Cleo Gets a Pedi...Well Sort Of

I took Little Ms. Sassy spots over to PetSmart tonight to get her nails ground down. You would think we feed that dog miracle grow at the rate in which her nails flourish. Getting her nails ground down seems to be the way to go for her. There's no pinching when clipping, no chance of us nicking the quick, and when she gets pissy I'm paying someone else $16 to deal with her crabbiness. I'd refer to that as an epic win.

Cleo on the table - So far so good....

Cleo under the dremmel.

After the first foot things started to go down hill. The groomer moved to the front foot and Cleo realized she could mess with her. So the groomer had to call in reinforcements. Hilarious.

When we finished we did our normal PetSmart perusing. That typically includes a cruise by the Birds as well as her other favorite the Guinea Pigs. You can click on this link to see her first reaction to these little pig pigs. And no pet store shopping trip is complete without a decisively chosen dog toy and a biscuit from the cashier. Today Cleo got a big purple ball with a rope!

The Discovery of Guinea Pigs

If you have ever read my post from March titled "When it rains it pours...." then you would know on rainy days taking Cleo to Petsmart is a no brainer. Today has been relatively nice but we have had intermittent showers so I thought I would shoot over and buy some goodies for tonight just in case we got trapped inside. We picked her up a purple ball with a handle, a flying squirrel toy and a big pig with several squeakers inside. Such gifts delight a spotted dog. But the most hilarious part of our trip was when Cleo discovered Guinea Pigs. They moved them down to her perfect face level and they were squeaking and running about! Please reference the video below:

About 5 seconds after I stopped recording she punched the glass and piggies dove into their plastic domes. I grabbed Cleo and darted for the checkout line. Luckily no one was watching and my questionable parenting went unnoticed. Anyway, as soon as we got home we busted out the purple ball with the handle and had a good game of fetch until she finally laid down and ate the handle off.

She looks so dainty and girl like when she is destroying things.

When it rains it....

Cleo's not a big fan of the rain. In fact she doesn't like to go outside in the rain at all....unless she's hunting then she doesn't seem to mind so much. I can tell it bums her out. She sits by the back door and taps the glass like she does when she wants to go out. When you walk over to open the door she refuses leave the house. When you walk away she taps the glass again. It just continues like that all night. When she does have to go outside to do her business she wants you to go with her. It drives me nuts. She has all this hyper-active GSP energy and no way to release it inside. She's like lightening in a bottle. So on rainy days I do what any self respecting dog mom does....I take her to Petsmart.

Cleo in Petsmart is an event. She gets so excited she practically drags me up to the entrance. Once inside she must smell and inspect everything, everyone and every dog. She gets so over stimulated inside that she looses all traction on the linoleum floor. She looks like she's wearing rollerskates. It's pretty amusing. I made the mistake a few months back (on a rainy night of course) to let her pick her own toys. Boy was that poor decision making at its best. Now she rips animals out of the bins and off the walls. She picks the toys I put in my basket out. She LOVES it. It's her Chuckie Cheese. If untethered she'd tear that place apart in about 5 minutes. We of course always make our way over to the bird section. I know that's questionable parenting. I always feel it's a tad bit shameful but she likes the birds!! What can I say? Those little kids in the isle don't know what she wants do to with them they just think it's neat she has spots. Anyway below is a picture of Cleo's new loot:

She got the jolly ball which has a rope attached to it. On a nice sunny day I'll punt this across the yard and watch her shake the ever living crud out of it. It should be a real crowd pleaser. Three Kong squeaker balls and a 4 foot double headed snake with rattles and squeakers inside. These are the perfect items to keep her occupied tonight.

That's a happy GSP crazed look.

Watching her happily play with her new toys always make the parents glares in the bird isle so worth it. :)