Dougy was grumpy because he was unhappy about being in the carrier. Andy always is a little grumpy, “because”! The main thing, Athena their groomer said they were basically good boys while there, and she once again gave them really good cuts, no matter what their moods.
Dougy snoops at my dirty breakfast dishes.
Hey, is that a fantastic tail or what?!
Andy chose his favorite perch on my PC to fluff his tail and take care of kitty grooming needs.
He has a fantastic tail, too!
Athena and I decided next time, in January, we will try something different. Instead of a teddy bear cut, she will trim under their arms, on their chests and abdomens, and (most importantly) under and behind the tails.
I’ve had them trimmed in teddy bear cuts till now mostly to control matting and poop on tail feather issues. Letting their hair grow out except as noted above should let their full beauty bloom, and, if Athena and I figure it right, matting won’t become an issue.
The boys are smoke Persian cats. When they have longer hair, I’ll post photos so you can see how beautiful such cats can be! Andy and Dougy are cute now, but they will be spectacular in full form. Take my word for it.
Yup, got my answer – haircuts. Catching up on posts I missed 🙂
Wow! That one goes back awhile! Yes, the good old days when they got haircuts every other month became more problematic and irregular now that I have dialysis three times a week.
They are still pretty. I once had a cat that would get mats all the time and he wouldn’t let us brush him. When we tried he’d attack. We would bring him to the vet and get him shaved, he’d try to kill them too. Think he was abused when he was little. At home Troy could be pet, carried and hug but if you did anything he didn’t want all hell would break loose. He would get so crazy. I miss him. He had the most innocent looking eyes too.
Too bad Andy and Dougy couldn’t drive themselves to the groomers. I lecture Jiminy and Chewie how they need to do laundry. Thats the big one. It’s one thing I really hate, will do anything else but procrastinate on laundry.
The kitty boys are fairly mild and agreeable about most things, but those mats…! I have to work on them now and then, here and there. They quickly get tired (and upset) about the attention.
Are you still getting the kittiebears coats trimmed? Oh my, they are so cute. I’m sure I don’t have to remind you. ❤❤
Thanks! Yes, every other month they get a day at the spa, where they get shampooed, dried, trimmed, and fluffed. They get what is acalled a teddy bear cut since it is less extreme than the lion cut and (I think) more natural looking.
I always find it amazing how different they look after a visit to be “shorn” 😉
The post today (Post 939) Shows this curious phenomenon in a series of photos all taken within five minutes of each other, yet showing several variations in how the coat appears. It is uncanny!
Hehe 🙂
What gorgeous tails!! They are beautiful or should I say handsome guys now and when they get a new look,,,they’ll knock us all over,
Shoko
The tails never hget trimmed, so this is pretty much their tails in their full glory! Of course, when I let their hair grown out, it should be a similar length and texture all over their bodies. I’ve seen them that way when they were young, and they are quite pretty cats!
They look Purrfect!😺
They seem happy to be shorn.
They’re so beautiful!
Thanks! I love just watching them, they are so pretty!
Yes they are!
I’m sure they feel much better!
The seem to. After a haircut, they seem more active to me.
They purrobably feel like they’ve lost 30 pounds!!
Proportionately, I suppose it is like shedding a heavy weight!
That’s true – but they could simply be strutting their stuff because they KNOW they’re Pawsome!! Mol!😸
That they are!
Eek! My Dougy is naked!!!!
Not to worry! He’ll put on a thick coat in short order! By the time he and Andy go in for their January appointment, they will be really fuzzy!
My “Footsie” was a persian and he was gorgeous …. and knew it.
