Fifi's haircut!

[Lilith Cherry]

Do you remember Fifi, the "poodle type" dog my Chinese friend Audrey rescued when the poor dog faced abandonment on the streets of Guangzhou?

She now spends her time mostly at our apartment except for holidays and times we have to be away overnight and then she goes to stay with Audrey and her husband Li in Guangzhou.

Because she is a white dog and this is dirty old China Fifi gets a bath about once a week and is brushed around twice a week.

She doesnt mind the bath but she HATES the brushing. Consequently while she stayed with Audrey during the summer the brushing didnt happen; when she came back here her fur was terribly knotted and we were unable to get them out.

Eventually I found somewhere in the nearest city (Zhuhai) that said they could shave all the hair off and then bath her. We hired a van to take us and wait to bring us back afterwards. (We didn't want to just leave her there in case they were not kind to her or she got very scared) These pictures are the "before and after", LOL! My husband keeps telling her she looks like a tiny greyhound and not a poodle anymore ( I showed him some pics of Italian greyhounds which he had never seen before!) What do you think?

She doesnt like being shorn and I hope it will grow back fast. Do you have any idea how long it will be before she has her curls back? I bought some new brushes and a fancy new coat for her in the meantime! Right now she is snuggled up on the bed with my husband while he is reading. Good way to stay warm and comfortable lol!