CLIPPING COCO

Hairey horsey Coco

Needs a good shave

To look better for the show

And to help him behave

With our first class "A" show approaching and despite all my best efforts of daily grooming, Coco wasn't shed out enough for the show. The long hair on his face made him itchy everytime we worked and he was constantly trying to rub his head on anything he could. It also took a lot longer to cool him off after a work out. So I decided to shave him. I had sent my clippers off to get sharpened and serviced, but their "4 day return policy" took over 2 weeks and left me in a pinch. Luckily one of my friends, Paula, had a set of body shavers and lent them to me. Unfortunately the only day I had left to do it on was a very cold, windy day. Needless to say I had white hair everywhere, including my eyes!

Coco was apprehensive at first- the clippers make quite a racket, but as soon as I started, they seemed to have the effect of a massage and he stood quietly while I did my job. I used smaller clippers for the face and ears- they are much quieter- but he did not want his ears done, so Tom had to come help me by "twitching" (gently) one ear while I worked on the other. He figured out quickly if he didn't fight it it took less time and there was no pain.

Of course we had another gasp of winter after I clipped him- but he was nice and warm in his winter blanket.