Charlie and I start our mornings, these days, with a hair harvest.
He is finally shedding. Charlie pulls out his tail fur with his teeth,
but asks me to pull out the underfur from the rest of his body.
I tug at a little wisp of loose wool and then,
like a magician pulling scarves from a coat sleeve,
pull and pull and pull until I have a huge handful of fluff.
It’s so soft and smells like him.
He is SO LITTLE under all that fuzz!
photo taken July 2019
one year ago:
Summer Love
two years ago:
Howdy!
three years ago:
All Smiles
four years ago:
Looking Up
five years ago:
Shaggy
six years ago:
Dust Up
seven years ago:
Serious Shedding
eight years ago:
Miss Oblivious
nine years ago:
Mouthfull
ten years ago:
Shadow Eyes
eleven years ago:
Snow Nose
August 6th, 2019 at 8:37 am
O lucky guy
August 6th, 2019 at 12:47 pm
Love Charlie’s expression, which seems to say, “Thanks, mom, it feels so much better now.
August 6th, 2019 at 3:16 pm
How much does Charlie weigh?
August 6th, 2019 at 4:53 pm
Have you thought of having that knitted into something? Folks do that.
August 6th, 2019 at 6:29 pm
That is so adorable he asks you to groom him. Not the other dogs. You. You have such a special relationship with him.
August 6th, 2019 at 8:52 pm
Can’t wait to see Charlie in his slim summer coat.
August 6th, 2019 at 11:19 pm
It’s “the eyes!” They get me every time…
August 7th, 2019 at 7:35 am
Richard Reynolds,
It’s called ‘chiengora’, and it’s reported to produce very warm blankets/mittens/etc. A very good suggestion for somebody living in Wyoming, I think! :)
October 28th, 2020 at 9:06 am
Always enjoyed the photos with a little extra story.