Pet Love

A bit of pet love on my doorstep

Bess has been groomed twice since we've been in Texas and they've both been pretty awful haircuts, even though my instructions are clear. All I want is for her to be shaved all over, no beard, no bushy tail and no shaggy ears, yet she has emerged looking like a schnauzer or a badly shorn sheep and I've taken to the scissors to sort her out. To top it off most groomers require a kennel cough vaccination every six months even though the manufacturer recommends this to be an annual vaccination. With the weather getting warmer and Bess's coat getting longer, I booked a different groomer yet again, only to discover that her kennel cough was six months and one day ago, they won't take her without a booster. Argh! Mobile groomers do not require vaccinations since they don't mix dogs together, so I booked 'Pet Love'. Although this was an expensive option, we did at least save the cost of an unnecessary vaccination. Along came a very friendly lady in a purple van and parked it outside our house. She vanished into the van with Bess for two hours. It was like a caterpillar to butterfly transformation; out came Bess, clipped exactly as I asked, smelling great and wearing a Texas cowboy bandanna. Result!

A pampered pooch