loracs | (no subject)

Gilly has had an exciting day. I wanted to get her "fluffed & folded" as we say (a.k.a. bathed and brushed) before her surgery tomorrow. She was due at the groomers a few weeks ago when all this tooth/cancer stuff started and I just didn't get around to it. So I decided to go to a "do-it-yourself" dog wash. The first pet food store we went to didn't have one. I swear I remember seeing it there, but atlas, I was wrong. On the other hand, this gave Gilly another pet food store to sniff around in before we left for a place I knew for certain had one.

More excitement as she sniffed the trail of every dog who'd passed this way recently. Then it's on to the wash area. Very nice really, with wide steps she could easily climb. If she knew what was waiting for her at the top, I'm not sure she would have been so eager. Once she was secured in the top by a short lease attached to the wall, the real fun started. I dialed in the orange smelling flea and tick control shampoo and started to spray her. She wasn't crazy about it, but stayed relatively calm for the "sudsing" and rinsing.

stonebender thought she enjoyed that part of it, but I'm not so sure. The next step, the warm air blower, was not fun for her at all, but it really moved the water off her. Then I had the bright idea I should brush her now too, so I send

stonebenderto buy a brush. I think she was at her time limit for being fussed with. I only brushed her for a few minute, before she let me know how unhappy she was by twisting around and whining loudly. Nothing like a semi-wet 80 lb dobie twirling and doing her high pitched whining to get on my last nerves. We bought some cans of dog food and left - she was semi-dry and I was semi-wet, she was clean and I needed a shower.

She just had her last meal - no more food until after the surgery. Even though the tooth looks very ugly and sore, it has NOT interfered with her appetite. For breakfast I made her a 3 egg omelet with cheese and left-over white rice. Yesterday

dbubley made her tuna salad. And just now she wolfed down a can of dog food. I think that's the first can we've ever given her. Now I remember why I don't like wet dog food - the smell lingers. And I know it will also be on her breath. I do think dry dog food it better for their teeth, but she'll be on canned until her mouth heals. I think I'll need to look into doggy breath mints.