Frito and friends

OK, you've waited long enough. Here's the finished product. Thanks Dara!

And in addition to getting my own special Spaw treatment, I also got to make some new friends.


This is Star -- one of Dara's cute little hot dogs. Dara said Star doesn't photograph well, but I think Alpha was up to the challenge. What a cutie pie.


Here's another friend I made -- Sombra (which is Spanish for "Shadow") -- who just got his own Spaw treatment.

Wow, we are some lucky dogs!

Here'ssssssssss ..... Dara!

This is Dara, and she's putting on (er, taking off) some finishing touches. Just wait until you see the finished product (tomorrow ;-)


But first Dara had to make sure I was properly dried after my bath. It's nice to get my hair "speed dried".



See how I look? Guess I need a little more grooming still, donchaknow.

Gettin' a buzzcut

I forgot to mention that before the bath you saw yesterday, Dara had to do something of a bulk removal of hair ;-)

You can see that I was getting pretty shaggy.


So out comes the buzz cutter, to take off all that (what is soon to be) excess hair.

This ensures that any mats and tangles are removed.

And makes me feel better ;-)

Getting a facial

But wait, it gets better. After my shampoo, Dara gives me a facial. This is so my chops are all soft and sweet-smelling.


And guess what -- this is a blueberry facial. Yummmm! (Oh, was I not supposed to eat that?)


Dara is such a pro -- she totally rinses off my chops without getting any water in my eyes. Woo hoo. Hey, Mom and Alpha, take a note!


There we go -- all clean now. (Not that I was ever really "dirty" mind you.)

Like an otter

Looks like my visit to Dara's Doggie Bag and Day Spaw will be metered out over the next few blog entries. Alpha must be running short of photos ;-)

(Actually, don't even whisper that out loud -- if he hears you, he will get out his camera and come running after me -- hee, hee.)

So anyways, here I am getting my bath and shampoo. I really like it! (Leo, you have nothing to fear ;-)

I feel just like one of those river otters after my fluff is all soaked and sticking to my sides. And we all know how cute otters are, right?

Is this really necessary?

Did ya ever notice how you don't really smell bad, to yourself? Well, it seems my parents wanted to take advantage of all le Pew removal options (you'll recall from yesterday), and so I got an impromptu visit to see Dara again. (Pssst, here's a secret -- this option is only open to current customers.)

Yep, Dara gave me a multi-shampoo/bath with special anti-skunk shampoo and then a good rinse and squeegee, as you can see:





I then got a nice toweling and blow dry. I really quite enjoyed it, but thought these photos were the funniest. Oh Dara, did I get you wet? So sorry about that ;-)



I figured what with the toweling, and the blow-drying, that perhaps I should help to speed things up. Pretty nice of me, eh?



Then Dara sprayed me with some anti-skunk spray. And then even more blow-drying. Thanks Dara, and man, I like those earrings!



In the end, I did smell better. Don't you think Mom? But here's another secret: if you get sprayed by a skunk, you will smell it for a long-long time, no matter what you do, especially each time you get wet.



Well, I think my family is resigned to the l'odeur de Pepe le Pew, for if you ever remember seeing that cartoon, Pepe had nothing but l'amour for his girl (Penelope Pussycat). And though Penelope sometimes tried to resist, Pepe usually got the girl.

That's my plan, anyways ;-)