Sunday, February 01, 2009

Dog Day!

My little "Angel" was smelling pretty "doggy" so I thought it time to give her a bath and nail clip. My niece Mickey gave me some good doggy soap (her mom and sister work for a groomer) and it doesn't hurt their eyes and it smells so good. I had purchased one of those rotary nail filers as seen on TV, but she was terrified by it, so I gave up on that and took her to Pet Smart 4 weeks ago and they did her nails for free. Not being the sort of person to give in too easily, I bought a muzzle and a pair of nail clippers that have a safety device so you do not clip in the nail quick. Today was the day! She did not like getting into the sink, but she did like the scrub she got. Then we got her rinsed and toweled. Next, came the nail clip and I needed Dex's help for this. We had the hardest time getting the muzzle on her snout, but we finally succeeded, You would think that would be the end of the battle, right? Uh...know not quite. Can you imagine how squirmy a Chua Chua Dog can be? Very! We ended up wrapping her in a big towel, Dex putting her on her back in his lap, her snorting away in the muzzle and me drawing those hind legs out, so I could push her toenails out and clip, clip, clip. She was no worse for wear and neither were we. I just kept telling her how beautiful she is and I think she felt pretty proud of herself. I have marked the calendar and we will do this again in 4 weeks. I can hardly wait!!!

6 comments:

... said...

Chase has gotten that she doesn't even mind the nail clipping anymore...

... said...

I guess I need to change your header again since Christmas is over....maybe I can find something wintery...

Haha said...

My hope is that she will eventually get use to it and I won't have to muzzle her. She is so damned cute!

Mishka - How about one of your beautiful flower photo shots - I can then dream about Spring!

... said...

I gave you some cherry blossom's since it is cherry blossom season here in Oki.

Chicken said...

Chua Chua is so funny. I can't wait for Bill to meet her.

Haha said...

Thank you darling for the beautiful photo on my blog - I am hoping it will hurry spring along!