Can I let my dog get wet?
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Hi ella! Your dog should be OK to get wet with that length of hair. Remember to continue to brush daily, or every few days so your dog is still used to the routine when the hair grows back. Brush all over so you won't have any problems in the future like your dog not letting you brush the legs for example- very sensitive area & you want to be able to handle your dog easily. Brush when the hair is dry- oh, and make sure your dog doesn't stay damp for long periods of time. You can let them dry naturally or use a hair dryer on COLD setting  |
| Morgan swims in the lake with me all summer - he has a coat of about an inch and a half or so at all times. I very rarely need to do more than run a brush over him every few weeks - he air dries after a swim and a rinse from the hose (lake water smells )
Marley has a longer coat and HATES the water - but the few times she has been in the lake I do shampoo and mostly air dry then brush her. |
| Swim by all means! That's the fun of the shorter haircut.
Every dog has a different length with the regrowth where it starts to mat up. If you experiment a bit, you can find out how long it can get before you have matting. Then you can catch it before it's bad, and get another haircut that doesn't have to be a complete buzz cut!  |
| Asterisk is my water puppy. She absolutely loves to run through the sprinkler. She just has a ball. She jumps and tries to catch as many droplets in her mouth as she can. It's very hard during a big rainstorm to keep her happy inside, she'd rather go tearing outdoors and splash around.
Wendel on the other hand, won't get a paw dirty. So long as you brush your dog once the coat is dry, you shouldn't have any trouble. |
| Crikey!
My full coated boy goes in the river 3-4 times a week 
And if he gets mucky I take him through the local ford to wash him down, I tend not to bath him unless he gets a mucky rear end. Their coats are water proof - think of what this breed was originally used for - tending sheep out in our less than dry climate here in the UK. Archie was out on his 5am walk this morning in some biblical type downpour, he was havin a blast bouncing around
I don't rub him down, I throw a towel over him and towels on the floors then put the fan on and let him dry naturally, I only brush him when he is dry. Your short coat should be a lot easier to manage |
| Ok! So I've been a little too strict! I thought that if she got wet she had to get her coat blown dry, that if it air dried she would mat. Thanks! |
moisture+friction=mats...or felt, if you're doing it on purpose 
That's why the under-arm, behind the ears etc mat the worst. |
ravenmoonart wrote: moisture+friction=mats...or felt, if you're doing it on purpose
That's why the under-arm, behind the ears etc mat the worst. Oh, you're so right about that! I have chronic matts under her ears and armpits. I'm just starting to trim the fur beneath her ears back a bit and shave under her arms. |
remember once they see a lake and love it they wil not get out
no problems with matting but they both have short hair now |
* Capt. Obvious Danger wrote: ravenmoonart wrote: moisture+friction=mats...or felt, if you're doing it on purpose That's why the under-arm, behind the ears etc mat the worst. Oh, you're so right about that! I have chronic matts under her ears and armpits. I'm just starting to trim the fur beneath her ears back a bit and shave under her arms. A few years back, when I learned how to felt wool, I was completely horrified to find that all the things you do to make wool felt up were exactly those things you would do to wash a dog! (or you own hair, for that matter)  ...warm water, soap, and rubbing! It made me very conscious of how I handle my sheepies hair when I wash them...also, I started mixing sheepdog fur into my wool for felt! |
ravenmoonart wrote: * Capt. Obvious Danger wrote: ravenmoonart wrote: moisture+friction=mats...or felt, if you're doing it on purpose That's why the under-arm, behind the ears etc mat the worst. Oh, you're so right about that! I have chronic matts under her ears and armpits. I'm just starting to trim the fur beneath her ears back a bit and shave under her arms. A few years back, when I learned how to felt wool, I was completely horrified to find that all the things you do to make wool felt up were exactly those things you would do to wash a dog! (or you own hair, for that matter) ...warm water, soap, and rubbing! It made me very conscious of how I handle my sheepies hair when I wash them...also, I started mixing sheepdog fur into my wool for felt! Oh, how clever! I've even heard that people will knit with their sheepies fur. As odd as that sounds, I have thought about that. |
Ditto to all the posts so far. Loki is always trimmed to 2" but he still 'runs hot', winter or summer. Having experienced heat stroke with my first OES and never wanting to repeat the experience I soak him down in the shower 2-3 times a week just for his comfort - Even with the AC running he gets hot. He LOVES the shower and also loves to be brushed - He's a strange sheepie boy  No blow drying here - Air dry and a quick brush and he's done.
I find that as long as I use a conditioning spray ('Ice on Ice' is my favorite) and brush him out after the soaking he doesn't matt. In fact, (knock wood) I haven't had any matts since he was in full coat in January. |
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