Nudibranch
Well-Known Member
And belly clipped my rough collie this morning ?
I know many people argue the double coat insulates, but I really do think the showing contingent have gone too far breeding rough collie coats for volume. They are not at all like the dogs of the 50s/60s and imo there is potentially a health risk.
Mine has just suffered a seizure, triggered by the heat but not BCC or heatstroke itself. She's starting tests but I am not prepared to stand by and let it happen again. She is already groomed within an inch of her life to strip out as much undercoat as I can. She has access to cool shade all the time, is walked early and late, and is sprayed down regularly in hot weather but it still wasn't enough. It's a shame, because they should be a fit, healthy breed. The modern coat is far too heavy. She is from a very successful showing line, which makes me even more cross tbh! Their coats are not at all what nature gave them.
Fwiw she really enjoyed the clip and was much more sprightly afterwards. I used to clip my elderly longhaired dachshund and he was like a new dog afterwards.
I know many people argue the double coat insulates, but I really do think the showing contingent have gone too far breeding rough collie coats for volume. They are not at all like the dogs of the 50s/60s and imo there is potentially a health risk.
Mine has just suffered a seizure, triggered by the heat but not BCC or heatstroke itself. She's starting tests but I am not prepared to stand by and let it happen again. She is already groomed within an inch of her life to strip out as much undercoat as I can. She has access to cool shade all the time, is walked early and late, and is sprayed down regularly in hot weather but it still wasn't enough. It's a shame, because they should be a fit, healthy breed. The modern coat is far too heavy. She is from a very successful showing line, which makes me even more cross tbh! Their coats are not at all what nature gave them.
Fwiw she really enjoyed the clip and was much more sprightly afterwards. I used to clip my elderly longhaired dachshund and he was like a new dog afterwards.