A whack at grooming

Today our trip to the Ithaca Farmer's Market got cut short when Hansel's mom got called in to do an optho surgery (she's currently doing a rotation in anesthesia). She had been hoping not get called in, but alas, she did! I ended up watching Hansel for most of the day.

At one point I got really bored and noticed that Hansel's paws were getting hairy. And when I say hairy, I mean really hairy!

I decided to take my first whack at grooming and started trimming his paw fur with a pair of scissors (I didn't have electric clippers on hand). Hansel's so unfrazzled by anything and everything that I can literally do whatever I want to him and he'll just lay there. Talk about a ragdoll!


For my first time at "grooming", I have to say I did a pretty decent job! His feet are now nice and trimmed. It's obviously not the job of a professional groomer, but I did work for free ;)

Paw on the left is half-way done, paw on the right is untouched

Front paws are done, back paws (which I'm holding) have been untouched

Hansel models his clean paws.

Winnie preferred to keep herself away from my scissors. She fell asleep by the window...


Hansel's mom got a nice surprise when she came by to pick him up later this evening. Yay!

Winnie the...poop?

Yesterday at the dog park Winnie found herself a nice pile of poop to roll on. Most of it ended up on her collar. The rest got on her neck and a bit on her back. People spent the rest of the evening calling her "Winnie the Poop".

Pooped and proud.

She earned herself a nice bath when we got home.

"How embarrassing"

"Aw jeez, Mom. Really?"

As for her poop-covered collar- it got rinsed off, then dunked in a bucket of water and shampoo.



Thankfully it seemed to work and it's as good as new!



Tomorrow I have an appointment with the homeopathic vet for Winnie's allergies. I really hope homeopathy works for her- I don't want to inject her with more Pred and rely on Medrol pills forever. Wish us luck!