• TheFriar@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Surprising that any groomer would do this. You’re really not supposed to shave huskies, they have a natural undercoat that you’re not supposed to fuck with, it’s what regulates their temperature naturally.

    • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      This image has been around for ages. There was supposedly a medical reason that they had to shave the dog.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah this groomer needs to be fired, I assume they have no training or experience. This is a pretty bad thing to do to certain breeds.

      Edit: looking at the context in the photo, this is either a really amateur home groomer or somebody just shaving their own dog. The caption might have been added later.

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          Yeah, post-shaving alopecia is a thing, especially in double coated breeds. (Which is part of the reason you’re supposed to avoid shaving them.)

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          1 year ago

          The petco groomer decided to shave my dogs’ entire ass because he “didn’t want to brush out butt tangles today”, his exact words when we went to collect our dog.

          He’s a great Pyrenees Collie mix.

          His hair went from long and silky with an undercoat, to frizzy, thick, unmanageable mess that has to be brushed twice a day to prevent mats.

          Congrats bitch, now my dog will never have his hair be normal again because you didn’t want to do your job right.

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        1 year ago

        I did an image search: this one has been kicking around since mid-2017. There are various captions with it.

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        1 year ago

        When I’ve seen this I’ve wondered if the dog got into some wet concrete, tar, or something irreversibly damaging to their coat.

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      1 year ago

      I feel so bad for the poor husky. His coat would most probably not grow back well and his thermal regulation is fucked for good.

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      1 year ago

      Huskies’ natural environment is like Siberia isn’t it? Would it be okay to shave a husky in a tropical climate (assuming the decision to own a husky in a tropical climate’s too late to undo)

      • Cethin@lemmy.zip
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        1 year ago

        Dog’s hairs actually can work like radiators. Their heat transfers to the hair and they have a lot more surface area than skin. I don’t know about huskies and other cold weather dogs, but generally their hair can actually be useful to cool them, not just keep them warm.

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        Once you shave a husky it’s very difficult to get the undercoat hair to grow back normally. It will be all clumpy and patchy. And the coat can also help to keep them cool, although I don’t know about tropical heat. You’d probably have a sad dog then…

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        They have two layers. In the summer you want to brush out the insulting undercoat, but leave the topcoat as it protects against sunlight. A shaved husky will overheat in the sun and can easily get skin cancer! It also doesn’t grow back properly. The husky in this picture will never have a normal coat again as it has his fur ruined for the rest of his life.

        There isn’t any valid medical reason that requires to shave a husky entirely. Only people who don’t understand how their coat work do it. It is basically animal abuse and it makes me sad every time I see this picture.