Oooh I'll have to tell her that...I guess that does make sense, brushing them would remove the loose hairs.
If I can convince her that brushing will help, then I just need her to realize that 20-30 pounds is not that big! That's like half the size of Molly!
Thank you SOOO much everyone! Now I just need tons of luck lol, it's hard to get my mom to budge when she says no to something once. Took 8 months to get her to say yes to rats...
Edit~ I thought about a sheltie, too. Our neighbors had one (the people who now have a lab and border collie), he was a really yappy dog. Of course that could be just because he had THEM as owners, they really aren't fit as dog owners. Those dogs just sit outside all day no matter the weather...they were once out their in the rain, sitting near the door in the mud barking their heads off.