Hi Susan,
I did read the article and I have it before me right now. It's not
advocating trimming show dogs, but it does suggest that a properly trimmed
pet is a whole lot better looking than one that is clipped to the skin. I've
seen a number of normally coated cavaliers that grew hair like a yak once
they were altered. There are also many that don't. I could easily breed a
short coated cavalier if I put my mind to it, but that's not standard either.
The standard calls for moderate and that's what we should all be striving
for, but there are many neutered pets that could use a bit of tidying up.
I've seen them and anyone whose been to an old club show in the past 5 years
has seen them too. They look fat, fuzzy, and not too clean even when freshly
bathed. They and their owners would be much better off with a judicious
sanitary trim. Who wants to live with a dog that reeks because it's overgrown
panties drag through their own urine when they squat to relieve themselves.
I've never seen even the most heavily coated special come close to
approaching this unkept uncavalier mop look. It's the neutering that seems to
do it. An intact litter mate can have a lovely coat. Be it environmental,
poor nutrition, lack of hormones, or bad breeding that produces this look a
pet still should have the right to be comfortable and clean.
No where in the article did it even imply that show dogs need to be
trimmed or overgroomed. I don't see what there is to argue about.
Chris M
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