Okay Maybe I should have named her Queen Bodicea hehehe in stead of Mystie! This mornign was her's and Max's Tushing shaving day! Max went first easy peasy. He wasn't happy but he let me hold him to my side and kiss his forehead and pet him while Lydia shaved his tushie. He was pretty laid back about it and the nice combing he got before the shave hehhe. Giving her winky blinky eyes in his little flirt way, he even ignored the dried chicken jerky puppy treats real chicken to boot and sniffed but did not eat hahaha. Afterwards he wondered the groomer's work area under the bath, aroun d the windows to look out at the trees and horses and doggies and other kits. We got Mystie out nervous and scared but I was holding and petting her then allowed her to sit on the table where I was scrithcing her jaw and ears while Lydia let her sniff her and comb her. But when it came time for the shaver WATCH OUT! She was trying to get off the table she sunk her back paws into my right arm between wrist and elbow got nice battle scars from it now took pictures too hahha of my wounds. Lydia was like do you know she has her claws dug in? I'm like up she was like it must really hurt and i'm like yeha not to pleasant and she said but you didn't let go! Nope! I held her until Lydia turned off the shaver to give her a break to calm down. SHe took that opportunity to jump off the table (good thing she had her harness on!) and ran for cover not many places to go hehehe. We got her back on the table again I was holding her and as soon as the shaver turned on she was fighting and squirming this time she got my right hand near the thumb area with one foot the other since my hand was between her front paws and back paws she got my right palm and wrist with 2 good ones and a small one on the wrist and one small one on my middle finer on the side closest to my pointer finger. Got her calmed again not getting much shaving done hehe but some. SO we went for round 3 told Lydia it's a make or break we do it and do it right. hahhaa! Well little mystie attilla the hun here was having none of it. She pushed her butt up and seems to twist it away from the shaver and got my right arm again this time between elbow and shoulder and she at the same time got her head loose and dove over my shoulder clawing my left shoulder as she used her claws to pull her up. Those were tiny tiny pricks once i took my shower they were gone no sign. So I was about to give up and she was like okay last option wrap her like a burrito in a towel. Finally got the job done though the entire time she was squirming and making pitiful meows. And I jsut kept holding her and talking to her. Once all was said and done we let her sit on the table to get brushed out and see it wasn't all bad and so Lydia could try and make up for being mean haha. Oh I forgot to mention Lydia got 4 tiny claws marks on her hand and only one bleed. Well She started to calm and such so Lydia tried to show her the shaver she moved a little to fast to get it and Mysite I swear jumped straight up 2 feet twisted and sprung off her shoulder to the floor to hide hehe. We caught her and put her in her carrier. During all this max was just wandering around enjoying the new sights and smells hehe. While I rescheduled and paid and took the information/advice how to help acclimate her to the sound of the shaver max decided to join us on her table and look out the window swishing his tail over her planner book haha and tried to nibble one of her plants hehhe!
All in all two shaved tushies later a happy and calm regal Max and a not so happy Mystie who keep sgiving me dirty looks and I swear she's smirking at me for the battle wounds she gave me.
Gotta love my fighter and spunky little girl. Oddly I knew she was gonna be a handful and she did not disappoint. Actually she made me proud to see her put up the fight til the end when she was placed in the carrier hehe. Round one of the Shaved Tushie Battle down next round is in December hehehhe! Hopefully less scary and scaring for both her and me hehehe!
