Now before everybody jumps me on this one, I would never shave her, but Miko has exceptionally long guard hairs, they come down her back to form a V almost like a lions mane. She also has what I call "Chronic Butt Fro", and her tail hair is much longer than most huskies I have seen(an average strand is about 8"). She is spayed, which I have been told will increase the hair length because is throws off the hormonal balance, and I have her groomed regularly, she also has not blown coat before(I don't know if this will affect her hair length).

So here is my question. Is it okay to have her "Butt Fro" trimmed back? I have her pads shaved every couple of months so that she doesn't get "Grinch" feet, but the "Butt Fro" is driving me crazy and she HATES having it brushed out.

My Mr. Sebo is long haired (almost collie length) and has the same issue. To add to the problem he has a sensitive stomach and occasions running stool. Lets just say I keep this trimmed up back there. He too hates be combed there and gets matted after swimming if I don't keep it trimmed down.

"Chronic Butt Fro"... LOL...

I have no advice, sorry... I just thought that was funny! I'm sure if I had to deal with "Butt Fro" it would NOT be funny, but you have given me my laugh of the morning!

There is a breeder in our area that only breeds what she calls "wooly huskies". I think the long hair is a dormant gene and pops up occasionally, but this gal breeds for that trait.

Here's a butt fro shot, not the best quality but you can get the idea.

HAHAHA GRINCH FEET! My mom's dog Kele gets those, a collie X. Perfect name for it!!

Grinch feet

You guys are cracking me up.

We used to trim the fur under Ginger's paws because they just looked gnarly but now I think if we kept it, it would have helped with snow balling up in her paws. So we're not trimming paw fur anymore.

Is Miko a long-hair or wooly husky?

There is nothing wrong with trimming back the butt fur or "pants" as I call them in dogs with long hair back there.

Miko looks like she has an "in-between" coat, longer than standard but shorter than a true wooly.

Our Chihuahua, Glory, is a long coat chihuahua so she has really long butt fur/pants that tends to get tangled and twisted and heaven forbid she gets worms or diarrhea! Of course brushing there is sensitive so I give her a sanitary shave at home by myself with a regular pair of human hair clippers back there every few months. It's really easy to do and as long as you leave a few inches of fur back there she'll still look okay. You could trim Miko's "pants" to where the fur would stop on a standard husky coat, that's what I do with my long coat Glory and if you didn't know she normally had the long "pants" you wouldn't even notice that it was missing. It does look different the first day or two but after that you don't even notice.

I like that name for it = long pants!

I called Ginger's butt fur, Bloomers.

Storm?....hmm. how about 'Cargo Shorts'...it's not long pants, and Bloomers are for girls...I think I'll go with Cargo Shorts for Storm....

Ginger's Bloomers and Storm's Cargo Shorts!

Haha! Grinch Feet! I know something about those! Chronic Butt Fro too. (But I call it Butt Fuzz. Or hairy Pants.).

I trim Zander's feet every week or so. We get too much rain and mud for him to be comfortable otherwise. Everywhere else that I think needs trimming/shortening....I use the furminator or shedding blade. They both do a pretty good job of tearing up coats. I'm just OCD, and I can't ever get scissors to make a natural looking cut. My parents shaved his pants one summer. It was a terrible idea. I wasn't happy.

Ah yes nothing like a good chuckle on a topic they you wouldn't think would make you laugh.

Mylo use to grow Grinch feet in the winter and he hated it when the snow would clump up in his toes. I never knew what to call it back then but damn Grinch feet fits perfectly.