I am finally comfortable with the fact that I will never hand strip Pip and that clipping him was the best option. Here are the before and afters.
Before: you've seen this one, but it shows how wooly he had gotten
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/k...us/Hottub1.jpg
Here are the afters, as well as a video of them on the beach (it jumps a bit because I was walking)
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/k...s/Haircut1.jpg
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/k...s/Haircut2.jpg
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/k...s/Haircut3.jpg
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/k...tingpretty.jpg
http://s280.photobucket.com/albums/k...ircutvideo.flv