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The dogs are getting groomed the first week of June, and Bo's going to be getting a 'summer cut'. Last year and the year before he was practically shaved down, which I did not like at all. So I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions as to what would be best to remove from him for the summer, and what should be kept. My parents want to get rid of all of his fringes on all of his legs and on his belly, but I don't want this, because after the first time he was clipped like this, these areas got very thick and fluffy. Is there a sort of compromise that won't damage his hair? Just so you know, whenever I am there to tell the groomer what we'd like done, I get her to take her undercoat rakes and really go at Bo with that, and she then shortens the length with her thinning shears or a stripping knife. But when Mom and Dad direct her, she clips him with the clippers. I'm thinking that that's what has caused Bo's coat to change, but do you really think so?

Also, Bo's coat has changed rather dramatically from when he was younger, and I don't know whether it's just his mature coat is this way, or if it's the result of being shaved down those times. Could someone tell me? Will his coat ever become sleek and lay flat against his body like a normal long-haired Dachshund's does? Is there anything I can do to help it along?


This is obviously when he was still developing his coat, but it fell so sleek against his body. Will it ever be like this again?


And this is what it's like now -- volume! Very fluffy and thick.