A Trip to the Beauty Parlor

Emme went back to the groomer yesterday, or to the doggie beauty parlor, if you prefer. I asked the groomer to cut Emme's ears much shorter. When we went on vacation a few weeks ago, Emme spent ten days at the kennel and during that time, no one brushed her coat. I am not sure how one goes about boarding a dog with a high maintenance coat like a Bichon without problems. During our vacation, Emme's coat survived pretty well, but the fur on her ears really matted. I have spent the last month combing out her ears, undoing tangles, and cutting out the hopeless mats. I still had a few areas near the bottom of her ears that I could not untangle. So I requested yesterday that her ears be cut much shorter. Emme looks as cute as she can be but when she first comes back from the groomer, she looks so long and skinny with much of her fur gone. Ken thinks she looks like a white wiener dog. I think she looks like a hoagie with legs. But her coat and especially her ears are much shorter and she is tangle free. And she smells really good too.