09/22/2025
With the cooler weather here and the soon to be cold approaching many of my clients are preferring to leave more length. Totally understandable, but best done in stages particularly with the doodles/poodle crosses. If too much length is left in the fall, it could turn into a shave down by the time the coldest weather is here, totally defeating the plan.
Matted coats can't be saved, hence the shave. Keeping it fairly short through early/mid Dec buys you time to let it grow through to the end of Feb-early Mar. It may be a shave by that time but at least the weather will be warming again. Not all of you have dogs with complicated coats( you know if you do, I'm sure!) but just some advice for the seasons ahead.
This beauty is Kylie, such a good girl!! She is generally kept short but I left just a little more length this time per owner request. Prompting me to think about the coming months and your pups!
