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Location: MD | You can call me Penny Post-a-lot today! The temps here have been moderate, but humidity has been kind of brutal!
I brush and groom my boy most everyday(brush at least) and bathe him regularly (once or twice a month) but I'm having lots of trouble keeping up with all of his booty hairs! I've heard some have troubles with the re-growth of aussie hair, and it not growing back right. How true is this, if I get a professional groomer is this less likely to happen? I'm not saying shave him bald, but clip him down for the summer season to help mow through the matting I keep running into. On top of the thick humid air, I feel like this might be an option for us this summer?
For reference, I love my dog dearly, he is just a tried and true farm dog and will roll in anything messy and sticky, i would have to brush him 4 times a day to keep the tangles from gathering up. And only a professional dog groomer is touching him, not myself. I only clip his toe hairs and do trimmings around his face and body. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I have a Aussie too and she is a farm dog, she's so pretty, but once a year I will take her in and have her thick hair shaved off, its just to hot and humid for her to have all that super thick hair and she loves to swim in our tank/pond so I like to keep her shaved during the summer months, I dont have the time to be grooming and bathing her so I rather her be cooler with short hair.
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Location: A roping pen near you!! | I am a groomer and I have a mini Aussie. That being said I reccomend you shave his feathers front and back and shave his belly from between his front legs all the way to the rear. This will keep him cool and a lot less hair to deal with. And he will need his top coat to help keep him cool you can just thin it out. I do this to a lot of farm dogs, they still look like a Aussie and they are cooler. But I have also shaved some totally down short. What ever the client wants. |
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| We live in South Texas and my sister raises standard Aussies. Per our vet she has never shaved her Aussies bodies, but she has shaved their tummies. Our vet told us that their undercoat was insulation in the winter and air conditioner in the summer. She does keep a kiddie pool with cool water out for them and they have plenty of shade, too. Right now she has a litter and she keeps a fan on them in the heat of the day. I worked a grooming and boarding facility for several years and we did have a few customers that shaved their Aussies. The vet felt that with our prolific bug population, it was better for them to have their hair for added protection. My sister has all her dogs on Heartworm prevention and flea and tick protection too. |
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Location: White Mountains of AZ | Crowned Image - 2015-06-09 8:21 AM
You can call me Penny Post-a-lot today! The temps here have been moderate, but humidity has been kind of brutal!
I brush and groom my boy most everyday(brush at least) and bathe him regularly (once or twice a month) but I'm having lots of trouble keeping up with all of his booty hairs! I've heard some have troubles with the re-growth of aussie hair, and it not growing back right. How true is this, if I get a professional groomer is this less likely to happen? I'm not saying shave him bald, but clip him down for the summer season to help mow through the matting I keep running into. On top of the thick humid air, I feel like this might be an option for us this summer?
For reference, I love my dog dearly, he is just a tried and true farm dog and will roll in anything messy and sticky, i would have to brush him 4 times a day to keep the tangles from gathering up. And only a professional dog groomer is touching him, not myself. I only clip his toe hairs and do trimmings around his face and body.
Their hair acts as a cooler/heater for them. I would definetly not shave my Aussies. For that reason, and the fact that their fur will not come back the same. As long as you can maintain their coat, they should be just fine. My Aussies do the same thing with the rolling and swimming if I brush them out weekly or so, they do just fine! but this is my 2 cents :) |
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Location: MD | GLP - 2015-06-09 11:32 AM
We live in South Texas and my sister raises standard Aussies. Per our vet she has never shaved her Aussies bodies, but she has shaved their tummies. Our vet told us that their undercoat was insulation in the winter and air conditioner in the summer. She does keep a kiddie pool with cool water out for them and they have plenty of shade, too. Right now she has a litter and she keeps a fan on them in the heat of the day. I worked a grooming and boarding facility for several years and we did have a few customers that shaved their Aussies. The vet felt that with our prolific bug population, it was better for them to have their hair for added protection. My sister has all her dogs on Heartworm prevention and flea and tick protection too.
as I live within 5 miles from the Shenandoah, our bugs are ridiculous! I never thought of that!
