Hello, Kitty
This is the 28 pound cat I groomed today. He has the distinction of being the largest domestic cat that I've ever seen, and in 23 years of pet grooming, I've never handled one even CLOSE to Tommy's size. His owner had warned me that he was badly matted and dirty, but "Hey, that's what I DO here!". It took about 3 hours to clip his coat short and shampoo him; he suffered this indignity by "going ballistic" a few times, and growled loudly throughout the spa treatment . Since he is essentially not a MEAN cat, he didn't hurt me, and even though it is easy to chafe or nick a cat's thin skin, I did not cause HIM any harm either. As you can see, he has an opinion about how satisfactory was the experience!
The two little dogs that I groomed this afternoon have been my customers all their lives. Cloe, on the left, is a young Shih Tzu, and Magic is on the right, and he's an elderly terripoo. Neither dog is any trouble to groom or to board. They are waiting for a ride home (they LOVE to go in the truck), and before I delivered them, I combed out their mustaches, ears, and tails.
Has been a nice day in the neighbourhood... and here at home, too. I'm very tired, but we've had our dinner of chicken breast strips and oven-baked french fries and I'm "done" for the day.
While I was looking at statistics for this web log, I followed a link (that someone had come FROM when they visited it), and discovered that someone had put an excerpt from MY blog into hers! She entitled it "A Groomer's Life". While it is an honour to be quoted, I wrote to the other blogger and said that giving credit to other's words is nicer. When I looked down the page, I saw that I was "quoted" again without credit.
Then I found a little blog entry, unrelated to MY web log, referring to "kennel ladies over fifty". It was good for a laugh; the blogger thought that "being a bit odd" was in the job description for kennel ladies over 50! I'm that AGE, but am I "odd"?
Well AM I ? *Sigh*, if the shoe fits, wear it, eh?
Take care everyone! XXX OOO ~Ann
