On a particularly frigid September morning, we started our trek. It only looks like I abandoned him in the woods at night – I swear it was just unnaturally dark that morning, and he left the trails with me.
Also, he isn’t a zombie…
It was cold out – I was beginning to have my doubts about the plan. It’s only going to get colder!
I mean, look at that gorgeously hairy beast – he should clearly stay the same, for always!
He disagreed. Last winter was unusually warm, and he spent most of his indoor time sealing drafts. I suspect our overall house-heating-efficiency was increased just by the dog’s naps.
but how will I entertain myself without his full head of hair?
The arguments for won out in the end – Gwynn got a fall haircut. He’s been wiggling along to LMFAO ever since, like a toddler who drank a supersized coffee and a fistfull of pixie sticks in one go, and is now running around naked in the front yard. He lost his fur coat and he’s raring to go.
“When I walk on by, girls be looking like damn he fly”
“This is how I roll, come on ladies it’s time to go”
“When I walk in the spot (yeah), this is what I see (ok)
Everybody stops and they staring at me”
he’s sexy and he knows it
Kristine
/ September 26, 2012Gwynn looks beautiful either way, but he does look a lot more free with a shorter coat. He must feel like he’s lost a ton of weight!
lexy3587
/ September 27, 2012I really should have done it earlier in the summer – he’s really got a lot more energy since losing his coat, and not just because cutting off his fur seemed to be the official start of cold-weather
I’m going to have to increase the regularity of cuts, I think. Though he’ll still have all winter to grow it out before the next one – I’ve decided that this winter, we WILL have actual winter weather… and snow!
2browndawgs
/ September 27, 2012He really looks different and look at that tail!
lexy3587
/ October 11, 2012she keeps the tail long for me because I love it so much
it’s like a banner and a pompom had a baby
Jodi Stone
/ September 28, 2012He sure is sexy and he does know it.
Misty Shores Chesapeakes
/ September 28, 2012Wow what a difference, he is so cute
kateshrewsday
/ October 1, 2012True canine charisma, Lexy!
Emily Okaty Wilson
/ October 3, 2012Our groomer actually told us that breeds with hair versus fur are actually warmer with a shorter coat. It keeps the heat closer to the body apparently. Luna is cut pretty short in the winter and I let it be all beach crazy in the summer. I’m crushin’ on your dog.
lexy3587
/ October 11, 2012interesting – it’s the opposite to how I go with Gwynn. I definitely notice his energy levels go up when I cut his coat, though, especially when it’s really warm out. It might be because he does have an undercoat as well as a hair coat – he’s got a weird combination fur that doesn’t apply fully to the hair-coat theory.