Will get him a Belly & Feathers clip. I'm sure that will give him some extra relief. He's so spoiled, I have an extra fan that I leave on the floor in the barn for him (and other doggy visitors)
Thanks for the info all, I for sure don't want to jeopardize the integrity of his natural coping mechanisms! |
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Location: Missouri | I have a 14 year old Aussie and temps here are now in the 90s. I shaved her completely down. She runs around now and feels so much better. I use to be against it but I felt horrible on those 100 degree days when she couldn't cool off. I would go with the stomach shave and see if it works and go from there. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | By the time it starts getting cold her hair has grown back in, I feel here in South Texas its just to hot from these long/thicked hair dogs to be comfortable so we just shave her shes not a show dog and dont live in the house and I really think she is a lot happier after she gets home from the groomer. |
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Location: MD | Southtxponygirl - 2015-06-09 11:51 AM
By the time it starts getting cold her hair has grown back in, I feel here in South Texas its just to hot from these long/thicked hair dogs to be comfortable so we just shave her shes not a show dog and dont live in the house and I really think she is a lot happier after she gets home from the groomer.
I have a feeling TX is a hair hotter then MD ;) He's also a house dog so I don't feel TOO bad for him since he is pretty darn well catered to. If I was in your spot I would probably be having him looking like a naked mole rat! lol! :) |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Crowned Image - 2015-06-09 11:03 AM Southtxponygirl - 2015-06-09 11:51 AM By the time it starts getting cold her hair has grown back in, I feel here in South Texas its just to hot from these long/thicked hair dogs to be comfortable so we just shave her shes not a show dog and dont live in the house and I really think she is a lot happier after she gets home from the groomer. I have a feeling TX is a hair hotter then MD ; ) He's also a house dog so I don't feel TOO bad for him since he is pretty darn well catered to. If I was in your spot I would probably be having him looking like a naked mole rat! lol! : )
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Location: MD | Southtxponygirl - 2015-06-09 12:08 PM
Crowned Image - 2015-06-09 11:03 AM Southtxponygirl - 2015-06-09 11:51 AM By the time it starts getting cold her hair has grown back in, I feel here in South Texas its just to hot from these long/thicked hair dogs to be comfortable so we just shave her shes not a show dog and dont live in the house and I really think she is a lot happier after she gets home from the groomer. I have a feeling TX is a hair hotter then MD ; ) He's also a house dog so I don't feel TOO bad for him since he is pretty darn well catered to. If I was in your spot I would probably be having him looking like a naked mole rat! lol! : )
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| We have an Alaskan Malamute and we shave him naked every summer. It's just way too hot not to. I've been told the same thing by people, that it keeps them cool in the summer, but in my opinion that's b.s. I tell them to go put a parka on and sit outside, see how cool they are! I think the only way it would keep him cool is if it stayed wet and he laid where the wind would hit him, but since he can't stay wet 24/7 that doesn't work. It acts like insulation, which holds things in, and since dogs aren't like homes or cars with air conditioning, the only thing being held in is heat! All I know is after his initial embarrassment of being naked he acts like he feels ten times better....
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| We don't shave our aussie, but we cut her pretty short … she's much happier … of course she's primarily an inside dog and is afraid of cattle … so she might just be strange.
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Location: Where I am happiest | We have 4 aussies. We shaved one 2 years ago and I'll never do that again. She has a very thick coat and really nice and shiney. She is a tri. It took untill this year for her coat to be back to normal. It was just awful after shaving her, and yes, she was actually hotter that summer. We do clip their bellys though. Mostly because of all the junk twigs and sticker weeds and ocasional foxtail they pick up in their hair running all the property. |
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Location: MN | I have a mini Aussie and she goes to professional groom and gets her leg feathers,belly and back end shave down all the time. The back end is not cut that short, I would say it is left 2"-3" long, otherwise her backend looks like long flowing mane. She goes every 2-3 months, depending on where she is at blowing out her under coat. |
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Location: NE Texas | Southtxponygirl - 2015-06-09 10:28 AM
I have a Aussie too and she is a farm dog, she's so pretty, but once a year I will take her in and have her thick hair shaved off, its just to hot and humid for her to have all that super thick hair and she loves to swim in our tank/pond so I like to keep her shaved during the summer months, I dont have the time to be grooming and bathing her so I rather her be cooler with short hair.
