SHAVING bulldog in keep. (Only reply if you've exp or have knowledge in it.)

[CLIMATE]

is there a routine to doing this and regrow for show day?

Pros and cons?

Tips?

Thanks in advance.

[FrostyPaws]

Dogs are shaved for cosmetic reasons.

[EWO]

Not sure if it is the knowledge or experience you spoke of....but went to a show one night and a camp/combine brought three. All three were shaved up the spine, maybe a three inch strip. I had never seen it and just had to ask.

I was told it was done for two reasons. One it had a cooling effect on the dog. I couldn't see the logic in it that night and to this day can't see it being a viable means for a dog to stay cool or provide any extra cooling. Second, was a tingling/awakening effect when rubbed the against the grain. Like after a fresh hair cut and rubbing your hand against the grain. Maybe, but I sort of didn't see that one either.

Another guy told me it was more to make stupid people ask stupid questions. Maybe I fell for it. EWO

[S_B]

Three reasons, to cool the dog, to shed some weight and to give the opponent an unfamiliar feeling in their mouth when they take a hold. Generally they are shaved in the backend, legs, belly and sides with the backbone covered with hair. Or they could be like EWO mentioned, each dogman does it differently.

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[Nut]

Can imagine its being done for cooling on rough coated dogs in hot weather.

Iv been taking a shaver to show once or twice, in case some one was going to whine about 20 gram overweight.

[FrostyPaws]

Like you EWO, I can't see the logic. The shaved dogs I saw, during the summer, still ran hot. How do you determine the level of cooling it actually does? It's simple in that you can't actually quantify how much it works. I've been around some people shaving a dog to make weight. It never happened. They were still over and still paid the FF.

It always goes back to cosmetic reasons, FOR ME. There is no benefit to shaving a dog.

Ch.Beetlejuice was shaving for his 3rd when he came from Canada to Chicago during the summer. He still ran hot as blue blazes.

[gotap_d]

Like you EWO, I can't see the logic. The shaved dogs I saw, during the summer, still ran hot. How do you determine the level of cooling it actually does? It's simple in that you can't actually quantify how much it works. I've been around some people shaving a dog to make weight. It never happened. They were still over and still paid the FF.

It always goes back to cosmetic reasons, FOR ME. There is no benefit to shaving a dog.

Ch.Beetlejuice was shaving for his 3rd when he came from Canada to Chicago during the summer. He still ran hot as blue blazes.

IMO there is a benifit. If my dog weighs 37 at weigh in after i took 5oz of hair off of him and your dog is 37 with a full coat. My dog should be a 5oz bigger dog as far as weight is concerned. That 5oz whether it is solid mass of fluid should be something extra that my dog can burn that your dog can't. This is just my belief on the matter.

[S_B]

IMO there is a benifit. If my dog weighs 37 at weigh in after i took 5oz of hair off of him and your dog is 37 with a full coat. My dog should be a 5oz bigger dog as far as weight is concerned. That 5oz whether it is solid mass of fluid should be something extra that my dog can burn that your dog can't. This is just my belief on the matter.

[FrostyPaws]

IMO there is a benifit. If my dog weighs 37 at weigh in after i took 5oz of hair off of him and your dog is 37 with a full coat. My dog should be a 5oz bigger dog as far as weight is concerned. That 5oz whether it is solid mass of fluid should be something extra that my dog can burn that your dog can't. This is just my belief on the matter.

If 5 ounces plays THAT much of a part in a quality dog, then that's just sad. How many times are dogs schooled with 1-3lb bigger dogs, quality dogs, and do quite well. Five ounces doesn't make the dog any better or give it any bigger chance of winning. It is simply five ounces. It is not uncommon for dogs to be ounces more, or less, than their opponent. While I do tend to echo your sentiment about something I have your dog doesn't (paraphrasing), it's generally the better dog, 5 ounces or not, that does the winning.

I've never seen five ounces make any significant change in a show's outcome personally.

[gotap_d]

If 5 ounces plays THAT much of a part in a quality dog, then that's just sad. How many times are dogs schooled with 1-3lb bigger dogs, quality dogs, and do quite well. Five ounces doesn't make the dog any better or give it any bigger chance of winning. It is simply five ounces. It is not uncommon for dogs to be ounces more, or less, than their opponent. While I do tend to echo your sentiment about something I have your dog doesn't (paraphrasing), it's generally the better dog, 5 ounces or not, that does the winning.

I've never seen five ounces make any significant change in a show's outcome personally.

#1 I never said 5oz plays THAT much of a part in a quality dog but it IS AN ADVANTAGE.

#2 You are right it isnt uncommon for dogs to be a few ounces over or under their opponent and quite frankly it isnt uncommon to have dogs 1/2lb to 1lb over or under their opponents weight but that dosent mean the smaller dog isnt still at a disadvantage.