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A CUT ABOVE

Franklin has always had the standard show cut for his breed. Look right.

Left to his own devices his fur (not hair) grows out wildly in all directions. They say that he has five distinct kinds of fur in various parts of his body. Sometimes in the same part.

This is why the breed cut is severe. No one wants their Airedale to fit the 'wild as an Airedale' look.

But there is a happier medium between totally shorn and 'let it go' natural.

Today we took the first steps toward that happy medium.

The goal is to get him more or less evenly furred all over his body and to save his brick shaped face and beard. Sorta like the left.

We have pictures of what we want.

The groomer is on board.

Today, he got the first dose of the new design and, while he looks a little more shorn than I would have expected, his coat is even and he is one handsome dude. In a new way.

By the next cut, he will be in his new glory.

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