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<blockquote data-quote="shortybreeder" data-source="post: 1242439" data-attributes="member: 21626"><p>I have been to several clinics in the last year and they suggested shaving everything except for the legs. Body hair grows back quickly if you are rinsing daily, hair on the head gets clipped anyways so might as well trim that down while you're at it. Tails I think get left alone, but don't touch the legs because leg hair is the slowest and most difficult hair to grow. I would at least shave their main body because you need to be rinsing daily and it's much easier to cool them down when they don't have the dead hair acting as insulation. For people who don't want to clip their calves, go over them with a hair shedding comb to get the dead hair out once a day for a week or two. Either way it'll be about the same amount of time, but with the comb you can save some healthy hair and the new spring growth doesn't get shaved down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortybreeder, post: 1242439, member: 21626"] I have been to several clinics in the last year and they suggested shaving everything except for the legs. Body hair grows back quickly if you are rinsing daily, hair on the head gets clipped anyways so might as well trim that down while you're at it. Tails I think get left alone, but don't touch the legs because leg hair is the slowest and most difficult hair to grow. I would at least shave their main body because you need to be rinsing daily and it's much easier to cool them down when they don't have the dead hair acting as insulation. For people who don't want to clip their calves, go over them with a hair shedding comb to get the dead hair out once a day for a week or two. Either way it'll be about the same amount of time, but with the comb you can save some healthy hair and the new spring growth doesn't get shaved down. [/QUOTE]
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