuts.