Brandy, etc.
Here’s another small dog acting bashful for the camera. Brandy is part maltese and has beautiful irridescent fine fur… it’s like playing with a “Barbie Doll” to groom her. She is gentle and patient and particularly good with getting her toenails trimmed; her humans didn’t let her get at all matted before this grooming, so neither of us were stressed by the procedure!
I had another dog, after Brandy, which was well behaved but in a matted condition. His owner didn’t want him clipped short, just a bath and clip his head, neck and butt; the rest of him really needed shearing off but I did what was asked of me. I felt that my grooming job made the dog look ridiculous, and so I felt very insecure and almost depressed about my work with that one. The owner agreed that her dog looked “silly”, but will bring him back at a later date (when it’s warmer outside) to have the rest of the dog’s coat clipped. In the meantime, I KNOW that the dog feels better!
Then I accepted another dog for grooming, even though I had invited company for dinner. I didn’t get a picture taken of “Winnie” but she is a darling, small shih tzu x poodle. I have groomed Winnie several times; she has a new owner who is a young woman not very familiar with the whole “professional dog grooming” scene. My friend seemed quite tentative about leaving Winnie with me (and she’s a shy person), but pleased with the work I did.
I managed to pull dinner together; it was Indian Butter Chicken, Basmati rice, Vegetable Korma and papadums. For dessert we had “Ben & Jerry’s” and chocolate sauce and coffee. It was a lovely evening with our friends who board their two border collie puppies with us.
For much of the night, I was congested and coughing; eventually I took enough cold medicine to sleep well. Even so, today I don’t have much energy and feel like I can’t think because of headache, earache and stuffy nose. *Sigh* I guess I’ll just have to take things easier today and try to hex this cold away.
Gary has gone to Ft. St. James to trim & shoe horses for the weekend.
Take care, everyone. Thanks for stopping in! I’m going back to watering and walking dogs.
~Ann
