Marcos and Cheree’s Shiba Inu Puppy Adventures Blog

Me and Marcos were in a cleaning frenzy this weekend and decided that everything must be cleaned.  The house, the cars, the carpet, and finally the dog.  So this led to Ace’s first bath.  We had originally planed to do the self-wash but could not find any in the area.  So instead we called Pets Smart and found they had a puppy special for 11 bucks!  We jumped on that real fast!

Well Ace could tell something was up the whole day with our mad cleaning frenzy, Im sure he knew it was only a matter of time before he would be scrubbed clean.  The experience started off well, a normal trip to Pets Smart which he loves cause all the workers give him treats and he gets to smell all the new toys.  Then came a turn for the worst… THE GROOMERS.

We dropped him off at around 4 and you could tell he was scared, but we just brushed it off as first-time jitters.  They said he would be done in a couple of hours… A COUPLE HOURS!!! We thought it would take no longer then an hour and thought it would go by fast since there was a window you could watch them.  Anyways, me and Marcos ran some other errands, and then stopped at the fish store to waste time… this is where the story gets good…

While I was walking through the fish store I get a panicked phone call from the groomers saying we needed to pick up Ace immediately! I was shocked thinking… oh no what happened.  They told us to come right away, that he has freaked out and they had to stop the cleaning mid way though.  I hang up the phone and rushed right over.  Well turns out he freaked out in the water, got caught up in the leash, and they had to cut him free with scissors.  The hole process sent Ace into a panic where he try frantically to get away and protect himself by snapping at the workers. 

Needless to say, Ace was brought out to us sopping wet, and shivering. They said they could not finish the job with such a frantic dog.  The whole time I was in shock and almost had to chuckle cause he looked so pathetic dripping wet walking around.  I really wish I would have taken a picture cause it was just one of those moments, but didn’t think the dog groomers would appreciate it.  For all i know they wanted him out FAST…. Of course…leave it to my dog to get kicked out of the groomers. (Marley and Me anyone?)

Anyways, we ended up having to still pay full price for a job that was half done, but I figured, that was the least I could do for such a unrully dog (or so they thought).

We got home and we had to blow dry him finished in the bathroom. Below is a picture of another dog but reminded me of  this whole experience!