[Kate]

Originally Posted by darlingdinkies

Huck was kicked by horse while vacationing at my in-laws this past weekend. I posted a thread about the whole horrible ordeal in the Sick and Injured Emergencies forum. To make a long story short - his jaw was broken, but he'll be fine once it heals, and for now is limited to a liquid diet. That's not why I'm posting here though....after Huck had been treated and the vet was giving me some final instructions before sending us home, he pulled out a set of clippers, plugged them in, and started shaving Huck's face. He said that since Huck would be eating primarily liquid, soft foods, this would keep him cleaner. Now, you see, Huck doesn't have great hair to begin with and it grows so, so, so very slow, so even though I stood there nodding my head listening like everything was all good, inside I was like "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" What took us 10 months to grow, was now gone in less than a minute. It looked pretty funny, kind of like a cross between a yorkie and a Chinese Crested.

Anyway...what's done is done, so I'm trying to make the best of it. I cut his hair myself tonight - to try to even things out a bit. Here are some pictures, so let me know what you think. The first 2 pictures are of Huck before any of this happened, when his coat was looking really great, just so you kinda' get an idea of what he originally looked like. The other picture was taken tonight after I trimmed him up a bit, so that his shaved snout isn't quite so noticeable. Whatcha' think?

What a sweetheart. I am sure glad he is OK, and that is the main thing.

I think you did a nice job trimming/evening his hair.

He is a cutie.

Kate