article_snippet: With this much hair to contend with, bathtime was bound to have an extra twist.
article_snippet: Instead, an eight-hour clean-up operation ensued for the dread-locked Komondor — involving three hours in the tub, then five more under a vast array of dryers.
article_snippet: Locks like I need a bath
article_snippet: : Owner Julie does four-shampoos-and-rinse jobs, before a final conditioner is massaged in .
article_snippet: The cleaning process — at his owner
article_snippet: The first challenge is to get his dense coat wet enough.
article_snippet: It’s quite wiry and coarse, so It takes a lot of water before you can lather his up.
article_snippet: Then its four shampoos and separate rinses before the conditioner goes on and a final rinse.
article_snippet: A rubdown with a towel follows, plus a once-over with a ‘wet-and-dry’ vacuum cleaner to suck out as much water as possible.
article_snippet: Then it’s out with the arsenal of hairdryers.
article_snippet: If we left him to dry naturally, it’d probably take up to four days,’ said Julie’s partner Barry Davison, 61, who runs a courier business.
article_snippet: High and dry: A hurricane of blowdryers slowly gets his dense coat dried out .
highlights_snippet: Clean-up operation for Crufts of dread-locked Komondor takes eight-hours .
  