Re: [PyrNet-L] CHAT: Summer clip

["Donna Coffman" <dcoffman@erols.com>]

Pyrs are very easy to keep well groomed with 5 minutes a day of care, once
a week clipping nails and a bath very infrequently.
Donna


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> From: Stephanie W <srwhitney@earthlink.net>
> To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
> Subject: Re: [PyrNet-L] CHAT: Summer clip
> Date: Sunday, January 24, 1999 2:15 PM
> 
> Hi!  I am currently waiting for my first Pyr to come along.  Right now I
have
> a two year old Irish Wolfhound, a 10 year old rescue Australian Shepherd
(ie
> that's what I was told she was) and two 14 year old poodle/sheltie? mix
> dogs.  You don't mean 20 minutes to brush out all 4 Pyrs, do you?  You
must
> mean 20 minutes each.  I'm anticipating having to do a lot more grooming
with
> a Pyr than I do now.  My Aussie has the easiest coat.  It really only
needs a
> few minutes every few weeks.  She almost never gets a mat, but she loves
to
> be brushed, so if I have a brush in my hand, she's right there begging to
be
> brushed.  My wolfhound takes about 5 minutes, and also has no problem
with
> mats, but he looks messy within a half hour, so I tend to comb him out a
lot,
> sometimes daily, never less than once a week no matter how busy I am. 
The
> "twins"  took after opposite parents.  One has a silky Sheltie-like coat
that
> tangles easily and mats fairly easily & he hates to be combed.  I use a
comb
> with "swivel" teeth that goes through his hair more easily and he'll only
> cooperate for a few minutes at a time, so he goes to a groomer every once
in
> a while.  His brother took after the poodle, sort of.  His coat is kind
of
> kinky but not as curly as a poodles, and he always looks like he's having
a
> bad hair day.  It's kind of cottony and mats terribly and he HATES being
> groomed, so he gets clipped down to about 1/2" every once in a while. 
Sorry
> I got carried away with the description, but is grooming a pyr not as bad
as
> I'm anticipating?
> 
> Stephanie
> 
> clhenke@juno.com wrote:
> 
> > << Even with that stage of pup to adult coat shedding it takes about
> > 20 min to run through the four every few days.>>
> 
> 
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