I am a Berner and Kuvasz owner and a groomer and I get a lot of summer shave-downs requests. While in some cases, I would agree, most of the time they are not needed with proper home grooming. The owners that beg me to shave down their dogs say that they "are so hot" this will help. But looking at the dogs, they haven't been brushed in 6 months and still have most of their undercoat. Well, I'd be hot too! I offer a service called the "shed-less" program where I will bathe and blow out all the hair that is possible. My regular customers come once every 4 during the shedding season and love the service. This helps the air circulation and metro drying stimulates the skin. Shaving the belly and inside of back legs works too. While my guys put up with me practicing on them, I end up leaving most of the all the loose hair at the shop rather than on my kitchen floor. Pam
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