Dog grooming ?
Isn't that what used to be the process of dragging the family mutt down to the nearest stream , flinging him in & then hauling him out duly " groomed " ?
micmclo;[QUOTE said:1159786]Dog grooming; For people with money to burn.
Dog grooming ?
Isn't that what used to be the process of dragging the family mutt down to the nearest stream , flinging him in & then hauling him out duly " groomed " ?
Great post!In my house growing up it was the process of the whole family grabbing the dog, hoisting him over into the bath, forcibly holding him in the bath while the nominated member washed him with a bit of fairy liquid (I was usually the nominated member), dog was whining and trying to escape the whole time, plenty of shaking and paws up over the side. Eventually after a number of minutes of dog torture the water was let out and he was rinsed under the shower head, and then he was allowed to jump the side of the bath into the waiting arms of us kids draped with old towels - mostly he made a mad dash away from us and our towels and joyfully shook himself all over the nearest piece of furniture, we'd roar laughing chasing him about with the towels and trying to dry the furniture.
After all that fun we'd let him out the back where he would promptly roll and rub himself in the dirtiest bit of garden he could find - if it wasnt already muddy it would quickly be with his wet coat draining water onto the muck.
Finally, after he dried out (and caked with some new mud) the brushing would begin, first the hard brush, which he squirmed away from and didnt like, then the soft brush, which he loved and rolled over wanting his belly brushed. A final snip out of matted bits with a scissors and he was good as new, fluffy and smelling of muddy fairy liquid.
The house would smell like wet dog for a few days, the dog would smell like fairy liquid for a few days and then some weeks later the process would repeat.
Dog groomer? That was just for Crufts.
And while you're at it you can buy your dog a tweed jacket to keep the dog clothes industry in business, and get a cleaner for your house to support local business.
We all have a right to spend our money as we please, after all it's our money, but there should be no need to dress up why we spend things as selfless acts.
Great post!
I wish somebody would tell RTE that it is not compulsory to have a 2-hour chat show with 'celebs' pimping their latest book/album/tour on Friday nights. The LLS is long past its sell-by date.
If is a fact that by spending money the offshoot is that we keep people in jobs.
Naturally I could choose to do this myself including cleaning the house,washing the car,cut my own hair,basically you name it..
Dress it up as a selfless act you say,well believe it or not the cleaner in my house,has begged me for work and asked me to ask lots of others to give her work,I do give her as much as I can,and I could easily do it myself..but I choose to give her the work as I know she is finding things difficult.
Due to health issue ,I cannot cut the dogs nails and coat ..but hey ho..rush to judgement..
I could pay someone to tie my shoelaces and create employment and hey ho if they they begged me I could ask my friends to pay them to tie their shoelaces too.
There is no shame in paying someone to clean your house or your dog, it's your money and you should do as you please with it, I just don't see the point of 'justifying' your own expenditure by saying that its for someone elses good instead of your own.
I dont and wont justify why and what I spend my money on, a poster said that it was for people with "money to burn".I was taking that statement to its logical conclusion..
There are many reasons why some of us choose professional dog groomers,and the shoot off of this is that by doing so ,they help keep these people employed.when we could do it ourselves by using 2 euro shampoo from the euro shop
My point is anyone can say that anything you purchase ,unless its an absolute necessity ,could be said to be only for people with money to burn.
Thankfully some of us still can spend on somewhat unnecessary stuff,which in turn keeps people in employment..
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