what I did on the hottest Saturday ever

I got the brilliant idea to take this:



Remove all of this:



and, after 3 grueling (for everyone), hot, sweaty hours, end up with this:



He has an appointment to go to the groomer - they'll fix up his feet and his face because he won't let me do much with them - but it's not until July 2nd, and there was no way I could let him go shaggy with it being 90 degrees and jungle-humid here, and me with no A/C! So, I dropped $25 on a new set of clippers, we set up my mom's grooming table on the front porch, and went to town! We had both more than had our fill by the end of things, but he was such a little trooper and it came out way better that I had figured it would. Sharp blades make a world of difference! You can't really tell from the picture, but he's down to a very tight buzz-cut now. We're talking like...Marines style. He's much more comfortable, and it was well worth the time and money to get him there! Also, I'm figuring I lost at least 8 lbs in sweat alone...hah!