Having your Yorkie shaved?

[Tammyh]

Originally Posted by KathyK09

THANKS for all the replies! I'm going to try to get both Mariah and our bichon Angel in next weekend. Hopefully the weather here will start warming up!

A friend of mine just had her Golden Retreiver shaved and the poor thing looks so aweful. They left most of the head, legs & tail but had the rest shaved right down and it's a different, very much lighter color. He looks so goofy now! Attached is a before and after pic of him. lol

Poor baby Is this something they normally do or was there a reason they shaved her? I've never heard of a Golden being shaved before.

[cgennawey]

We prefer to get Chunk's hair cut really short and he looks really cute. At first my husband and kids didn't want it short but there are not the ones brushing him out. They now like his hair. He's 14lbs of pure energy and he really rough houses around with our Molly, our bassett hound and Gertie, our 6lb pom/chi. When he has the longer hair I can brush him out and within minutes his hair is a mess. Plus Molly leaves her slobber on him so he gets bathed pretty often. The three of go thru the house like a tornado. They especially like to play tag and wrestle with each other.

Chunk's mom
A righteous man regards the llife of his animal... Proverbs 12:10

[ProfessorPeteZa]

OMG love the lion cut!! get that!

[MyFairLacy]

No...the word "shave" scares the crap out of me! I would just DIE if I had to shave my yorkies..I don't even trust anyone else to groom them because I would literally kill a groomer if they accidentally shaved one of my dogs. I would have major anxiety leaving them to be groomed...it's not just hair to me..I really prefer longer hair on yorkies

[RMKC]

Well my two went to groomer yesterday and had Apollo shaved , wanted an inch left , of course he ended up with 1/2 an inch Rosi got a trim to let her last schnauzer cut catch up will try to take a couple of pics later....

[browniesmom622]

Brownie's been shaved a few time's i think either way there still cute.

[Gingergirlsmom]

Ginger gets shaved every spring when allergy season hits full force. She seems to be getting better this year so, we'll see... I keep Bernie's hair short too. I think he must have some poodle in himthe hair on his back is unbelievably curly and doesn't ever lay right, so normally he's in a modified schnauzer-cut similar to Buddy's.

Long, short, or somewhere in between, they are all cute to me!

[jeanietoo]

There's a big difference between shaved and a short cut. The photos of Buddy are a short cut. I used to shave a couple of mine down every spring. They did look pretty pitiful but boy does it make things easier

[pea496]

I am very lucky with Conner's hair. He does not mat at all. He used to have cottony hair until he was a year old. But I do get him the "lion cut" for summer. Even during the winter, I do not keep his hair long. He hates it long. I can tell that he is much happier with shorter hair.

[fbmom]

Originally Posted by Itspuppyluv

I give Gus a lion cut in the summer. He hates baths, hates to be groomed, loves to run (and roll) around outside and matts easily. We both love the cut.
I cut it when it gets warm and then let it grow out. So throughout the year he has the lion cut, a fluffy puppy cut and a longer coat for winter. It's great.

Oh my goodness, that is absolutely the cutest thing ever! he is adorable!

[Yorkie Mom2]

My husband is adamant about keeping Porsche long, but like someone else said, he doesn't have to brush her. I used to brush every day. She got to where she ran away from me everytime I moved!!! I finally have settled on brushing her, gently with lots of treats, about twice a week. I would definitely cut her shorter if dh wouldn't have a fit. She is silky. I would love to see her in a lion cut. I have always groomed both on mine myself, and I'm still working on getting better at it.

[mypreciouspups]

my friend and I co own a small guy... she just got his hair cut.. looks like a snauzer.. but he looks so sweet in it... i will take pictures of him as we are all heading north tomorrow.. so as soon as I can I will take pictures and post them for you to see how adorable they look... also I only will have internet as I find a campground going north with wifi... then when i do I will be on YT....if your still wanting pics at that time....anne

[KathyK09]

Originally Posted by Tammyh

Poor baby Is this something they normally do or was there a reason they shaved her? I've never heard of a Golden being shaved before.

No, Golden's are not usually shaved and this was his first time having it done too. He had a thick, thick winter coat. We have a friend that has a similar dog who had her dog shaved last spring/summer and LOVED it. It really cuts down on all the shedding they do when summer comes. Otherwise they are shedding a lot of their winter coat and the hair is everywhere! She (of course) is bummed about the fact that he looks kinda goofy but LOVES the fact that he is shaved and doesn't regret it at all.

I really appreciate all the replies/advice. Mariah has an appt on Monday along with my Bichon. I can't wait!

[BradyAm]

Pickle just got a lion's cut yesterday