Not on purpose … I was cutting her ‘no-hawk’ (think Mohawk but on the nose) with some scissors and she sort of decided to lunge at them. Kinda like shaving a toddler-who-needs-to-be-on-Ritalin ‘s head.
Here’s the thing. Charlie is a Norwegian mutt. A purposefully bred mutt, I think was the story – kind of like a cockapoo, labradoodle, and whatnot. She is ¾ mellom Schnauzer (mellom meaning middle) and ¼ Gordon Setter.
Here’s the thing. Charlie is a Norwegian mutt. A purposefully bred mutt, I think was the story – kind of like a cockapoo, labradoodle, and whatnot. She is ¾ mellom Schnauzer (mellom meaning middle) and ¼ Gordon Setter.
Schnauzer
Gordon SetterWe groom her like a Schnauzer, she looks like a Schnauzer (except for the docked tail and ears – Norway is a ‘cruelty free’ animal environment and no dogs tail or ears are docked) but has the hair of a Gordon Setter – soft and curly rather than wiry. It gets matted and then we are in trouble. Last time this happened, the groomer just shaved her entire body and then groomed her head like a Schnauzer - she just sort of looked stupid-naked. But now her head hair is long and her body hair is just starting to grow out – thus the impromptu hair cut and near eyeball puncture.
The only other time the Gordon Setter in her rears its head is when birds are around. In Norway, they would eat the gravel we would put down on the walk down the hill in the winter, so always out front pecking at something. Charlie would try with her ¼ setter to creep stealthy up upon them and they would just look at her like “Are you serious?” and just walk, WALK away, they never even had to fly off, she just stalked. When I told her that if she ever caught one, she was supposed to kill it – I am pretty sure I heard her say “Ewwwww”.
So, we forget about the Gordon Setter part except for the grooming and she seriously needs something. Here a photo of her with her eye showing (trimmed her eyebrows too). Her other eye is intact also …. Promise.
The only other time the Gordon Setter in her rears its head is when birds are around. In Norway, they would eat the gravel we would put down on the walk down the hill in the winter, so always out front pecking at something. Charlie would try with her ¼ setter to creep stealthy up upon them and they would just look at her like “Are you serious?” and just walk, WALK away, they never even had to fly off, she just stalked. When I told her that if she ever caught one, she was supposed to kill it – I am pretty sure I heard her say “Ewwwww”.
So, we forget about the Gordon Setter part except for the grooming and she seriously needs something. Here a photo of her with her eye showing (trimmed her eyebrows too). Her other eye is intact also …. Promise.
I've started calling her "Skank"....
2 comments:
Awww! :)
Gary says I need to leave a photo of her in profile. She so looks like the top Schnauzer, except for the tail. Although Ryan saw the photo, thought it was Charlie and said "What's up with the photo of Charlie? She looks so ... noble" Yeah, that is the missing part they forget to give the mutts.
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