SHAVING bulldog in keep. (Only reply if you've exp or have knowledge in it.)

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Like you EWO, I can't see the logic. The shaved dogs I saw, during the summer, still ran hot. How do you determine the level of cooling it actually does? It's simple in that you can't actually quantify how much it works. I've been around some people shaving a dog to make weight. It never happened. They were still over and still paid the FF.

It always goes back to cosmetic reasons, FOR ME. There is no benefit to shaving a dog.

Ch.Beetlejuice was shaving for his 3rd when he came from Canada to Chicago during the summer. He still ran hot as blue blazes.

IMO there is a benifit. If my dog weighs 37 at weigh in after i took 5oz of hair off of him and your dog is 37 with a full coat. My dog should be a 5oz bigger dog as far as weight is concerned. That 5oz whether it is solid mass of fluid should be something extra that my dog can burn that your dog can't. This is just my belief on the matter.