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Originally Posted by Magnus  So you don't trim the hair between their pads as well? I'm trying to picture their little feet looking "natural" but my imagination just sucks... Can you post a picture of your little guy's feet? I'm curious now.. LOL |
Here are the requested piccies. One is of Marcel's paw and the other is Pfeiffer's paw. This is what they look like having
never been cut. You can see that while there is fur there, that their paw pads still make good contact w/ the ground. The hair always seems to stay this exact length too - it just sort of 'trims' itself or something. I also think that fur btwn the individual paw pads is there for a reason - to protect the tender btwn-the-toes area and the edges of the paw pads themselves....so this is also why I leave it natural; it's there for a physiological reason, which I believe is to protect the pads.
That said, to each their own
, and for some it works better to trim...especially if they have to deal w/ mud/dirt a lot (we don't). Living in the desert, our paw concerns are EXTREMELY hot outdoor ground surfaces and prickly things that could stick in their paw pads...the natural hair protects them from both to an extent.