I'm so sorry your groomer misunderstood how you wanted Ella's hair cut. It happened to me years ago, and it's very upsetting. The good news is that the hair usually grows in nicer once it has been shaved. My Katie is bigger than your baby,
probably about ten inches tall. It really depends also on whether Ella has a silky or more cottony coat. Katie's hair is silky, which takes longer to grow, but it is unusually thick for a silk coat. I live fairly close to you, and Katie is much too hot in the summer with her hair long. She is so much happier with her hair shorter, so I cut her hair, and even in the winter she does better. She has a few cashmere sweaters that keep her warm on our long walks, and her jackets and coats are made for winters in Finland. Sometimes when the temperature is well below freezing, I layer a cashmere sweater under her coats. She is definitely warm enough, even for walks that are two to three miles in weather I find really cold. I'm posting from my iPad, which only allows one photo to post, so I will have to post my photos separately which will show how much hair grew when Katie's flank was shaved.
This first photo was taken the weekend she just joined our family. She was with her breeder for her first three years. Her other mom gave her this haircut before she left. It was taken Mother's Day weekend 2012. |