hmmm..........I asked because I cut the paw hair on NIkki and it looks bad. I thought I was trimming it up so it would be neat and trim around her toes....guess I wasn't thinking, I went too far up the leg!!!! Accidentally of course!!! I gave her a little trim as well all over. Her hair is long, but looks so scraggly right after I brush her. The trimming helped as it does for human hair. You know, blunt ends look chunkier. She needs more really. I don't want to go to a groomer because #1- there is NO WAY I will leave her and #2 I don't want to hate the cut.