Pamper Day for Roxy

[Nicola]

I'm taking Roxy to the groomers today for a pamper. She'll have a shampoo and a blow dry, and have her nails filed - I trimmed them last week - what a drama queen she is.

I get out the nail clippers.....Roxy does a runner. When I manage to get her, I hold her leg while she tries to fight me.....She mouths me, kangaroo kicks me with her back legs, she doesn't actually make any noise about though, strangely enough. This goes on for about ten minutes until she eventually gives up the fight, lays down and has a big sigh......Then I can get her nails trimmed. What a carry on, you'd think I was attempting to murder her.

She wasn't bad the last time but I haven't trimmed them in a while. Oh well, I guess this will just have to be the case every time I trim her nails.

There's no point in me trying to give her treats and praise to let me get her nails trimmed. I have to just let her fight it out, then trim her nails and then give her treats and praise.

[linsey]

i know how you feel Nicola! sometimes when I'm grooming / clipping / trimming / detangling Leon's legs / bum / belly we have these pseudo-wrestling matches! I've seen me getting him in "figure-of-eight" locks at times!

Sometimes I even need to enlist the help of Steven! (Tag-Team!)

Leon might be small, but man, he can squirm and kick! Sometimes I end up with bruises if I'm trying to do something he really doesn't like! And yet he will sit and let me shave away the hair from his eyes without any bother.

They are wee oddballs!


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If you saw two living creatures, one of them does a poo and the other carries it for him, who would YOU think was in charge?
- Laurence Billi

[shirley c]

Scooby is the only one I have a pantomime with on the nail trimming and I have no idea why, cause if I am ever visiting his old owner, he trims them no bother
His old owner is a greyhound trainer and im not saying they are rough or bad but I suppose with a kennel of about 15 dogs, they have to stand to get their nails done im probably to soft with Scooby


When is the Scrufts final Nicola, are you getting her ready or is she just getting pampered for a treat
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lurchers Pixel and Zev and whippet, Fen
3 cats, Greebo, Yu and Lexx - 2 ferrets and Dales pony Jazz and adopted pony, April

[Nicola]

A pantomime.....Love the comparison, Shirley!

The Scruffts final is on Sunday. We leave for London tomorrow afternoon on the train and will be back home on Monday night. A few friends and I are going to make a weekend of it, and probably try and get tickets for a show, possibly 'Wicked', a spin off of the witches in the Wizard of Oz, i've heard it's brilliant. Last time I was in London we seen 'Chicago' which was fantastic.

Roxy has had her pamper and she now looks lovely for her big day on Sunday. I'm now attempting to fit everything in my wee case!

[shirley c]

I thought it was later in Dec for Scrufts, I dont know what day it is at the moment never mind month good luck again and hope you bring back a big prize
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lurchers Pixel and Zev and whippet, Fen
3 cats, Greebo, Yu and Lexx - 2 ferrets and Dales pony Jazz and adopted pony, April