Ditto - my old Aussie gal got shaved on Saturday. She is inside and my vacuum thanks Petsmart and she is happier!! |
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Location: NE Texas | ThreeCorners - 2015-06-09 12:38 PM
We have 4 aussies. We shaved one 2 years ago and I'll never do that again. She has a very thick coat and really nice and shiney. She is a tri. It took untill this year for her coat to be back to normal. It was just awful after shaving her, and yes, she was actually hotter that summer. We do clip their bellys though. Mostly because of all the junk twigs and sticker weeds and ocasional foxtail they pick up in their hair running all the property.
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Location: NE Texas | QH<3er - 2015-06-09 10:48 AM
Crowned Image - 2015-06-09 8:21 AM
You can call me Penny Post-a-lot today! The temps here have been moderate, but humidity has been kind of brutal!
I brush and groom my boy most everyday(brush at least) and bathe him regularly (once or twice a month) but I'm having lots of trouble keeping up with all of his booty hairs! I've heard some have troubles with the re-growth of aussie hair, and it not growing back right. How true is this, if I get a professional groomer is this less likely to happen? I'm not saying shave him bald, but clip him down for the summer season to help mow through the matting I keep running into. On top of the thick humid air, I feel like this might be an option for us this summer?
For reference, I love my dog dearly, he is just a tried and true farm dog and will roll in anything messy and sticky, i would have to brush him 4 times a day to keep the tangles from gathering up. And only a professional dog groomer is touching him, not myself. I only clip his toe hairs and do trimmings around his face and body.
Their hair acts as a cooler/heater for them. I would definetly not shave my Aussies. For that reason, and the fact that their fur will not come back the same. As long as you can maintain their coat, they should be just fine. My Aussies do the same thing with the rolling and swimming if I brush them out weekly or so, they do just fine! but this is my 2 cents : )
Someone needs to tell mine she is cooler with the hair. My old gal runs around like a pup once her hair is shaved with this texas heat. I'm a fan of shaving once a year....she looks great! Lemme see if I can get a pic to upload... |
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Location: NC | Have an aussie mix (aussie x beagle,yes a wierd combo!!) who i have now started to shave down come spring/summer. Hes 8 this year,his hair always comes back fine and he enjoys it. I dont clip him to his skin but take down some of his hair. Before i would clip him he would get almost a summer rash on his hind end every summer |
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Location: NE Texas | reese_tx - 2015-06-09 1:38 PM
QH<3er - 2015-06-09 10:48 AM
Crowned Image - 2015-06-09 8:21 AM
You can call me Penny Post-a-lot today! The temps here have been moderate, but humidity has been kind of brutal!
I brush and groom my boy most everyday(brush at least) and bathe him regularly (once or twice a month) but I'm having lots of trouble keeping up with all of his booty hairs! I've heard some have troubles with the re-growth of aussie hair, and it not growing back right. How true is this, if I get a professional groomer is this less likely to happen? I'm not saying shave him bald, but clip him down for the summer season to help mow through the matting I keep running into. On top of the thick humid air, I feel like this might be an option for us this summer?
For reference, I love my dog dearly, he is just a tried and true farm dog and will roll in anything messy and sticky, i would have to brush him 4 times a day to keep the tangles from gathering up. And only a professional dog groomer is touching him, not myself. I only clip his toe hairs and do trimmings around his face and body.
Their hair acts as a cooler/heater for them. I would definetly not shave my Aussies. For that reason, and the fact that their fur will not come back the same. As long as you can maintain their coat, they should be just fine. My Aussies do the same thing with the rolling and swimming if I brush them out weekly or so, they do just fine! but this is my 2 cents : )
Someone needs to tell mine she is cooler with the hair. My old gal runs around like a pup once her hair is shaved with this texas heat. I'm a fan of shaving once a year....she looks great! Lemme see if I can get a pic to upload...
Here is my approx 12 year old rescuer Aussie... I've had her going on 11 years. |
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reese_tx - 2015-06-09 1:38 PM
QH<3er - 2015-06-09 10:48 AM
Crowned Image - 2015-06-09 8:21 AM
You can call me Penny Post-a-lot today! The temps here have been moderate, but humidity has been kind of brutal!
