Just sent Tofu to his very first grooming session.
It feels a little heart-wrenching; Tofu looking at us with those big, watery eyes as Dad and I were leaving. Those eyes! THOSE EYES!!! Someone should make it a legal crime for a dog to look at people with THOSE EXPRESSIVE EYES!
Home feels a little empty right now, too. It feels strangely lonely; not having Tofu running out to greet me at the door, wagging his bushy tail in sheer delight. Feels like something is just lacking.
Hope he's doing fine now. Surprisingly, the usually-fidgety Tofu was very well-behaved when I handed him over to the groomer. Docile, I would say; and proud of it.
Sometimes, I pity the dog. He has been with us for close to a year, and he has never once been groomed. I have never seen the need for it anyway; because there are no problems with bathing him myself and blowing him dry. Saves money, too! Anyway, this grooming session is pretty budget. I sent him to a neighbourhood pet shop off Changi Road, rather than going to commercial ones in shopping malls.
The main reason behind this sudden grooming decision is, well, because of my soon-to-be absence for two weeks!
I think there's something about a dog's mentality; how every single member of the family gets viewed as part of a pack, and how each pack member gets subjected to a certain hierarchy system; albeit in the eyes of a canine. As a result, Tofu listens well to me (not always, but more than half of the time) - probably because I'm always the one disciplining and interacting with him most, and thus he has come to view me as the quasi-leader of the pack (that is, when he's not too busy vying for the alpha position). In contrast, he shows noticeably lesser respect, submission, and obedience to Mum and older brother. It sometimes gets frustrating, because, you know, I have to - countless times - step in and handle situations in which Tofu behaves inappropriately towards them both.
Anyway, hope Tofu will come back from the grooming; looking handsome and dashing! In this way, if he misbehaves during the 2 weeks which I'm not around, he would look such a darling that Mum will not be too harsh on him if he misbehaves! Hopefully!
It feels a little heart-wrenching; Tofu looking at us with those big, watery eyes as Dad and I were leaving. Those eyes! THOSE EYES!!! Someone should make it a legal crime for a dog to look at people with THOSE EXPRESSIVE EYES!
Home feels a little empty right now, too. It feels strangely lonely; not having Tofu running out to greet me at the door, wagging his bushy tail in sheer delight. Feels like something is just lacking.
Hope he's doing fine now. Surprisingly, the usually-fidgety Tofu was very well-behaved when I handed him over to the groomer. Docile, I would say; and proud of it.
Sometimes, I pity the dog. He has been with us for close to a year, and he has never once been groomed. I have never seen the need for it anyway; because there are no problems with bathing him myself and blowing him dry. Saves money, too! Anyway, this grooming session is pretty budget. I sent him to a neighbourhood pet shop off Changi Road, rather than going to commercial ones in shopping malls.
The main reason behind this sudden grooming decision is, well, because of my soon-to-be absence for two weeks!
I think there's something about a dog's mentality; how every single member of the family gets viewed as part of a pack, and how each pack member gets subjected to a certain hierarchy system; albeit in the eyes of a canine. As a result, Tofu listens well to me (not always, but more than half of the time) - probably because I'm always the one disciplining and interacting with him most, and thus he has come to view me as the quasi-leader of the pack (that is, when he's not too busy vying for the alpha position). In contrast, he shows noticeably lesser respect, submission, and obedience to Mum and older brother. It sometimes gets frustrating, because, you know, I have to - countless times - step in and handle situations in which Tofu behaves inappropriately towards them both.
Anyway, hope Tofu will come back from the grooming; looking handsome and dashing! In this way, if he misbehaves during the 2 weeks which I'm not around, he would look such a darling that Mum will not be too harsh on him if he misbehaves! Hopefully!
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