Early test report.
#Neachdainn suffered terribly from snowballs on his legs. He had short legs with loads of long, curly hair, which exacerbated the problem. Snow boots were never very successful.
#Gruoch is having no such problems. She has long legs, with short, straight hair. Her hair also has a Teflon™ coating. Everything, including snow, just slips off.
Of course, it might be that the current snow (cold and dry) is the wrong type for balling. Time will tell.
#dogs DogsOfMastodon
@fitheach Our cairn came back from his walks with his underside covered in snow balls today.
@Wizardofosmium
Does he accept you removing them?
@fitheach We have a walk in shower and we can get him to walk in without much protest. It's easy then to spray warm water to melt the snow.
@Wizardofosmium
That's lucky. Neachdainn hated getting a shower or a bath. It was always such an ordeal. Luckily, I didn't have to do it often.
I haven't yet bathed or showered Gruoch. I can't imagine how that will go. All I've done, so far, is rub her down with a wet cloot. She is OK with that.
An old snow report:
https://mstdn.io/@fitheach/101824655081580380