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you may enjoy this girls!

There was a time, there really was,

When I was sweet and tender;

When Show Dog meant a Disney Star,

and bitch was not a gender.

I went to bed at half past ten;

I went to church on sunday;

On Saturday I baked the beans

and did the wash on Monday.

But then I got a certain pup,

And an erstwhile friend said "SHOW",

And so I did and so I do,

OH! What I didn't know.

I used to dress with flair and style,

That was the life, don't knock it.

But now each dress from bed to ball

Must have a good bait pocket.

I used to have a certain air,

I wallowed in perfume,

I used to smell of Niut D'Amour,

Now I smell like Mr. Groom.

My furniture was haute decor,

My pets a tank of guppies.

Now I've furniture unstuffed,

And well-adjusted puppies.

Once I spoke in pristine prose,

In dulcet tones and frail,

But now I'm using laguage,

That would turn a sailor pale.

I was taught to be well groomed

no matter where I went.

Now all the grooming that I do

is in the handler's tent.

I used to long for furs and jewels

And a figure classed as super,

Now the thing I yearn for most

is a nice new pooper scooper.

I adored a man who murmured verse,

through intimate little dinners,

But now the words I thrill to hear,

Are just three-"Best of Winners".

I rise at dawn and pack the car,

the road ahead's a long one.

The one I routed on the maps,

Invariably's the wrong one.

I really love this doggy life,

I wouldn't care to change it.

But when I get that Best in Show,

I plan to rearrange it.

When my time on earth is done,

I'll go without much nudging.

Just give me three weeks closing date,

and let me know who's judging

My dog had a really bad time with a really bad groomer, so she can occasionally snap during a groom. But I always use the same groomer, and I always warn them, and tell them they are welcome to muzzel her if they feel safer. They never use the muzzel and they never tell me that she has been any trouble, but I will not put them in danger, forwarned is forarmed, and honesty is a much better way to go.

Shih tzus over here tend to have a meaner temperament to a lhasa.

If a dog air snaps at me, it will still get a muzzle on, I won't risk cutting the dogs face if it snaps at the wrong time.

I have a notice up that if a dog puts itself or the groomer in danger, then the dog will be sent home. I have only so far done this once with a dog that was a little shit in the bath trying to bite me (shih tzu!!!).

You can always tell a dog will be trouble when the owner tells you how good the dog was for a previous groomer and what a good job they did - yeah, so why have you had to go to a different groomer? lol

Rude minds!!!

Veritable cornucopia of patterns on this site here.

I read your invite to the craft site and spent and hour in there before coming back to what I was doing. Thank you