Dear all. Thank you so much for your help on Bobbie and her new hair cut. I am happy to say that with a lot of extra loving she is back to her usual reassured self, happy and frisky. At the moment she is sitting on her very own lawn chair sunning herself as it is a very warm sunny day.
As far as her not having had too good a time at the pet shop, it goes without saying. The haircutting room was a tiny backspace more like a closet than room. Crowded by heaps of store products, a tiny table on which she was standing and a regular if somewhat small bathtub. The "hairdryer" looked more like a vacuum cleaner that blew out air with a terrible noise which she hated.
Unfortunately, even though we are living in the 21st century, Greece has a long way to go before the animals of this country are treated as they should. Animal Welfare is a joke and I would not trust them with an animal in need, meaning that their methods of euthanasia are still questionable in my mind. Dogs and cats in the street used to be targets for drivers as a game. Dogs on sidewalks were objects of kicks or worse. My husband used to come home to find cats dying horrible deaths from poisoning in his garden almost on a daily basis. Strays are still in abundance but they are now being fed by people who seem to care more and more for them.
Many people now have pets and you see pet shops springing up more and more. Salons however are few. My only choice was taking it to our vet who gives them a sedative to make the job easier. I am against that method.
However, I am not taking Bobbie to the pet shop for a hair cut again. Until I find a proper salon I will continue to groom her and trim her as I have this past year.
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