So I guess Stella isn't too weird. Her previous owner didn't like her long ear
hair. In fact, she had me groom her and trim those ears. (I had no idea at
the time that just 3 weeks later Stella would be mine!) I kinda like the long
hair on her ears. It's part of her character. And when she's snarling at the
yorkies, that hair flies.
---- Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> wrote:
> I trim Gigi's all the time. It makes her look better kept. I also cut the
> fur off of her pads and in between the pads. She has a better grip on the
> floors and doesn't slip as much. I find it safer to keep the paws trimmed,
> so they don't have an accident when they try to jump up and down and off of
> things and then the rear paws slip. I also trim Princess's for the same
> reason and they both love it when I am finished.
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> If you were to send her out to a groomer for a bath, they too would trim the
> paws for safety reasons, as well as it does make the dog look better kept. I
> don't have to trim Gigi's ears, as she has little feathering on them. If you
> think that Stella would look even cuter with her ears trimmed, then do it!
> It won't hurt her and the fur goes back in fast anyway.
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> I love your statement....big fuzzy slippers, LOL!
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> -------Original Message-------
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> From: [email protected]
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> Date: 4/10/2012 5:28:35 PM
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> To: [email protected]
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> Subject: [Chihuahuas] Long hair question
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> I've been lurking here for a while, and now I have a question. Those of you
> with long-haireds, do you need to trim the hair on their feet? If I don't
> trim Stella's furry feet regularly, she looks like she's wearing big fuzzy
> slippers. She also has out-of-control hair on her ears, but I don't trim
> that. People have asked if she's a papillon, she has such long flowing ear
> hair. Since I don't know everything about chis-Stella's my 1st, I've had her
> for 3 yrs so I've learned quite a bit-I'm just wondering if this hair thing
> is normal or if she's some kind of rare furry-footed snowshoe chihuahua...in
> other words, a freak lol
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> Dana & Stella
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