:So, our younger dog Bedlam has been an extreme shedder since she was ill just before the baby was born (ill as in not likely to survive) Her immune system has just not been up to par and right now I just don't have the time and energy to really concentrate on the dog's immune system.
We have invisible fencing here and I guess we had a wire break we weren't aware of. The dogs generally have access to a small pond, but not the big swamp (but what dog doesn't love a good swamp???)
Anyway, I kept commenting this weekend that they stunk a lot for just being in the pond--sure enough, we follow them and they both headed to the swamp. So yesterday we fix the wire break and bath the dogs--well, Bedlam's skin is red and starting to get pussy--everywhere--not just a few hot spots, but her whole damn body!!! I take her temp and sure enough she has a nasty fever. So, in my post partum, sick of dog fur, how the hell do you treat a hot spot that covers the entire dog state, I decided to shave her down.
:Problem is that a black sable is very dark on the outside, but underneath she's very light beige, with a black stripe down her back and her belly. She looks so funny I can't look at her without busting a gut. She seems perfectly happy with it, when I let her off the grooming table she went flying across the yard to the pond and dove in and swam around for 1/2 an hour. Her skin already looks better than it did last night, but I'm still going to have to put her on antibiotics for this.
It's just never good when the doggie professional owns the most ridiculous looking dog anyone has ever seen--she's certainly not looking like a proud German Shepherd right about now.
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Poor babies...lol Tell your dh if he doesn't straighten up...he's next. 
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