First Haircut

[sheepdog 10]

T'Pel is one year old last month. She has a really hard hair coat, so I had never clipped her. I kept hoping I could keep it stripped out, but that's a complicated grooming tecnique that I just don't have the hang of yet, so finally last week I took the clippers to her. One of the other reasons I didn't want to clip her is because of her nice hard hair coat, if you clip them that coat tends to get soft over time. The hard coated dogs are much easier to keep groomed up and looking nice without all the extra work. But she was starting to look pretty shaggy, so last week I gave up and clipped her. I have to say, now I'm glad I did. She ended up looking pretty good after all. It bugged me at first to see her that way, but now that I've had a few days to get used to it, I like it a lot better. Will post her picture with the new haircut.