{"id":279,"date":"2018-11-23T17:43:37","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T17:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/?p=279"},"modified":"2019-07-09T13:56:54","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T12:56:54","slug":"the-teenage-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/11\/23\/the-teenage-look\/","title":{"rendered":"The teenage look"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>As I started to grow so did my fur! Unknown to my humans, us cocker spaniels can get quite furry when we hit the teenage years!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I do think with a few curls I became very cute and when I looked with those big spaniel eyes I could always win my humans over. Add a bit of snow and the cuteness just got more.<\/p>\n<p>But before I could really start to use those spaniel eyes to get what I wanted,\u00a0 I had to let my fur grow &#8230; and grow &#8230; and grow ! No-one could believe that under all my fur there was a cocker spaniel.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-279 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/11\/23\/the-teenage-look\/dsc_2598\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"793\" src=\"https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_2598-678x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_2598-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_2598-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_2598-768x1160.jpg 768w, https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_2598.jpg 1150w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/11\/23\/the-teenage-look\/dsc_2738-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"793\" src=\"https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_2738-2-678x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_2738-2-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_2738-2-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_2738-2-768x1160.jpg 768w, https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_2738-2.jpg 1150w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>However this hippy look was not forever and I was taken to the groomer for a trim.\u00a0 Unfortunately before my true handsome self was revealed I did need to go through the embarrassing &#8216;half done look&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-279 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/11\/23\/the-teenage-look\/dsc_2751\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_2751-1024x678.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_2751-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_2751-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_2751-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_2751.jpg 1737w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/11\/23\/the-teenage-look\/dsc_2743\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"793\" src=\"https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_2743-e1542991533731-678x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_2743-e1542991533731-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_2743-e1542991533731-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_2743-e1542991533731-768x1160.jpg 768w, https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_2743-e1542991533731.jpg 1150w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Being black my coat was very temperamental and it did take a lot of hard work.\u00a0 Once I reached about 9 months, my puppy fur was ready to be hand stripped to reveal my nice shiny adult fur. I am a breed that requires lots of grooming but its worth it!\u00a0\u00a0My personal groomer, Iris, did a fantastic job and made me into the handsome boy I am today.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_335\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-335\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/11\/23\/the-teenage-look\/dsc_2783\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-335 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_2783-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_2783-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_2783-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_2783-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_2783.jpg 1737w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-335\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">10 months and all grown up!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/11\/23\/the-teenage-look\/img_20160817_185754-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-339 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_20160817_185754-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_20160817_185754-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_20160817_185754-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/barney.wijnen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_20160817_185754-2.jpg 917w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am so glad that my human chose to\u00a0 persevere and not shave my coat as some spaniels I have seen. Not only does my coat offer me protection against the sun, it also keeps me nice and warm during the German winters.<\/p>\n<p>I looked so handsome, until I stopped going to the professional groomer and my human thought she could do better &#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I started to grow so did my fur! 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