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toy poodle with mats--any guidence?
I have a 10 year old toy poodle named CC that I inherited about 4 months
ago. for a visual you can go to www.xakeridi.com/roxaenne/ccindex.htm She's a wonderful little dog, but I have some concerns about her. CC gets little mats all up and down her front legs (and only her front legs) from licking. I don't know if it can really be considered obsessive licking. She does it for 3 or 4 minutes at a time and it's frequent and noticeable. So how much is too much licking? And what can be done about the mats? I've had cats and dogs in the past but all of them had smooth coats. I don't care about the aesthetics--I'm only concerned that the mats will pull on her skin, or make it necessary to shave them off. It's WAY too cold for her already having less hair would only make it worse for her. She's had some upheaval in the recent past. If you want the background.... When I got her she hadn't been to the vet in years. She had old tags still on so I called them--it was so long ago they don't have records from that far back. She came to me when her original owner died and the family wanted to put her down so (and this is a direct quote) she wouldn't "be a drain on the estate." A member of my family worked for CC owner and offered to take her to keep them from having her having her killed. In the process of asking all our friends if they wanted a little poodle CC decided she wanted to live with me. I asked my landlord if this would be okay and got a weird run around. At first I was told it was no problem so I moved the dog in. After 3 weeks the landlord's wife found out about the dog and told me I had to get rid of CC. I immediately gave notice I would be moving out. Then they said I could stay if I promised to keep CC in a cage (with a lock no less) and let them raise the rent. I had a new apartment, was packed and moved 2 weeks later. My current landlord and I walk our dogs together in the morning--he has a very sweet Husky. So the ending is happy. But I can understand with that kind of massive change that any animal might feel anxious. |
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