I don't know anything about physics...

[aardogs]

...but at really highly competitive, close competitions, do you think those really fluffy shelties would be faster without all their hair, or does all that hair help them become a more-aerodynamic bullet-like shape?

In any case, summer break is here. I used to absolutely love summer but over the years I've started enjoying it less and less. Last summer was probably the worst, although I can attribute a lot of that to my summer-long mysterious illness. The biggest thing is that I like to be busy all day every day. I'm not good at relaxing. There are probably a lot of factors that contribute to my summertime blues, even thought there are even more reasons to enjoy the summer.



I am recognizing the fact that remaining mentally happy and healthy takes active and continued work on my part. I'm not sure how common this is, and I suppose it doesn't really matter, but it's just something I need to be conscious of all the time. And it is something that is easy to forget. I have to remember that filling all my days with as much stuff as possible is not exactly a solution anyway. It's a good life, I don't want to waste it feeling bad.

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[hycaliber.livejournal.com]

As a Sheltie owner (of one very fluffy sheltie and one very non fluffy sheltie), I can tell you that while they might have a lot of coat, it's not a heavy coat. Unless you are wetting them down and then running them, their coats do not seem to bother them. I used to think Jeep ran faster with less hair, but I am quite sure that was all in my head. If you have a matted sheltie with a lot of coat, then you should be tarred and feathered and forced to jump with mats pulling at you! That's what I have to say about that.

Learning to relax can be fun and challenging! Make yourself learn to relax by tricking your mind into thinking it's very, very busy. And then it's not. And you're present.

Kind of cool. And I'm still working on it!

[aardogs.livejournal.com]

I was thinking about how swimmers and runners often shave their entire bodies, but I suppose if you are one big mass of light hair it probably wouldn't effect you too much.

[hycaliber.livejournal.com]

Also you would never be allowed to own a Sheltie again (in the US), you would be excommunicated.

Silas shaves his Sheltie, that sounded really dirty..:

[aardogs.livejournal.com]

Tricking your mind into thinking it's busy in order to relax, I might have to hear more about that. Relaxing is definitely challenging, something I will have to work on for sure.