This photo shows that you can take a barbet short, and they still look like a barbet.
Ooli has very strong,thick bone so he is easy to take short as he still very much in proportion.
Luckily barbets do not smell, my hands yesterday were black and greasy after grooming him, he has a very oily coat, yet when I bathed him, the water ran clear as he now swims in his leisure time.
Next job is to bathe my gang, Bepop is going to the game fair on Sunday, so she is my priority.Betsy will be next, short back and sides for her due to her condition