I’m starting to wonder about Rolfe. His hair has been getting really long and matted so we decided that it was about time to give him a bath and a haircut. The boy loves baths and I think he’d jump in with us every day if we let him. Not surprising since poodles were bred for water-related jobs.
We gave him his bath and dried him off real good, then we took out our new clippers. They work really well; the only problem we have with them is that changing the blade is a chore. It doesn’t slide off as easily as we would like. We gave Rolfe his haircut and ended up with a huge pile of poodle hair. It was really quite impressive.
Rolfe’s new haircut turned out allright. There are a few tufts that should be smoothed out, and one or two spots that were cut a bit close to the skin, but overall he looks nice. With a little practice, and if we actually read our poodle grooming book he should look even better in the future.
Janet decided that since the weather is still a bit nippy that Rolfe needed to wear his sweater. I objected – in my book dogs don’t wear sweaters. She won and for the past couple of days he’s been walking around the house in a black sweater.
The thing that bothers me is that Rolfe really likes it! Last night Janet tried to take it off of him before she put him in his crate, and he wouldn’t let her do it. He wanted to keep his sweater on all night. That dog would tense up so that she had a hard time trying to remove it.
There are several possibilities going on here:
- He’s cold and the sweater keeps him comfortable.
- He’s embarrassed by his new haircut and he’s afraid if the other dogs see him that they’ll make fun of him.
- He likes the way it feels against his skin.
- He’s turned into a metrosexual and he thinks that the sweater is stylish.
I never thought that I would have a dog that wears clothes. Somehow it just strikes me as wrong.
Stumble it!