Levi's Haircut

 The weather has been warming up.  Once it starts hitting the 70's, it is time for Levi to get a haircut.  Callie had been begging to get to shave him and we agreed that she could, once he had a grooming appointment to finish him up.  She was ecstatic and could not wait.

He is magnificent and shaggy and glorious in all his lovely fur. 

Is't he handsome? Such a good dog, and a sweet dog. 

Ah, now you can see his marvelous hairy hide.  It is quite long and thick.  And it is EVERYWHERE!  This dog sheds like crazy and his hair is all over the house.

 Yep, One house vacuuming fills the entire canister of the bagless vacuum.  And it is 90% Levi hair in there.  We love him shaved just to get rid of the hairballs that wander around the house, even after we just swept or vacuumed it. But I do miss his gorgeous long hair when it is gone.

He was not thrilled about getting shaved.  He is a good boy though and merely protested by sitting down so his long haired bottom was inaccessible. 

It did take her a while to cut through that incredibly thick undercoat.  Levi was very patient. 

Mostly.  He was a good sport.  It took a good two hours to get him mostly trimmed in a mostly even manner.   

Callie would have kept working, but a rain storm blew in and we had to call it good enough.

This was after Callie was forced to quit.  She did a pretty good job!  I do like this length, but he needs it shorter for summer.  Next time Callie will do even better.

One nekkid dog after the groomer finished with him!  He's so bare!! 

It always cracks me up after he's been shaved- he looks like a totally different dog! 

And now instead of looking like a dog-rug, he just looks awkward when he lies like this.  

But he is still my handsome little dog and he is still a great dog.  And we do love having smaller hairballs to clean up.