I love his name, he looks like such a happy littleman. make sure you post pictures after the groomers
Butchie - his "before" pictures - UPDATE at post 13
Butchie is going to get professionally groomed again this week. I hope I get the groomer I like again--but that's another story.
Anyway, he was rescued the first week in February and was groomed not long after that, but then had his neutering surgery and a cyst removed, leaving good-sized areas shaved.
His ear fur, which was shaved at the shelter because of ear infections, is very slow to grow out, but the rest of him has gotten very fluffy and rather curly. :wub: Since he's kind of a swamp dog, it didn't seem worth it to pay a groomer until the rains stopped. I think the rains finally stopped yesterday!
I'm planning on having his body and legs clipped fairly close, his bangs trimmed a little, and leaving everything else to grow out.
So here he is today! (Sorry about the background--I had to corner him. )
Anyway, he was rescued the first week in February and was groomed not long after that, but then had his neutering surgery and a cyst removed, leaving good-sized areas shaved.
His ear fur, which was shaved at the shelter because of ear infections, is very slow to grow out, but the rest of him has gotten very fluffy and rather curly. :wub: Since he's kind of a swamp dog, it didn't seem worth it to pay a groomer until the rains stopped. I think the rains finally stopped yesterday!
I'm planning on having his body and legs clipped fairly close, his bangs trimmed a little, and leaving everything else to grow out.
So here he is today! (Sorry about the background--I had to corner him.
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Butchie says "thanks" for all the compliments. He is quite a guy! With the great weather today, he finally got enough exercise to slow him down enough that I could get some photos. Usually he has two speeds--fast and sleeping.
He is quite a guy! With the great weather today, he finally got enough exercise to slow him down enough that I could get some photos. Usually he has two speeds--fast and sleeping. 
He was so clean, I hardly recognized him! :biggrin:
The groomer went ahead and tried a tiny little topknot--which hasn't lasted long. Butchie's great pal, Charlie, had to playplayplay with him as soon as he got home. So these pictures are not at his pristine best. :biggrin:
His body sure looks like a bichon now--but he has a narrow muzzle and little nose, so I think he's just a reeeeeeeeally off-standard Maltese. (And I'm not just saying that so I can keep my membership in SM )
Here's a couple small pictures--hopefully more later!
I bet his curl will return in short order--I used to let Spunky air-dry to keep the curl--and that may be even cuter! In the meantime, I may have to start taking him out and about more to show of his clean and fluffy self. :wub:
The groomer went ahead and tried a tiny little topknot--which hasn't lasted long. Butchie's great pal, Charlie, had to playplayplay with him as soon as he got home. So these pictures are not at his pristine best. :biggrin:
His body sure looks like a bichon now--but he has a narrow muzzle and little nose, so I think he's just a reeeeeeeeally off-standard Maltese. (And I'm not just saying that so I can keep my membership in SM
)Here's a couple small pictures--hopefully more later!
I bet his curl will return in short order--I used to let Spunky air-dry to keep the curl--and that may be even cuter! In the meantime, I may have to start taking him out and about more to show of his clean and fluffy self. :wub:
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Even before you wrote, I had noticed a similar look to Aolani's picture as your avatar! Your pup has such a cute face and head--we can only dream of that!
Ah! Well he sure is a handsome man! Noel looks like a mess when her coat grows out....Like a bad hair day gone horribly wrong! He's a doll!
He's a doll!
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