Until I got two of them, I’d never considered having a Persian cat. The late Louie the ginger cat was a lovely big tom, and I probably would have got another ginger cat if any had been available at the time I was looking for another cat. Actually, I came into Andy, then Dougy, pretty much by accident. Picking up Louie’s ashes at the veterinarian clinic, one of the technicians brought Andy out and set him on the reception desk. Andy was just six weeks old at the time, looked like a crazed drunken Scotsman (hence the name when I got him – St. Andrew being the patron saint of Scotland). He was so ugly, he was cute! I was offered the kitten. I had to wait till he was old enough to leave his mommy, but I had to return him to the clinic for treatment the first week I had him. (Parasite from eating an infected grasshopper….) . While he was there, he was reunited with his mother and littermates. The person who gave ANdy to me offered me Dougy a couple weeks after I got Andy, noting he and Andy played well together. I was planning on getting a companion for Andy, though this hadn’t been the plan. As it worked out, the two were a perfect match. Another brother and sister went to another home in South Dakota, and they (by reports back to me) apparently hate each other’s guts. LOL! I got the good pair. I’d never want two kittens at the same time again, but I survived the boys’ kittenhood..
I love this story, Weggieboy … It is a great story. Have you written this particular one on your blog about how you came to get the kitties?
Look at the top of the blog. I added a page that links back to the post that deals with the arrival of the boys. It includes videos of when they were kittens, so it is lots of fun, I think!
“Andy and Dougy come home”
Thank you for sharing that, Weggieboy. 🙂
Enough people have asked about this that it seemed a reasonable thing to finally do. It will save me repeating a rather involved, long narrative about the boys’ origins, too, so it’s a win-win, John!
Beautiful coast on those boys, Doug! Yes, we know the behind fur troubles with our furry Lucio cat. Can be like a paint brush going through the house…. 🙂
Or a dust mop! LOL!
Andy and Dougy are beautiful. I’m sure they love their groomed tails.
They always pay lots of attention to those trails! Just before i took the photo of Andy, he was patting his tail with both paws to fluff it out.
Nooo! I’d love to see that primping of the tail.
It reminded me of what I’ve seen squirrels do. He sits there, and bats it back and forth with his two front paws, then he strains it through his incisors to comb it. He licks it, too, of course. I’ll try to make a video of it some time. It’s always a random event, so it will be pure chance if I get it on video.
Andy and Dougy’s tails are impressive! I like their haircuts, too. I’m not sure what Mr. M’s heritage is, but we trim ‘under the tail’ and snip out other issues, as needed. Fortunately, he likes to be brushed, so we can usually control mats before they get too bad… I say usually because he doesn’t like being on his back – don’t think this is a security issue, as we never see him lie on his back, etc. Regardless, if he gets mats, they are usually on his tummy or under the tail.
That’s where the boys typically matted, too. Andy isn’t thrilled to be brushed. Dougy loves it, but prefers to be brushed on his left side mostly. I get other places as best I can. His tail brushes out nicely, even though the hair’s long. (Andy just stopped by the computer to get scritched….!)
So their attitudes are similar to M’s.
Yes!
next time Athena will make with them a true work of art. 🙂
In friendship
Michel
I hope so!
My puppies give me the silent treatment for about 3 hours…..and pout the rest of the day…..gives me a guilt complex for mistreating them….LOL…..
And boy can a dog lay on guilt! I had a dog in childhood that taught me that. Cats just hold a grudge. You don’t feel shamed by a cat’s upset because they can be so pissy about it.
It is those looks of betrayal that gets me….LOL
Ha! Ha! Yeah! If you can survive a doggy “look of betrayal”, you probably don’t have a soul!
I don’t have a soul, then … I would laugh at those eyes …
LOL! I’d look the other way, and hope I didn’t see the eyes when I closed my eyes to try to sleep.
Love the teddy bear cuts on them. They are such beautiful boys.
It is an attractive alternative to that awful lion cut. An earlier groomer, Sarah, suggested it after the first time I had them trimmed, and that’s the only cut they’ve had so far. Note that their current groomer, Athena, and I decided to try an experiment that allows them to grow their hair longer. Since they are smoke Persians, they need to have their hair long for the full effect to show, and it is spectacular!
Looking forward to seeing the photos of the boys in their longer cuts.
I’m anxious to see them in their full beauty, too! Dougy shows some of this in his photos, as I’ve noted before, and it’s a handsome effect.