Never cut your dog’s whiskers. Here’s why.

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Part GPS, part antenna and part sense of touch, whiskers are long coarse hairs packed with nerves at their roots or follicles. If you cut a dog’s whiskers, you can expect him to be grumpy and growly because he’ll be disoriented; even his vision is affected.

Called vibrissae because they vibrate, whiskers are long, coarse hairs that act like a dog’s GPS. About five times thicker than hair…