I brush and groom my boy most everyday(brush at least) and bathe him regularly (once or twice a month) but I'm having lots of trouble keeping up with all of his booty hairs! I've heard some have troubles with the re-growth of aussie hair, and it not growing back right. How true is this, if I get a professional groomer is this less likely to happen? I'm not saying shave him bald, but clip him down for the summer season to help mow through the matting I keep running into. On top of the thick humid air, I feel like this might be an option for us this summer?
For reference, I love my dog dearly, he is just a tried and true farm dog and will roll in anything messy and sticky, i would have to brush him 4 times a day to keep the tangles from gathering up. And only a professional dog groomer is touching him, not myself. I only clip his toe hairs and do trimmings around his face and body.
Their hair acts as a cooler/heater for them. I would definetly not shave my Aussies. For that reason, and the fact that their fur will not come back the same. As long as you can maintain their coat, they should be just fine. My Aussies do the same thing with the rolling and swimming if I brush them out weekly or so, they do just fine! but this is my 2 cents : )
Someone needs to tell mine she is cooler with the hair. My old gal runs around like a pup once her hair is shaved with this texas heat. I'm a fan of shaving once a year....she looks great! Lemme see if I can get a pic to upload...
Here is my approx 12 year old rescuer Aussie... I've had her going on 11 years.
Never mind....I hate posting pics on this site. Too much trouble resize and get it exactly right for the server gods to accept. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | reese_tx - 2015-06-09 1:34 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-06-09 10:28 AM I have a Aussie too and she is a farm dog, she's so pretty, but once a year I will take her in and have her thick hair shaved off, its just to hot and humid for her to have all that super thick hair and she loves to swim in our tank/pond so I like to keep her shaved during the summer months, I dont have the time to be grooming and bathing her so I rather her be cooler with short hair. Ditto - my old Aussie gal got shaved on Saturday. She is inside and my vacuum thanks Petsmart and she is happier!!
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reese_tx - 2015-06-09 1:34 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-06-09 10:28 AM I have a Aussie too and she is a farm dog, she's so pretty, but once a year I will take her in and have her thick hair shaved off, its just to hot and humid for her to have all that super thick hair and she loves to swim in our tank/pond so I like to keep her shaved during the summer months, I dont have the time to be grooming and bathing her so I rather her be cooler with short hair. Ditto - my old Aussie gal got shaved on Saturday. She is inside and my vacuum thanks Petsmart and she is happier!!
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Email it to me.
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | reese_tx - 2015-06-09 1:58 PM total performance - 2015-06-09 1:56 PM Email it to me. Yes ma'am... Mole rat pole? Lol
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Later on today when I can get around to it I will take a picture of Puppie {My Aussie's name} and post it she looks so much more happier once she get's shaved. Its only once a year and just had it done last Thusday. |
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Location: Georgia | I shave my minis down once the night temps get warmer than 65. They love it and their hair grows thicker in the winter when they're shaved once a year. Unfortunately they do look like skinned rats. |
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | reese_tx - 2015-06-09 1:54 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-06-09 1:49 PM reese_tx - 2015-06-09 1:34 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-06-09 10:28 AM I have a Aussie too and she is a farm dog, she's so pretty, but once a year I will take her in and have her thick hair shaved off, its just to hot and humid for her to have all that super thick hair and she loves to swim in our tank/pond so I like to keep her shaved during the summer months, I dont have the time to be grooming and bathing her so I rather her be cooler with short hair. Ditto - my old Aussie gal got shaved on Saturday. She is inside and my vacuum thanks Petsmart and she is happier!! Nope. Or maybe she does but not to me? Lol....
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | total performance - 2015-06-09 2:07 PM reese_tx - 2015-06-09 1:54 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-06-09 1:49 PM reese_tx - 2015-06-09 1:34 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-06-09 10:28 AM I have a Aussie too and she is a farm dog, she's so pretty, but once a year I will take her in and have her thick hair shaved off, its just to hot and humid for her to have all that super thick hair and she loves to swim in our tank/pond so I like to keep her shaved during the summer months, I dont have the time to be grooming and bathing her so I rather her be cooler with short hair. Ditto - my old Aussie gal got shaved on Saturday. She is inside and my vacuum thanks Petsmart and she is happier!! Nope. Or maybe she does but not to me? Lol....
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | ktbracer - 2015-06-09 2:11 PM I have 9 Aussies and I shave them all and they love it! But don't shave them until at least a year old.
