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I recently came across a post on Imgur claiming shaving a Siberian husky exposes it to "sunburn, skin cancer, insects, and parasites".

Example of claim

[...] the layers of your pet's coat help to protect them from overheating and sunburn.

The claim seems to be quite well spread. However I can't seem to find any sources that verify the claim. All sources I can find seem to be enthusiast sites which I feel might be rife with myths and hearsay.

Does shaving huskies expose them to sunburn and overheating?

Oddthinking
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    I would normally consider a post on imgur.com to not qualify as notable, but this claim seems plausible, and your Google link supports the notability; could you include some of those links from the search results directly in your post? Also, not to say that Skeptics is not a good place for this question (I do think it's on-topic), but a better place might be [pets.se] or possibly [biology.se]. Anyway, good question.\ – Reinstate Monica -- notmaynard Jun 26 '15 at 14:50
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    I was going to editing this to "shearing", but [decided to check first](http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/255205/does-one-shave-or-shear-a-dog). – Oddthinking Jun 26 '15 at 15:18
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    Are they talking about shaving down to the skin, or just cutting the fur so that it's thinner/shorter? I've heard the word used both ways for dogs in particular. – Is Begot Jun 26 '15 at 15:20
  • They are talking about trimming/clipping/shearing, not shaving. See the link in my above comment and the pictures shown in imgur. – Oddthinking Jun 26 '15 at 17:19
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    @Oddthinking that English question went hot, and an answer led me to ask http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/28217/do-yaks-get-shaved , without realising your ELU question was based on a Skeptics question. – Andrew Grimm Jun 27 '15 at 12:08
  • @Andrew: Ha. It's all very recursive. – Oddthinking Jun 27 '15 at 12:16
  • @Oddthinking Wow, I was reading it as shearing and didn't even register! ...I should get more sleep. – Edward G-Jones Jun 30 '15 at 15:24

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