Jazzie had very long beautiful flowing hair when she came to us, and I kept up on it daily and bathed her every 2 weeks. However, recently things in life have gotten very stressful with my husband having back surgery, my Dad slowly killing himself and my Mom being given less than a year to live. Needless to I'm very stressed and at my wits end and also caring for 3 other furkids that are dogs, 2 other furkids that are cats, and 4 turtles along with the daily grind of things. Jazzie has ALWAYS been very well behaved and let me comb her and bath her, but with everything going on, I haven't been able to keep up with her coat the way I normally did and she started getting matted. I felt so bad for her sitting there while I tried getting the mats out, so, I decided to just cut all her hair short, except for the top knot. To my surprise, she looks just as adorable with short hair as she does with long hair, but I actually think she likes it better short. She wiggles and jiggles and rolls around on the floor like, OH MOM, THIS FEELS GREAT!! I love seeing her so happy and comfortable. I'll let it start growing back out now and see how long it is come winter and how she acts. If life hasn't settled down and I'm not able to keep up on her hair, then I'll keep it short, or if she doesn't like it when it grows out, then I'll keep it short. I do have to say though, my gosh she feels sooooo silky, even more so with short hair.
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~Tracy~ |