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | So we have a Toy Aussie, is it OK to clip her? She's very much a diva and isn't outside constantly. |
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reese_tx - 2015-06-09 1:54 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-06-09 1:49 PM reese_tx - 2015-06-09 1:34 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-06-09 10:28 AM I have a Aussie too and she is a farm dog, she's so pretty, but once a year I will take her in and have her thick hair shaved off, its just to hot and humid for her to have all that super thick hair and she loves to swim in our tank/pond so I like to keep her shaved during the summer months, I dont have the time to be grooming and bathing her so I rather her be cooler with short hair. Ditto - my old Aussie gal got shaved on Saturday. She is inside and my vacuum thanks Petsmart and she is happier!! Nope. Or maybe she does but not to me? Lol....
That's my old gal! She is a mess! Even in her old age. We call her the 'fun police' bc she's barks if we talk too loud or dance....or any fast movements actually. Lol.....she likes her 'sheep' to be quiet. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | reese_tx - 2015-06-09 2:20 PM total performance - 2015-06-09 2:07 PM reese_tx - 2015-06-09 1:54 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-06-09 1:49 PM reese_tx - 2015-06-09 1:34 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-06-09 10:28 AM I have a Aussie too and she is a farm dog, she's so pretty, but once a year I will take her in and have her thick hair shaved off, its just to hot and humid for her to have all that super thick hair and she loves to swim in our tank/pond so I like to keep her shaved during the summer months, I dont have the time to be grooming and bathing her so I rather her be cooler with short hair. Ditto - my old Aussie gal got shaved on Saturday. She is inside and my vacuum thanks Petsmart and she is happier!! Nope. Or maybe she does but not to me? Lol.... That's my old gal! She is a mess! Even in her old age. We call her the 'fun police' bc she's barks if we talk too loud or dance....or any fast movements actually. Lol.....she likes her 'sheep' to be quiet.
Ha ha ha ha thats funny about her being the fun police, all my old Aussie likes to do is guard the food bowl, but she does like to go swiming.. |
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Location: on my horse | The trainer I used to ride for had a standard Aussie and we shaved her down every summer, she felt way better was more active and I never noticed her hair growing in weird at all, it looked just like normal soft shiny and same color as always. I wouldn't hesitate to shave, I have a corgi/schnauzer cross (she looks like a corgi with ratty schnauzer hair) and she gets a full unprofessional shave down every summer too and by fall she's just as fluffy and ratty looking as usual, we call her Pig. |
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Location: NE Texas | Southtxponygirl - 2015-06-09 2:24 PM
reese_tx - 2015-06-09 2:20 PM total performance - 2015-06-09 2:07 PM reese_tx - 2015-06-09 1:54 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-06-09 1:49 PM reese_tx - 2015-06-09 1:34 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-06-09 10:28 AM I have a Aussie too and she is a farm dog, she's so pretty, but once a year I will take her in and have her thick hair shaved off, its just to hot and humid for her to have all that super thick hair and she loves to swim in our tank/pond so I like to keep her shaved during the summer months, I dont have the time to be grooming and bathing her so I rather her be cooler with short hair. Ditto - my old Aussie gal got shaved on Saturday. She is inside and my vacuum thanks Petsmart and she is happier!! Nope. Or maybe she does but not to me? Lol.... That's my old gal! She is a mess! Even in her old age. We call her the 'fun police' bc she's barks if we talk too loud or dance....or any fast movements actually. Lol.....she likes her 'sheep' to be quiet.
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | reese_tx - 2015-06-09 2:33 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-06-09 2:24 PM reese_tx - 2015-06-09 2:20 PM total performance - 2015-06-09 2:07 PM reese_tx - 2015-06-09 1:54 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-06-09 1:49 PM reese_tx - 2015-06-09 1:34 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-06-09 10:28 AM I have a Aussie too and she is a farm dog, she's so pretty, but once a year I will take her in and have her thick hair shaved off, its just to hot and humid for her to have all that super thick hair and she loves to swim in our tank/pond so I like to keep her shaved during the summer months, I dont have the time to be grooming and bathing her so I rather her be cooler with short hair. Ditto - my old Aussie gal got shaved on Saturday. She is inside and my vacuum thanks Petsmart and she is happier!! Nope. Or maybe she does but not to me? Lol.... That's my old gal! She is a mess! Even in her old age. We call her the 'fun police' bc she's barks if we talk too loud or dance....or any fast movements actually. Lol.....she likes her 'sheep' to be quiet. Mine loves the water too! In her younger days she would tube behind the boat. No lie.
