Makeovers for Brinkley & Nuke

The day after Nolan and I left for Indiana, I had scheduled an appointment for Brinkley and Nuke at the groomer's. They needed a trim! Brad dropped them off at 10am - last time it took them pretty much all day, so that's what he expected this time. He told the groomer to do the same thing as last time, but he didn't remember (they hadn't been there since October!) so he asked if we wanted them shaved. Brad said yes, thinking he meant trimmed.

So the day goes on and late in the afternoon Brad starts to get a little worried. He called me to see if I thought he should call the groomer and check on the dogs. They were fine, of course. They didn't end up calling him until late that night, around 7pm! I'm sure Brinkley and Nuke were freaked out being there all day. But probably not as freaked out as Brad was when he picked them up!

Here's a 'before' picture from 12/14/07.....look how little Nolan is.......and how furry the dogs are!

And here are a few 'after' pictures.....Brad said he had to do a double take to make sure it was Brinkley when he picked them up!

Brad e-mailed me a couple pictures of them that night so I could see them. He felt so bad because they looked so funny! It's starting to grow on us though. :) Brinkley looks pretty good, but Nuke's head looks so much bigger than his body because they didn't shave his head. Apparently Chow's aren't supposed to be shaved that short, but oh well....it'll grow back! Their undercoat looks really rough, but it's actually very soft. I'm sure they're a lot cooler this summer, and it's made vacuuming a lot easier on us!