Plucking Wool

Antonio is molting so we started plucking him today.  I am set to head out to see Erica at Emancipation Acres in a few weeks to learn shearing with clippers but for now we are plucking with the help of a stripper comb that is used on double-coated dogs. 

It helps us get a better grip on the wool as I have past issues with carpal tunnel syndrome and Drew has some fine motor control issues.  It worked great!

It's not as if we are anywhere near done, though.  Antonio just got tired of sitting still.

As you can see, he still has plenty of wool left.  We'll work on it some more tomorrow.  It is just as well as our nights are still pretty cold.