Re: [pyrnet] Dews/Cropping/Docking surgery

["Tracy Bassett" <espinay@dynamite.com.au>]

<<Here in the US, it is owner/handler preference to show a Pyr with or
without  its whiskers.  I like showing with them (one less thing I have to
do when it  comes to grooming), but you do get some strange looks when you
bring a whiskered dog to ring side.  It's almost like showing up in shorts
without shaving your legs.>>Robyn

Same here - some trim whiskers and some don't.  Some prefer it and some
don't.  The issue of whisker trimming came up on a Dalmatian list I am on
recently.  A lot of people (here in Aus anyway) seem to be moving away from
doing it, and it doesn't seem to be having any affect on who wins and who
doesn't.  I did trim them at one point, but decided to try not doing it for
a while and just haven't changed back again. Must admit I just don't really
notice them on the dogs any more.

Tracy Bassett
Canberra, Australia
espinay@dynamite.com.au
visit my webpage at http://members.dynamite.com.au/espinay/index.htm