Matted Dog / Shaved Dog

I just have to share this tragic story with you. Dogs that are not groomed by either owners or professional groomers WILL get matted. It's a shame that animals are neglected to the point that drastic measures need to be taken.

Case in point: This little dog, we will call him Mr. Miserable, was so matted that there was no way to brush out his hair and do it humanly. The only thing I could do was to shave it off and hear me when I say "I was not easy". I think sometimes people assume sense it's going to be shaved it just comes off. No! It is hard and very dangerous. Think about the skin, it was smothered by nasty, smelly, matted fur. The skin needs to be able to breath so to speak. The oils (Sebum) need to be released to lubricate, and protect the hair shaft resulting in a healthy, shiny coat, without it, skin and hair become unmanageable.

The pictures you see are disturbing, but it is a reality for some dogs.

Here is Mr. Miserable in such bad shape that I needed to shave ALL his hair off. This was very hard and dangerous to do.

As you can see, the hair came off in a pelt.

His poor little belly was very red from urine soaked hair.

This picture is of his tail. It pealed off in one big piece.

Here he is so happy to be free of all that nasty, smelly hair. Let us now call him Mr. Delighted and that he was.