Today was the day. It happens, like, four times a year….but it seems like 20! In an earlier post I shared that I can count so you have to believe me I got the number down. Don’t ask me, ask Momma, she trained me. All I know Momma holds up 2 fingers, says ‘Two, Jakita’, I raise my left front paw, put it down, then raise my right front paw. If she says ‘Four Jakita’, I raise my left front paw twice, then my right front paw twice. You are absolutely correct. I am amazing but… I have gone off topic (again).
What happens four times a year at Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving and Canada Day, is Grooming.
You have to look good at the family parties. It is highly competitive and so depressing if you look scruffy in comparison to the other family pets. A girl has her pride, you know, especially a high achieving, sensitive Senorita Jakita. And, Canada Day on July 1, means the Bikini Cut, AKA,(also known as) the coolest of the cool summer cut. It is very short, yet I look leaner and (maybe meaner), I believe, since my double coat of thick wavy, fluffy fur makes me appear chunkier and lazier than I am, really.
Now I have gone through my share of groomers. First a neighbour suggested her groomer, who absolutely went on about how I was the best behaved puppy she had ever groomed, so I liked her. But she had strange ways, saying she would be away and could not make an appointment, then do the neighbor’s two dogs the very day she was out-of-town. A rather out-of-the-box way to attract business, ya think?
Since Momma had no one she knew she took me to a pet spa and even though they claimed they knew how to groom a Havanese, I ended up looking like a Poodle, which is just fine for a poodle, but rather confusing for me! Well, Momma had her standards, even before I wrote the book on Policies and Procedures for All Creation. She would not be taking me back there in a hurry.
Then a family member said her friend had a grooming shop so after emails (account was not activated) and phone calls (could not leave message) that weren’t answered, Momma went back to her family member who was able to get through. A miracle for sure. The groomer phoned very apologetic and an appointment was made. She was very good at grooming but always hard to reach. Although she was very kind, there were always barking dogs that both unnerved and annoyed me.
One day when Momma and I were out for a walk, a neighbour, who also has a little dog named Buddy, suggested her Groomer, Annie, a fellow Newfie. Now if you are a Canadian, you already know. I can’t say if it is the air they breath, or the fact that they are an island, a land on to themselves, setting their own social rules, but they are the most hospitable, fun-loving, yet compassionate Canadians, coast to coast….the Come From Away Musical smashing success on Broadway sums it up succinctly.
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I love Annie but I am not so keen on the grooming. I mean I am no frou–frou, I am a herding dog (well, at least sheep and chicken in Cuba). I have a strain of the Bichon French blood but stilll…not me… I don’t want to suffer to be beautiful.
Still, Annie is a good soul. She answers her phone calls. She sets up appointments and keeps them. I can tell she values me as a Customer (or Momma, who pays). How bizarre! You would think she was running a business. She is an example to the industry. Most importantly her empathy for puppies shines through, so I endure because I love the end results. Though I may look like a sheep that has been sheared, good news is that all the tangles and knots are gone. My tail is a plume once more, cascading over my back. I feel so light, so free, like a puppy, again.
Come to think of it, maybe the French are on to something.…. Even little doglets must suffer to be beautiful. So… find an Annie! She makes the pain worth the gain.
PS: Annie tells Momma I am the best dog she grooms. No wonder I ♥ my Annie!
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