Thread: Whiskers??
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Old 10-15-2008, 04:52 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by iluvchewy View Post
good question! my chewy has whiskers, and when i take her to the groomers, they cut them, but i've always wondered if they should be cut or avoided... ? they grow in weird and i'd like to cut them but aren't you not supposed to cut cat whiskers? so, is it ok to cut dog ones? i'm not sure how that works...
Yeah, you're never to cut cat whiskers because they use them for keeping balance and also they can determine if they can squeeze into a space if their whiskers aren't touched when they start to go in a hole. This isn't true for dogs and it's ok to cut them.
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