Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Henry gets a haircut

Things are starting to heat up here in sunny Florida and this will be the boys’ first Florida summer.  I always keep a close eye on the boys on our walks and while they are playing in the yard to make sure they don’t get too hot.  Lately, I have noticed that Henry seems to be getting hotter a lot sooner than Benny.  I figured this is likely due to Henry’s thick double coat.  (Ben has a very short and thin coat).  So I thought, why not just give Henry a haircut?  We got out the clippers and gave him a little buzz.  I was worried that his fur wouldn’t look right after the cut, but it isn’t even real obvious that he has had a haircut.  Mainly, we just thinned out his coat.

I was surprised how still he sat while we were shaving him.  He wasn’t afraid of the clippers and he even seemed to enjoy his first haircut a bit.  As you can see, after his cut he was quite proud of himself and rewarded himself with one of his bones.