71. All We Need is the Tutu!

Tonight is Maggie's debut at the Kennel Club meeting.  She  is all scrubbed and smelling sweetly.  She is so funny, when she sees water running in the kitchen sink she stays  about ten feet away.  If I move toward her she moves an equal distance back.  It's just a little game we play.  I always win, but still she tries to evade the inevitable.  Yet when we get into the shower she sticks her head in like "Gee, that looks like fun."  She has no mental image of her in the shower, just us...the kitchen sink?  That's a different story.

A vet on television the other day said when bathing a dog to keep them from shaking to put your hand gently around their muzzle.  Apparently the shake starts from the nose.  Well, it's not entirely foolproof.  She still shook, just not as hard.  Maybe I wasn't quite quick enough.  The vet also said that seventy percent of dog owners sleep with their dog.  I'll bet the other thirty percent have Great Danes or Wolf Hounds and the like.  Bathing the animal once a week really helps reduce dog dander, the cause of most pet allergies.  Given the opportunity, Maggie would definitely sleep with us, but we sleep in a double bed and she's not getting my third.  What Bob does with his two-thirds is up to him and he's not good at sharing much of anything.

At the Kennel Club meeting next month the members present vote and then we can start taking Maggie to senior centers, etc for training.  We are looking forward to participating in a couple of visits a month.  There are about nine opportunities a month for involvement so I'm sure we can find a couple that suit us.  Sansum Clinic in Santa Barbara has a children's wing that might like some entertainment, but first I want to make her a pink tutu.  She has a tiara.  I know it's a little bit crazy but life is short and getting shorter all the time and it's time for a little pay back and nothing says fun like a twirling Cocker in a pink tutu and tiara.