Oscar had one GIANT matt under his chin - all of his beard hair was caught up in it and it was a lost cause trying to brush through it. The matt was there when I first brought him home and finally at 7mths I told the vet to shave it off when they had him sedated for his neuter! He looked so strange at first, but now I like it... I'll likely keep the chin hair short. But, I'm also finding that now with that matt gone, I can easily comb through it every day - which should prevent matts in the future if I stay on top of it. I keep the hair in his 'armpits' trimmed short too - it gets matted from his harness and just from walking and you don't see it anyways, so it's much easier to just keep it trimmed up.
Even with all of those products out there, sometimes the only alternative is to just cut it off and start over!
The first pic is Oscar about a week ago at 10mths, the second pic is Oscar right after his neuter when they cut his chin hair (and his jelly beans) off! |