Is it too late to clip/shave my dog?
Yesterday afternoon Murphy, Dudley and I we went for our daily walk in the park. It had snowed Tuesday night, we received approximately 30-40 cm of snow over night. The park was pretty trampled down from the snowshoers and skiers, but Murphy was like one giant walking snowdog, legs, underbelly, between legs, elbows, paws, etc that he literally couldn't walk. Couldn’t bend his feet.. we stopped numerous times, to break up the snowballs, but it just seemed to get worse. Finally he just gave up and laid there. It was pathetic, I ended up carrying him the last 10 minutes or so of our walk, because he would fall face first into the snow. When we got home I had to put him in the tub and rinse him with warm water to get rid of the snowballs. I had him clipped in October. Right now his fur is only about 2 ½ -3 inches long. I have been trying so hard to let his coat grow out and I have kept him virtually mat free so far…any suggestions, we walk every night, but the snowball incident has me thinking I should get him shaved again. Any suggestions would be appreciated. |
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| Was it mainly his paws that were balling up? I've been using this stuff called Musher's Secret wax that I bought through jbpet.com that works great at helping prevent the snowballing between the pads. You just slather it on before you go outside. Get it all over the pads and between the toes and it helps a lot. Use it generously so it actually is a little thick at first. After several tries, I've found going on the heavier side works much better. |
| A fair amount did get between his toes and the pads, but it was mostly his "under carriage" if you know what I mean.. kind of from the shoulders down....
I will go to my local pet store and she if they have anything like you described... I wonder if vasaline would work? I really don't want to but if I have to I will get just his legs and underbelly area clipped. |
| WHen Bunker has long coat, I shave her underside, insides of her rear legs and her butt. It seems to work, she loves to lay in the snow when we have some. |
| That is what I was thinking, just get the under part shaved. |
| Looks a little funny, but it sure beats fighting with them to brush |
| Could try booties.... |
| Boots are great. May take a couple of walks for him to get use to them but they work wonders. |
My parents dog has booties, she walks like a freak in them, so we put them on her and chase her around on the hardwood floor. Think Goofy on Ice.  Its mean but it is so funny to watch. |
| I thought of booties to. I think I will see if the groomer will just shave/clip his feet.. I know it will look funny, but at least he won't spend most of his time chewing snow out of them. |
| Try making an apron that slips over the neck, goes between the front legs, over the undercarriage and ties where they naturally curve in. Basically a skid plate. You should use a fabric backed vinyl like used for table cloths.
The snow moisture level has a lot to do with balling, not that you can change that. |
| I was going to suggests booties too, that and just shaving the "under carriage." Another idea is if you had a long distance area in your house where you could throw a ball for him when there is that much snow. That's what I usually do if the weather is bad. I have a fairly long stretch in the house where we play "keep away" with the dogs for a good 20 minutes or so, or however long they last, that way, they get their exercise and stay clean. |
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