Last Friday, Monty had an appointment at the groomer. I was very uncertain as to what to ask them to do because I rather loved my little tatty-bogle, but he was getting more and more difficult to groom and was collecting all sorts of seedheads and bits and pieces and in fact even with our best efforts, his hair was getting matted in places.
A couple of photos of the rather hairy chap:-
It was a shock when we went to pick him up and I was speechless for a few seconds - the groomer said she was waiting for a reaction (and tbh I thought that the Tibetan Terrier that was in there at the same time was Monty!) but he seems a lot happier and is SO much easier to groom and keep him nice and clean, so I'm getting used to it. OH is very pleased with his new look.
Edit to say: Yes, he still has his fluffy tail!