Grooming with Lucy Ace Reporter and Poetry on Thankful Thursday

Published on by Xena, Lucy and Chia

Hello! Ace Reporter Lucy here with a new groom for your reading and viewing pleasure. But first, I want to thank  Brian for hosting Brian’s Thankful Thursday! And I am thankful to  Angel Sammy for the fun picture this week, too. And thanks to Chloe the shih tzu’s dad for recommending us!

Our newest dog to be groomed is Cooper, a pomeranian/chihuahua mix. The only other pom that comes to Small Dog Grooming is also named Cooper. And Cooper’s brother, who recently passed to the other side of the bridge, was a pom/chihuahua mix. Are we seeing a trend here? A coincidence? You can decide for yourself. Meanwhile, here is our new Cooper pre-groom.

Isn’t Cooper adorable? He sure doesn’t look 10-years-old, does he? We couldn’t see the chihuahua in either his looks or his personality. He seemed mostly like pomeranian to us. Groomer Mom thought he was really pretty just how he was, needing only a slight touch-up. But his Mom had other ideas…she wanted him shaved.

His Mom stayed and held him while he got his nails cut and dremeled, and he was a real good boy. He wouldn’t stay on the table with his Mom here, though, so she left until he was ready to go home, and he settled right down.

After she left, Groomer Mom shaved his body and legs with a #7 blade, going lightly over his paws, and several inches down his tail – at his Mom’s request She used a very short #40 blade on the inside flap of his ears, leaving some hair around the edges, then rounded them with shears. She scissored in front of his ears, then blended his head hair into his neck using a #5 blade and choppers. A #10 blade took care of his tummy and under his tail. Groomer Mom bathed Cooper and dried him on the table. After texting his Mom a 10 minute heads up for when he would be finished, she used that #40 blade on the bottoms of his paws before using straight shears to trim around them.

She let his very happy Mom pick out a pretty scarf for Cooper to wear before leaving with Cooper groomed just how she wanted and a promise to return. We are very thankful for our new grooms and our clients who like us enough to recommend us!

Now, I get to do the poem for today’s picture. First, the picture that Angel Sammy picked out last week.

Cookie Cutter Houses by Lucy

Cookie cutter houses in a boring neighborhood.
No one would find us in this cookie cutter ‘hood.
No Amazon packages! How would we survive?
The driver of the truck would never find our drive!

If Chia got loose she’d have no direction
To find the right house or family connection.
No trees or thick bushes where critters could hide;
Poor Xena the hunter would just stay inside.

Our groom clients couldn’t find us…there goes our lunch money.
No flowers with bees to make us sweet honey.
Let’s use those cookie cutters to make us dog cookies.
And stay where we are for Amazon, grooming clients, Xena the hunter, and honey bees!

22 thoughts on “Grooming with Lucy Ace Reporter and Poetry on Thankful Thursday”

  16. Lulu: “Wow, little Cooper sure looks different after his shave!”
    Chaplin: “It reminds us of pictures of Trixie after she got shaved one year to help deal with yeast growth on her skin ― she too looked like a completely different yet still adorable dog!”
    Charlee: “Did you just say a dog was adorable?!”
    Chaplin: “I call ’em as I see ’em.”

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  19. Cooper OMDs a new haircut ( we had one on Tuesday) makes one feel like a million bucks. Look at your handsome self. I love how Groomer Amy styled you too.
    AMEN to the poem and well done. How, indeed, would anyone find anybody. I’d probably not find my own home.
    Hugs Cecilia

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  20. i prefer cooper with his furs and hope this is just for warm weather purposes. he does look like a small lion cub. you poems says it all, all the new explosion of developments here are just like this

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  21. WOWZERS! Cooper’s “before” and “after” are amazing – he looks so adorable after getting all trimmed up and I’m sure he will be comfy for hot weather without all his long hair! Your poem is so hilarious – Hadn’t thought how confusing it would be for someone trying to deliver a package – OR how about if you ordered home delivery of a pizza? Might be stone cold by the time they found your house! EEEEK! BRAVO BRAVO on your poetry.

    Hugs and love, Teddy

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