Fur Cut

Summer is coming and it is starting to warm up.  Which means lots and lots of shedding.  Fortunately, my sister Becky came for a visit and gave us all sorts of great tips on doggy fur.  Who knew there was such a thing as a perpetually shedding undercoat that's soft as silk and staticky as cling wrap?

We ended up going to Petsmart and getting one of those super heavy duty steal brushes.  And oh man, is it fantastic!  It pulls all that nasty fur right out!  And her coat ends up looking fabulous.  Of course, we went back to Petsmart later and got some clippers to do a little trimming.  Ok, a lot of trimming.  It's ok!  It looks a lot better than those hack jobs I used to do on Suki.  And we left her poof tail, so she looks like a little fluffy poodle or something.  The good thing is, we will have an easier time grooming her, she won't be boiling in the summer, and we won't notice her hair everywhere as much.

Only thing is, the silly vet we took her to to ask about her acid reflux told us shaving her coat off would ruin it.  We are hoping we didn't shave it too much to cause damage.  Apparently Nordic dogs have very finicky fur.  We'll see what happens as it starts to grow out again.  Then again, that woman was probably the most boisterous idiot we have ever met in our lives......we were wondering if she gagged and tied up the real vet.  The whole first 15 minutes of our visit was a bad infomercial about heart worm medicine, without a brand name or price attached.  No "hi how are you?" or "so what are we seeing you for today?"......then it went straight into preschool talk about doggies and acupuncture.  Maybe people who work with animals all day assume everyone is as dumb as a puppy.....but all we walked out of there thinking was that she had the IQ of a pancake.

Anyhoo, back to Nordic fur......hahahaha, we're very happy with our grooming purchases, and Korra looks adorable.