Hey Appy -
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3 tons? He doesn't even weigh 70 pounds.Originally posted by appyday
Nothing...I have wanted to shave that hair ball for 3 years..Ken loves him hairry and he keeps him in the ac and has a pool for him so the dog is comfortable. I thinned him out alot today I got about 3 tons of hair off of him...
DW had not heard from you....was your family and your pooch happy with the buzz??
Can't wait to see him this evening as he always looks great when you've had your way with him (he smiles for a week too
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Yep, he's a Chow, big furry one. I had read that shaving a Chow is bad because of the light skin and getting sunburns. We compensate with a doggy-pool and he's is always in the AC anyway (spoiled little b-stard). Appy has yet to report any fleas nor do we experience them at home so I guess that might be another advantage to keeping the locks normal.Originally posted by jaybeeztoo
Ken, when Boo got shaved by Appy, I had to tighten his color by one notch. He definitely looks a lot smaller. You have a chow don't you? Bet Taz does look smaller even with a undercoat cleaning.
Boo's hot spots are everywhere (like every year), maybe a dipping wouldn't be the right thing. I'll have to let Appy look at him and let me know. He does this every year. He is an inside dog and doesn't have a lot of fleas, but since we got him shaved, he's gone nuts chewing at his skin. I still have some spray from the vet and the buster collar. Seems there is not much we can do to prevent it though.
I had a mixed setter-lab a number of years ago (like 35 years) that would get a bad itchy rash on his back and would chew it until it bled. If I recall we were told that he had an alergy to a mold that grew in the yard and we would coat him down several times a year with some bad smelling balm. I'll check with Mom the nbext time I talk with her to see what she remembers of it.
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Awwww....... i love chows my parents bred them as i was growing up I would do anything to have another, but my husband says no way.... to much hair. but you know we have a Rottie and she sheds so much more than I remember our three chows togather shedding.
I couldn't imagine three dogs shedding like Taz does. He has really long hair and a thick undercoat.
You can see him in this thread http://forums.somd.com/showthread.php?threadid=27322
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AWWWW... what a cutie. I want another one, one of ours was actually a short haired chow, which was mine his name was Bailey, we wound up having to give him away after about 4 or 5 years 
because he was so mean to other people besides us. Him and our other male didn't get along at all either, Our female passed and the my mom still has the other male he is about 12 now.
because he was so mean to other people besides us. Him and our other male didn't get along at all either, Our female passed and the my mom still has the other male he is about 12 now.