My Molly looks like Stitch, but I have never thought of shaving her, never thought I would like it. She has so much hair I think it would take forever.
We shaved both dogs for the first time last year and it was awesome!! They are so soft! Lilo seemed upset when we picked her up at the groomers so we decided against shaving her again, she is nice and sleek so she doesn't really need it anyway. Stitch on the other hand is a big ball of fluff. That before pic was taken last year and he was a lot fluffier than that before the shave but I forgot to take a pic. The groomer, who was a vet assistant for over 15 years, said that he is really shaggy because of his thyroid medication.
I take them into the river a lot during the spring/summer and Stitch gets really stinky because his coat takes forever to dry, but when he is shaved, he dries in minutes! I also like it because I love to pet my dogs but when Stitch has all his fur, he is smelly and yucky and I don't pet him much but as soon as he's shaved, he gets a lot more lovin'
Our groomer did both dogs in about 2 hours, she's awesome
Cass Lilo and Stich are beautiful doggies

Do you get Stitch shaved every spring?
We did it twice last year, once in April and again in August and we will probably do the same this year.
I just got so tired of Stitch's fur, it was smelly and yucky and hard to brush so one day out of frustration I yelled "I'm gonna shave you buddy!" and Rob overheard me and asked me if I was serious.

I actually wasn't but we decided to try it and see. Turned out to be a great thing and I think he likes it too because he gets so much petting

Never heard of someone shaving a Golden Retriever before and he does look a little funny for the first couple of weeks but then his fur grows in a bit and he looks good
PS....Nancy,Karen just a nice steady weight loss no hungry strikes and i'll take you guys at your word as to your weight loss.....
Hey Chris, I've lost 10 pounds so far and I weigh in on Monday morning...I'm sure I've lost at least 20 more pounds since last Monday
Give Ryan some ear plugs
