Ratboy was my first visitor of the day. He is a regular and the groom went smoothly as usual. I used a 5/8 " blade and scizzored his legs. He is a shih tsu with a previously broken pelvis so he requires a certain amount of very careful handling. His hind legs don't seem to hold him up all that well during the groom but he sure looks just fine after and he is scampering off to get into the car!

Lola came to see me today also. She is a Golden Retriever that has had a piece of her lower jaw removed. The result of that is her ever lolling tongue and a bit of drool. Her groom is a #3 all with scizzored legs. This gives her a nice short coat for the summer at the lake. She is a very good dog to groom...just one of those high pitched whiners once in a while. Her coat is not the easiest to work with...so very soft that is wants to lie down as the blade goes along. I think she looks somewhat choppy as a result even with lots of scizzor blending shears work. Oh well...that's the way it goes when giving a double coated dog a haircut I think.