Ms Kashmir looking annoyed with me lol guess I was taking to long to make her a pretty Easter bow for her hair lol I didn't get an after photo when I was done with her today, will post the pics her mom sent me in the comments
I had a house guest this weekend so he had to come to work with me on Saturday...He got to hang out and be the "shop helper"...all day he stood at the tub offering "moral support " when dogs got a bath lol
Took a video of Benji and Gracie since he was so scared at first, I usually do this with new dogs when they come in this scared so I can track how much they improve with each visit...I wasn't expecting him to act like he did though, he was looking all around the shop like he was looking for something,he's been here many times already so nothing is new here....I'm pretty sure he was looking for Shannon,he kept going to her table and when I lowered it he jumped on it a few times ....
As some know I record grooming sessions when I'm working with a dog that has grooming anxiety or behavioral issues of any kind,I do this for a few reasons but mainly to help show the pet parent how there fur baby responded to me as well as to track progress throughout grooming sessions.I was expecting to really have my work cut out for me today with Ms Sophie,she has pretty bad grooming anxiety and needs to be given a sedative before her grooms and in the past she's still had some issues even while medicated but she seemed to respond really well with me today, she allowed me to handle her without needing to be muzzled, towards the end she did try to bite me twice but nothing major, but she handled her entire groom like a champ, her ears and face weren't perfect today but we were able to end the groom on a positive note and accomplished a full groom in 45 minutes without and issues or her stressing to the point of aggression and that's a huge accomplishment with fur babies who have anxiety like she does!! Can't wait to see how well ms Sophie does at her next appointment,her and Rocky are both sweet babies,I'm very proud of how brave she was today!!!