Havanese & Wet & Nails and Ears
Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 6:42AM 
I have the wet blues. Mommy says I have a show tomorrow but I do adore the rain. I like to stand out in it, jump in the puddles, and simply get a terrible mess. Puppies are supposed to do that and usually she lets me but not the day before a show. I mean - she's going to wash me TONIGHT but she's afraid she will have to do it earlier and then have an extra long time keeping me clean. Mommy - can't you bathe me twice? I never thought I would say that ...but....
Well, if that wasn't enough, Wasabi is acting like she is the boss around here. That's usually Risa's job. Okay - even if you are preggie - don't you know *I* am the real boss around this place. Just watch..I give this look and everyone just does whatever I want - yeah right!
Last night Daddy did nails on the dogs and Fiona just HATES her nails done. So, he tried - she squirmed so Mommy held and he cut and all was good but if she had her way, she would have not had them done even though they were truly needed.
Some of us have strong willed dogs but you must persist with baths, nails, brushing tummies and feet - anything that they feel they don't like as it's necessary. If you can't do the nails many vets will but that costs and many groomers will. But don't think the nails are getting grounded down naturally unless you are doing marathon walks on cement daily.
Ooops and don't forget to check the ears - smell them and make sure you don't have an infection coming on. We do not usually have one but Wasabi had one that just wouldn't go away and after two different meds and lots of treatment - it went. It does happen - just not all that often.
After this wet - do a brushing to eliminate any knots setting in. You will be glad you did.
Oh well - shows - busy times and hopefully we will survive. Hoping you have an easier time and we get Zack and Coco a week from Friday - how cool is that? We are excited!
Reader Comments (3)
Well another subject regarding ears.
Hair inside the ears to be exact.
what to do? Remove the hair or not? Threat of an ear infections having hair inside the ear greater then not having hair inside the ear for a clean dog.
Noone seems to have the proper answer.
You are correct. There is different schools of thought regarding hair in the ear canal. I remove some of it if it is excessive - otherwise I do leave some in the canal. Either way I have not found in MY case that it has stopped ear infections or attributed to them.
I did noticed that after Jazzys ears were "cleaned" he was iritated a little bit
due to the new growth. Was itching him.
Hope your blog readers have any ideas
And going back to the teeth cleaning. I used baking soda and toothpaste(dogy kind) mixture to brash.No complaints.No rejections.Will keep you posted if any resolts.