Chinese Crested Grooming



Oz sleeping - you can see his thick leg hair & sparse body hair

 Technically, Oz, Willie and Cee Cee are variations of the hairless variety as they have no undercoat and there are spots on their bodies that are naturally bald.  With that you would think that grooming would be a breeze, but not so!  In fact, quite the opposite, if you don't groom them, they begin to look like they have mange, as some spots grow thick hair, others don't.  For instance, Ozzie grows hair on most of his top side with the exception of his "black spot" on his back, where he grows only fuzz.  His sides are sparse and his legs grow thick hair.

Willie grows silky fine hair most everwhere except his sides, it would look like he was wearing a shaggy toupee if he grew out.  And Cee Cee only grows hair on her thighs, face and a strip down her back, sort of a hair chaps with a mohawk look...  Quite unattractive.

So yesterday was a spa day, meaning 3 hours of coaxing, trimming and cleaning up hair balls from our "hairless dogs".  Cee Cee and Willie both get a true crested trim, muzzles, body and half way down the leg.  Ozzie squirms too much and so he gets to have a little facial hair, but we trimmed his ears like a little spock.  He looks cuter with a little hairy face anyway.  It's part of his personality. 


Oz - happy in a new hair cut




Cee Cee lounging after spa day




Willie so handsome when he's trimmed