01/30/2025
❄️Winter With a matted dog? concerned your pup will be cold with a haircut?
While Everyday brushing/combing is extremely encouraged to help maintain a longer coat over the winter- (Some believe a hair cut = a short cut, with proper at home maintenance it can totally be kept long!)
BUT just like the summer, spring and fall, dogs can be faced with matting.
“Won’t my dog be cold if you shave its matt’s during the winter months?”
Groomer Terrie Crawford in Hamilton, found research from a Guelph University study in the 90’s on two dogs to find ; Was the matted/pelted dog or the shaved dog warmer?
The shaved dog was warmer!
Being matted allowed the cold air to be trapped between the matt’s and the skin did not allow the matted dog to properly regulate temperature,leaving the poor pup matted for longer, where the shaved dog was able to keep regulated, heat up faster and stay warmer longer! Pretty neat eh?😁❄️
