[gemy]

Well... I think I know the video .. maybe it is geared to the European market. Not sure, but here in Canada and the USA it is not allowed to "dye" use enhances even color washes to change the coat. How-ever proving it is another bag of tell.

For the rat tail comb, you never use this on a young or unstable dog around their eyes. In that video the dog is obviously very quiet and used to the process of grooming.

My show boy Razzle - does indeed live a "normal" life, but at a certain cost to his coat. I always try to ameroliate that with very high quality grooming products, but his furnishings are not as robust as what they could be. This has been a trade off I've made as now he has an Agility Certificate 2



I would never, ever dye my dog who has an incorrect colour, but I will and have between shows, used protective products on my dogs coat to protect from sun and water damage.

With black coats sun will fade color and also bring out red in the coat. Hence the spf products and the color enhancers. These products will put around the hair shaft a barrier to repel sun's rays. With my black coated dogs they have before swimming and long exposure to the sun a minkoil spray put on the coat with spf and further oiling on their furnishings.

Razz is covered with his wrapping jacket and oiled of course within his wraps, he can go out into the sun with a little more impunity.

Dyeing the coat of whatever breed to cover an imperfection in coat color in all breeds is usually a DQ.

Do some exhibitors take license and perhaps dye their dogs? For sure. But this is not an acceptable or condoned practice by ethical breeders/exhibitors.