We worked on some grooming today. This was a familiar look to me. Seems like we just went through this with the combs and now she sees the nail trimmers and heads for the door. I'm again going to let her approach the clippers.
This may take a while...
Eventually we got to the point where I could trim her nails. So much drama...she was really good about letting me trim her nails. I only trimmed the front ones and will save the back ones for another day. No need to stress her out and there is nothing saying I have to trim all her nails in one sitting. Lots of treats for her nice, compliant behavior when I trimmed her nails. What a day...after the nails and the ear cleaning, I found two new mats on her ear. At least I could finish our grooming session with brushing her teeth. That she LOVES!
Plus you need your teeth brushed so you can look as ferocious as possible. Someone might buy it, Mollie. Maybe...
It doesn't look like Billings took you too seriously.
We were heading out for an outing tonight which I suspected we might have to call a little short because Mollie has been a little nervous around new people. She was a bit nervous today with Rhett came home with an E-Collar on after his neuter. She thought that was pretty weird but she eventually got over it.
We made it to our outing and she made it through the entire evening. We went to a restaurant that allows dogs in their outdoor seating area. It was a pretty busy restaurant so we sat off the side so she could get use to everything. She did great! She relaxed right away and slept through most of the meal. The wait staff were very complimentary of her behavior.
Her manners were excellent and she did some really nice greetings. She was happy to snuggle up with people she didn't know and she seemed pretty comfortable with all the people around. I still gave her periodic rewards for maintaining a nice stay and to help her get even more comfortable with all the strangers all around her. She might have got one or two treats for being extremely cute too.
Outings like that will wear a girl out. It takes a lot of energy to be doing new things -- which can be a helpful bit of information on days where you need her to burn off some energy.
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