We started cutting Melei short even thought the first groomer didn't want to touch her coat until she was older..so we found a new groomer
Anyway, Melei is kept in a short coat and will keep having that even in the winter because she goes to work with us at the shop and oil/grease is impossilbe to get out of long hair and if she has a long coat, she starts to smell like gasoline, even though she never touches it.
I have t-shirts and hoodies to keep her warm if she needs it on the cooler days and she never did like the all over brushing but will sit for the amount of time it takes for me to do her ears, head and tail and cut her nails.