My wife and I were taking Appa for a walk around the lake this evening when we came across a woman with a strange dog. I didn't have my glasses or contacts on at the time so I could barely make it out (my eyes are horrible). As we chatted she informed us she had a husky, and suddenly the blurry face made a little more sense, but the body just didn't fit the face. She then informed us she just finished giving him a shave so he didn't overheat. My heart sunk, and I was too shocked to say anything. I've been kicking myself for the past 2 hours for not saying anything. Poor guy has a long, miserable summer ahead of him. I hope we run in to her again soon.

My wife informed me afterwards the husky was shaved body only; head, tail, and legs were still unshaven. No wonder it was so weird looking to my blurry eyes.

Pet owners should have to pass a breed specific test before they are allowed to get a pet.

Did she say why she shaved her husky?
Poor husky

So he didn't overheat...

Ugh. Uneducated people frustrate me. It's one of the major reasons I started this place!

Don't kick yourself too hard though... nothing can prepare you for the shock of an awkwardly shaved husky!

poor husky

And in UT none the less, really. I know hot is relative but seriously.

I took Demon to the dog park this weekend and a lady came in with her pure white dog. At first I thought it was some kind of poodle hybrid (everyone around here has a "something" poo or doodle), it was pretty tall and leggy but the small erect ears and the curly tail threw me off. I asked the owner of this pretty girl and her answer was "she's a malamute. I recently had her shaved." The only thing I could think to reply was "oh". I don't know that much about mal's but I assume their coat works in the same way. Felt so sorry for the poor thing, it just looked soo strange.

Oh no! Not another one! Poor girl! Yes, Malamute's coat works the same as huskies! I assume most northern breed dog's coat keep them warm in the winter and cool in the summer.

I know how you feel. At my work we had 3 huskies that came in 2x a year to be completely shaved- everything, including tail down like a rat. And then we had a mal/hybrid that was shaved with everything but face and feet(only because he would bite if you tried to do his paws). It was always so difficult for me not to be able to tell them how wrong what they are doing is, but of course in the work place I can't be telling them they're idiots.

see im just to much of a big mouth and would tell the person straight out that it is wrong, and give them a lecture about it.

hell all most to the summit we ran into a guy on our way down with 2 short haired dogs that were small i say are they puppies he was like yes one was 5 months the other 8 months i think he said i asked where did you start he said the same place we did, then i said you know they are to young to be doing this. he was like yeah the 5 month old is really tired! he did not go all the way up and we kept running into him on the way down. it had to have been at least 4hrs into the hike for him the one way!!!!

people

Koda wrote:

Ugh. Uneducated people frustrate me. It's one of the major reasons I started this place!

I agree with others - people are idiots sometimes. But people will do better when they know better, so I keep the faith. ;-) Tori, I can't tell you how many times I've been grateful for this forum and the people I've gotten to know better because of it. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.