Rooney's 1st Big Haircut

At 6.5 months we decided that it was time to get Rooney is first big boy haircut, his hair was 5/5 - 6 inches and was so beautiful! It is starting to get hot here in FL and his hair had little dread locks so before the coat change started the matting we decided to go short. Hey - it will always grow out right so here our our before and afters.

Before

After

His hair looks and feels like a chenille bedspread.

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Permalink Reply by Lori on March 5, 2011 at 11:08am

He is Gorgeous before and after! What a sweetie!

Permalink Reply by Karina on March 5, 2011 at 11:15am

i know the first hair cut is shocking. i take my Rosies hair down even more about 1/2 inch. it used to take me 6-7 hours for the whole thing and now i am down to 3. great job! i love Rooney's coloring, very unusual.

Permalink Reply by Camilla and Darwin on March 5, 2011 at 11:15am

He looks amazing! Very adorable.

Permalink Reply by Becca & Lucy on March 5, 2011 at 11:24am

Ahhhhhh! He is precious! Lucy goes on the 18th. It gets HOT here in TX.

It will be her first cut too!

Permalink Reply by Jaime and Barley Barker on March 5, 2011 at 11:24am

Wow! Your groomer did a really nice job. Your dog is beautiful. He reminds me of an Old English Sheepdog.

Permalink Reply by Jane, Rooney & Stuart on March 5, 2011 at 11:25am

I miss his "teddy bear" look but I know that this has to feel better. The groomer took him down to about 2.5 inches and she said that if we go shorter that he could sunburn. Wouldn't want that. I'll grow it back longer for the fall. I am thinking about having her cut the mustache area shorter, more like a snout. I'm not wild about the wet face all of the time.

Permalink Reply by shelly on March 5, 2011 at 12:02pm

Yes.. definitely about going too short! My groomer says (and I have also read this) that WE feel the heat with a lot of hair, but not the dogs... it actually works to 'cool them off'.... too short can actually make them hotter... I was so glad to hear/read that b/c I always feel guilty about leaving tori's hair longer just because I like it that way.... but after all she is half australian shepherd and their hair is definitely longer!

Permalink Reply by Melissa & Porter on March 5, 2011 at 12:33pm

This is an interesting article about the hair length and heat debate. Particularly the section entitled, Hair Color, Length....

It seems to say that the benefit of length is primarily in light-colored dogs/animals. Dark animals' benefit from length is balanced by the negative of heat absorbtion. The article basically concludes that dark animals are not meant to be in hot sunny places.

http://sonic.net/~cdlcruz/GPCC/library/hairlength.htm

Permalink Reply by Kay Bolin on March 5, 2011 at 1:42pm