Grooming with Mom: Plus One, Minus Two

Published on by Xena, Lucy and Chia

Thanks for joining us for another episode of Grooming with Mom. I’m here to tell you about a new groom, a pup who is moving, and a senior citizen who will soon cross the rainbow bridge.
Let’s start off with the Happy News.

Marr

One of our current clients got a new four-month-old puppy. Brinkley, shown below, is still figuring out how this whole not-the-only-dog-anymore thing is going to work.

While Brinley was home waiting to see if Marr was coming back, Marr was here getting his first haircut. Here he is at his home before he was groomed.

Marr is a Multipoo. He came to us with a lot of fleas hidden down under all that soft, fluffy hair, and a lot of hair and crusty dirt in both ears. Per his Dad’s instructions, Groomer Mom did not trim his crazy ears or his tail. She used the choppers (a funny kind of scissors) to remove a lot of that hair and trimmed his face. He came out looking like this.

Yep, crazy ears. And a little bit of hair still sticking up under his eyes, cause Groomer Mom said it was more important for him to keep his eyes than for her to get all the hair, BOL! Except for that, for a puppy, he was very calm and good on the table. We look forward to seeing both Marr and Brinkley back in the months to come.

Dora

Next to come visit was Dora. She and her schnauzer sister Maggie have been coming to get groomed since May of 2013. Maggie crossed the Bridge a year ago last April.

When Dora showed up last Saturday, her Mom said, “I’ve got to talk to you first.” She had been trying to get up the nerve to take Dora to the vet one last time. Her husband suggested that she go ahead with the grooming appointment and talk to Groomer Mom about it. She explained that Dora was blind and deaf, was incontinent, and ever since losing her sister Maggie, has had absolutely nothing to do with either of her pawrents.

Dora (L) and Maggie 2018

Looking down at Dora in her lap where Groomer Mom had set her, Dora’s Mom said this was the first time Dora was even sitting with her. With a heavy heart, Groomer Mom tried to give her the affirmation she needed to put this 17-year-old shih tzu at peace. Groomer Mom said there was no sense putting Dora through the stress of a groom, so with Dora in her Mom’s lap, she only clipped the hair covering Dora’s eyes so her Mom could see her better. Tuesday, Dora will be reunited with her sister Maggie on the other side of the Rainbow Bridge. Our hearts are heavy.

Markel

Sunday, Markel aka Baby Dog, came to get groomed. As his Mom held him in the nail sling, she told Groomer Mom that she had accepted a job about 2 hours from here and would be leaving in 2 weeks. She said she felt like she had only just found Groomer Mom (read about it here) and didn’t know what she was going to do for a groomer there. She had previously experience terrible haircuts for her boy.

Baby Dog ‘s first groom here in June of 2022. Letting hair on top of nose grow out where previous groomer had shaved it.

Groomer Mom scissored his legs quite a bit shorter and also his beard some shorter to help it last a bit longer if needed. She told his Mom that if she was back in town with him and he needed a groom, just give her a call. We’re going to miss Baby Dog.

Groomer Mom has been grooming dogs from her home since 1993, taking a 10 year break (except for grooming her own schnauzer, Lexi) after she moved. She resumed grooming in 2013 with Maggie and Dora as her first clients. It feels like an end of an era. And perhaps, with the new puppies showing up, it is the beginning of a new era!

This is Lucy signing off on Awww Monday, with thanks to Miss Sandee at Comedy Plus for hosting it.

29 thoughts on “Grooming with Mom: Plus One, Minus Two”

  1. We hope so too. Mom groomed for a short while at the vet’s where she worked and she had one that was the elderly dog’s last groom, and she knew it and cried the whole way through it.

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  3. We hope to see Markel again too, and that he eventually finds a groomer who really knows how to groom a schnauzer! I’ve heard that Angel Lexi had super thick and curly hair (unusual for a schnauzer) and Markel’s hair is even thicker and curlier! Thanks about the header. Mom thought it was time for a change. *wags* Lucy

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  5. You’ve been doing a great job grooming those doggies! I think it was kind to suggest not putting a very elderly dog through the stress of a full grooming, but only do the bare minimum.
    We have a good groomer who works through our vet office. Ms. Jacquie has been grooming our cocker spaniels over many years. She cried as much as we did on the day our sweet Chester had to cross the bridge. I hope the pups Rosie and Baby behave for her when they need grooming.

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  6. Lulu: “Aww, Dora sounds like a sweet little old girl. We are sorry she has to be leaving but it sounds like it’s time, and she will have a lot of fun over the Rainbow Bridge with her sister Maggie.”
    Java Bean: “Crazy ears! My ears go at slightly different angles. They are not quite crazy, but they’re also not quite right, if you know what I mean …”

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  8. Mee-yow what a happysad reeport Lucy!!! You did pawsum purr usual.
    Marr iss a cute-as-a-button poochie. Brothur Brinkley so cute waitin payshuntlee.
    An what a poignant story about Maggie an Dora poochiess. Wee have to agree with Miss Amy that it iss time fore Dora to fly off to bee with Maggie…Sky Cat Speed to her….
    Markel iss so furry hansum. Wee sorry hee an his Hu’man are movin so far away an hope they can reetern sum time inn THE future…….
    Pleese tell Miss Amy wee love THE new header.
    ***nose bopss*** BellaDharma an (((hugss))) BellaSita Mum

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  20. Your mom gave excellent advice. I know it must have been hard. My groomer knows me better than my vet.

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  22. I am so sorry about Dora…I know mom has a very special place in her heart this precious girl.
    I hope happy memories of her will soon surface to make mom smile
    Hugs Cecilia

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  23. Such sweet and bittersweet news today. Your mom does great work and is a wonderful help to her clients. Our paws are crossed for Dora and her parents as they go through the difficult transition.

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  24. So sad about Dora. Always so heartbreaking. You’re such a wonderful person. You knew what to do and what not to do.

    If I had a pup and were near you, you’d be my groomer.

    Thank you for joining the Awww Mondays Blog Hop.

    Have a fabulous Awww Monday and week. Scritches all around and a hug to mom. ♥

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  25. We’re so sorry to learn about Dora. I can’t help but choke up a bit whenever I hear that kind of news. Still struggling after Norman’s journey so it always hurts my heart. Little Marr is quite the cutie, wild ears and all. Little Baby is a handsome fella; we wish him and his Mom good luck (and hope you might be able to see him again at some point).

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  27. your mom is giving the pawrentz a blessing by keeping their babies groomed properly. so sad Dora is not doing well, and thanks for talking the mom through it. so very hard to do. I know it is sometimes harder to deal with the pawrentz than the pups you groom.

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