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blinkythefish
424 posts
126 months
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Pooch has broken her leg:  and is slowly going stir crazy while on cage rest......
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keslake
311 posts
75 months
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Couple of my 11 Stone of stupidness :-) Travelling down the River Lea on the Boat  Making himself comfy on the sofa. 
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Rouleur
Original Poster
4,417 posts
58 months
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Paddy_N_Murphy
15,129 posts
53 months
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Rouleur - I have always loved that Springer of yours !!!
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supersingle
2,048 posts
88 months
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Busted! 
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Steamer
8,848 posts
82 months
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No, no dodgy doggy internet business going on there! Thats a look of absolute innocence! 
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FourWheelDrift
56,398 posts
153 months
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Did someone mention cookies on the laptop?
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Rouleur
Original Poster
4,417 posts
58 months
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Paddy_N_Murphy said: Rouleur - I have always loved that Springer of yours !!! Thanks. He loves you too!
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parakitaMol.
10,059 posts
120 months
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chrismcg1 said: Apologies for camera phone quality - this is Bella!  Lovely cuteness!
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parakitaMol.
10,059 posts
120 months
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kVA said: You know what they say about "mad dogs and Englishmen"?
ETA: The more you clip them, the more the coat will grow (bit like us shaving really), so you could actually be making the problem worse by doing this routinely... Are you quite sure that this an actual fact.... or an old wives tale and complete and utter nonsense???? 
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kVA
2,122 posts
74 months
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parakitaMol. said: kVA said: You know what they say about "mad dogs and Englishmen"?
ETA: The more you clip them, the more the coat will grow (bit like us shaving really), so you could actually be making the problem worse by doing this routinely... Are you quite sure that this an actual fact.... or an old wives tale and complete and utter nonsense???? Well, a friend of a good mate, whose neighbours once had sheep, said it was true, so I believed them...  However, I have been told this is true by lots of people who do clip their dogs and I also know of a few dog groomers that are very grateful for this fact. It's nothing to do with chemicals in the hair or skin or anything like that, it's just the dog tries to manage its own coat to keep it at the right temperature: So, if you clip it really close, it grows back to keep warm(maybe not if you live in the Sahara, but even there it gets cold at night sometimes - so dogs that sleep outside at night will still grow some coat back. With double-coated breeds, like my shepherds, you should never ever clip them: The warmth comes from the wool coat underneath - and this is what they shed in summer - but they need the outer coat for wind, water and sun protection (it's a bit like us wearing a waterproof jacket or a long-sleeved shirt in the hot sun): If you clip them, they lose all that protection and are in serious danger of getting hypothermia on an unseasonably cold, wet day or sunstroke/sunburn on a very hot one. Not too sure about retrievers - don't know if they are single or double coated?
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FourWheelDrift
56,398 posts
153 months
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Golden Retrievers are double coated.
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parakitaMol.
10,059 posts
120 months
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Yes, groomers may delight in the fact that once coat has been clipped it may need to be tidied as it is more obvious that it is out of shape.... however, cutting hair, human or otherwise does not increase growth, length, thickness or speed.
Blunt ends of hair makes it appear thicker than the natural tapered ends of uncut hair. Thats all.
Otherwise bald men all over the world would simply shave their shiny pate and no longer be bald.
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kVA
2,122 posts
74 months
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parakitaMol. said: Yes, groomers may delight in the fact that once coat has been clipped it may need to be tidied as it is more obvious that it is out of shape.... however, cutting hair, human or otherwise does not increase growth, length, thickness or speed.
Blunt ends of hair makes it appear thicker than the natural tapered ends of uncut hair. Thats all.
Otherwise bald men all over the world would simply shave their shiny pate and no longer be bald. As I said - it's nothing to do with the hair itself... It is an animal regulating its own body temperature - it's a neurological thing. If we went around naked all the time, pretty soon I reckon we would become hirsute again ourselves - evolving to keep warm. As for human hair - we don't rely on that small area of skin to maintain our body temperature, so the hair is 95% cosmetic and our brain doesn't need to tell it to grow back to keep us warm!
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kVA
2,122 posts
74 months
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FourWheelDrift said: Golden Retrievers are double coated. Ah, I thought it looked that way: In which case, you really should never clip them at all. Or, if you do, you should put a waterproof coat on them when walking on a cool wet day and keep them out of the sun. I have to say, I'm surprised the dog groomer didn't advise you about that (but maybe the income was more important) I use an undercoat rake on mine at this time of year - tons of the stuff comes out (all fluffy warm soft stuff - brilliant to stuff dog beds with, as it happens ) and they get to keep their 'overcoat', which looks fantastic, keeps them dry when it's wet and cool when it's hot 
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FourWheelDrift
56,398 posts
153 months
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Ps. iPhone photo of hair shaving discussion. "You're not having my hair shaved off!" Retriever-collie cross, very cross actually Imagine an intelligent herder retriever. Nightmare 
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Cupramax
2,939 posts
121 months
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Great combo and far too clever for their own good, heres my (sadly no longer with us) Collie/Flat coated retreiver cross. 
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Adenauer
8,903 posts
105 months
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Well, I don't think he looks very unhappy  
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HeavySoul
3,659 posts
88 months
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Adenauer said: Well, I don't think he looks very unhappy He looks very content if you ask me I know my dog loves having his coat taken off - he acts like a puppy again and generally is much happier and more active.
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mig25_foxbat2003
1,513 posts
80 months
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