Befor Puppie gets shaved and she goes swiming her whole body stays above the water, she floats with all that hair and when she would get out of the water she had a hard time shaking the water off cause I think she was like a sponge and was to heavy with water in her fur to shake the water out, but once she does get shaved her body does go under the water line and she can shake, lol.. |
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reese_tx - 2015-06-09 1:54 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-06-09 1:49 PM reese_tx - 2015-06-09 1:34 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-06-09 10:28 AM I have a Aussie too and she is a farm dog, she's so pretty, but once a year I will take her in and have her thick hair shaved off, its just to hot and humid for her to have all that super thick hair and she loves to swim in our tank/pond so I like to keep her shaved during the summer months, I dont have the time to be grooming and bathing her so I rather her be cooler with short hair. Ditto - my old Aussie gal got shaved on Saturday. She is inside and my vacuum thanks Petsmart and she is happier!! Nope. Or maybe she does but not to me? Lol....
That's my old gal! She is a mess! Even in her old age. We call her the 'fun police' bc she's barks if we talk too loud or dance....or any fast movements actually. Lol.....she likes her 'sheep' to be quiet.
This is funny! I have a Heeler JUST like this! |
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I'll be helping to do a "hunter clip" on my in-laws Aussie this weekend. It will be his first experience with the clippers so we will just do underbelly and trim up legs etc. If he stays cool enough we will just go with that...if not we will go for the full clip. But I warned them...seeing him fully shaved would show them just how chubby he is!
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Location: Texas | My grandpa has a mini Aussie. I some how got volunteered to shave his dog lol. Anyway She was getting too hot and even though he brushes her all the time she was getting a lot of junk in her hair. So I shaved her belly down. It wasn't pretty by any means but I kept the hair on the side so it hung down enough that you couldn't even tell her belly was clipped from the front legs to the back. Then I also trim up the long hair on her legs to make it easier for him to manage. He said it helped her a lot, and he has been calling me to come out and do it again. |
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Location: The edge of no where | total performance - 2015-06-09 2:18 PM So we have a Toy Aussie, is it OK to clip her? She's very much a diva and isn't outside constantly.
I clip mine.... My house stays much cleaner and the dogs seem happier. They do look ridiculous and the dog trainer was horrified....but it grows back and as long I give them lots of love, they don't care what they look like. My dogs live on the furniture and ride in the truck, it's just so much easier to clean up less dog hair. Mine are only outside when I am...really hot days, they'll punk out and want to go hang out in the house with the a/c.
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Location: Oregon | I shaved my little mini Aussie for the first time. I was worried that he would be upset but her was so much happier and proud of himself. My house is so much cleaner too! I don't know why I hadn't ever done it before.
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Location: The edge of no where | ~rodeojunkie~ - 2015-06-10 11:45 AM I shaved my little mini Aussie for the first time. I was worried that he would be upset but her was so much happier and proud of himself. My house is so much cleaner too! I don't know why I hadn't ever done it before.
She's so pretty.....love the red merles. |
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Location: Oregon | MS2011 - 2015-06-10 12:10 PM
~rodeojunkie~ - 2015-06-10 11:45 AM I shaved my little mini Aussie for the first time. I was worried that he would be upset but her was so much happier and proud of himself. My house is so much cleaner too! I don't know why I hadn't ever done it before.
She's so pretty.....love the red merles.
Thank you. He looks like a bird dog to me now. |
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | MS2011 - 2015-06-10 9:10 AM total performance - 2015-06-09 2:18 PM So we have a Toy Aussie, is it OK to clip her? She's very much a diva and isn't outside constantly. I clip mine.... My house stays much cleaner and the dogs seem happier. They do look ridiculous and the dog trainer was horrified....but it grows back and as long I give them lots of love, they don't care what they look like. My dogs live on the furniture and ride in the truck, it's just so much easier to clean up less dog hair. Mine are only outside when I am...really hot days, they'll punk out and want to go hang out in the house with the a/c.
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