Goldendoodle First Haircut
Well, I did it. With much trepidation, I took Ebony in for her first real haircut. The new tangle comb was great at removing the mats but unfortunately it did nothing to prevent them. It was taking me an hour a day to comb through her beautiful long wavy Goldendoodle hair. It was so silky smooth and long that it easily matted. I was nervous, because sorry Poodle lovers, but I have never really liked the way poodles looked. When they are all poufed and primped out they just looked too prissy to me. I am not one of those spiffed and polished gals, think more of an earth momma so my shaggy companion suited my style.
When I first picked her up, I have to admit my heart sunk a bit. There was no denying that she was a poodle! It could have been much worse. I told the groomer to leave her beard and not make any poofs on her and he paid attention to my requests. Unfortunately, she tended to matt up worst around her neck and her abdomen so those areas needed to be trimmed the closest. He did a good job blending in the really short neck hair into the longer hair on her face and chest. Well, I figured that this haircut would greatly cut down on the “what kind of dog is that?” question. Too me, she looked all poodle. I was wrong, we hadn’t been in the grocery store five minutes when someone came up and asked me if she was a Bouvier Des Flandres.
Ebony isn’t looking all that happy with her new haircut either. There is no way that she was going to smile for these pictures! I, on, the other hand was quite pleased when I got a good look at her from the side and I saw some of that loveable goofy, albeit intelligent, shaggy dog. I just think we are more the au naturale kind of girls.
















March 27th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
May I ask where you got your goldendoodle? My service dog was a Bouv, and boy oh boy, they look exactly alike! I would like to recommend the Mars King Coat Comb to help with decreasing mats. It worked like a charm for my dogs curly coat. It cut my grooming time to about 20 mins/day.
April 11th, 2008 at 11:01 am
I think she looks great!