I've always kept my males with a long coats and shave their bellies all the way up to the rib cage. I also do not leave a pee string as I had more messes and problems with them. Very easy to keep clean.
You can't tell really their bellies are shaved with long coats as the hair on their sides hide the view of their tummies anyways. I don't think the belly hair grows as long or as fast as the rest of their coats so it doesn't seem to make much of a difference in appearance. |