Owning a dog is a contradictory thing in some ways. For example, there's the issue of Golden Retrievers shedding. If you own a Golden Retriever with short fur, it will look unattractive. If the dog has long, thick fur, it may look good, but it will shed a lot!
Some pet owners are driven crazy by their dogs' shedding, so they choose a quick and easy solution: shaving their dogs. However, pet research shows that shaving dogs can cause many negative emotions, such as feelings of inferiority.
Recently, an Alaskan Malamute owner shaved her dog's fur. The owner said she didn't know if the dog felt inferior, but she felt inferior first. Why is that?
In recent years, with the increasing popularity of pet dogs, more and more people have joined the ranks of pet owners, especially some girls who really like to keep large dogs.
We have to admit that it's really cool for girls to own large dogs. Just imagine a stylish young woman walking down the street with a huge Alaskan Malamute – she'd turn heads at least 100%. Plus, owning a large dog can give a girl a sense of security.
But there are advantages and disadvantages to owning a dog. Female dog owners have more clothes and cosmetics, and large dogs shed more. Some special fabrics are basically ruined once they get dog hair on them.
So some female dog owners who own large dogs are driven crazy by their dogs' shedding. Recently, a female dog owner who owns an Alaskan Malamute had a brilliant idea. She thought that if she shaved all of her dog's fur, the dog would definitely stop shedding.
So, that day, the owner took the dog to a pet store, spent nearly 3 hours getting it shaved, and spent 380 yuan to get his Alaskan Malamute's fur shaved.
After shaving the Alaskan Malamute, the first few days were amazing. There was no more loose fur in the house, the amount of fur on my clothes was reduced by more than half, and even the fur on the floor and sofa was much less. Before, I could not clean it up even if I cleaned it every day, but now it is clean every two days.
But gradually, the pet owner noticed something was wrong because she had overlooked the fact that dogs need to be walked.
She's leading a donkey?
In the past, when she went out to walk her dog, she would always attract envious glances from others.
After shaving her dog, the pet owner noticed that passersby were giving her strange looks. One evening, while walking her dog, an older woman approached. The woman stared at the woman and dog for two seconds, then muttered, "Why is this girl leading a donkey in the middle of the night?"
Some things, once they're in your mind, you can never get them out of your head, like the idea that an Alaskan Malamute looks more like a donkey after being shaved! Now, the more the owner looks at her dog, the more it resembles a donkey. The owner says she doesn't know if the dog feels inferior after being shaved, but she does. Currently, the owner only walks the dog at night because there are fewer people around; after all, walking a donkey on the street is really embarrassing.
Shaving a dog's fur is indeed embarrassing and can make the owner feel inferior. I have experienced this myself. I had a Golden Retriever, and last year, because of a skin disease that hadn't healed for a long time, I shaved off all of its fur in a fit of anger.
Before I shaved my dog, people would look at me with envy and at my dog with obvious affection when I took him out. After I shaved him, people would look at my dog with suspicion and at me with questions. They wanted to know what I was walking. So for a while, I kept explaining to people, "My dog has a skin condition, so I shaved his fur."
Furthermore, I discovered that after shaving the dog's fur, bloodstains would often appear on the dog's body for no apparent reason. Later, I found out that the dog had scratched itself with its claws. Before, when it scratched itself, its fur would cushion the scratch and prevent it from scratching the skin directly. Now that it has no fur, its claws scratch directly at the skin, and it scratches until it breaks, which looks particularly creepy.
Therefore, I personally don't recommend shaving your dog's fur. It makes the dog unhappy, the owner unhappy, and it can even cause scratches. Why bother? If you want your dog to shed less, buy several brushes and brush it twice a day. That will definitely reduce shedding by 80%!
