We shave damn near everything that we bring to the [ ]. We shave everything from the base of the head down. The only reason that is effective is to lose more weight. We have shaved everything from thick coated/long hair/55lb males to little 30lb gyps with thin coats and have never ever gotten 1/2lb off. The most we have gotten was 6oz and the majority of the time it is between 3-5oz.