JD Does Hellraiser

It’s a nice quiet Sunday when your dog has disappeared into the bushes… And then when you look up you find she has done….. <cue scary music>

Her own remake of Hellraiser!!

Still, a useful conversation with Rockstar about how the dog is going to populate species of grass and weed from the Peak to other parks she visits, before being turned in for her bath… 

(And btw we do that by parking next to this pokey little pet shop right in the street, getting out and opening the car door then opening the front door of said pet shop so the dog can slink in on her own. Much to the amusement of the proprietors, who similarly swing open the inner door of their parlor which leads to their dog baths, our dog accepts her fate like a real trooper. Weird Dog Perfume and all.

The perfume is Kings’ fault, I wanted to tell the pet shop not to spritz her. Apparently if you don’t say anything it comes with the package – which includes nail and fur-between-pads trimming, and in summer a belly shave – not visible if the dog is standing up, but if she flips over you will realize her tummy has been neatly shaven. When we first noticed, we thought they started shaving the wrong dog and then stopped, but then another local dog owner explained it’s standard grooming at the pet shops in summer so the dog feels cooler without looking like a plucked chicken.. (Unless you tell them you’re fine with taking it all off). Some get real creative though, they shave everything but initials on the dog’s bum, or else they turn their Chow Chows or Poms into lions…)