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Great results at Dogs-N-Suds Pet Grooming

Welcome back to another Spot- first arrived Gurley met with table and my brother held onto his
light Series with Sarah! Zachaeus, petted him, said “let’s leash while a second leash was at-
The series where the writer gets begin,” and got started. tached to the table that was wrapped
to know the city more personally, My mom had ordered some seda- around his abdomen.
while the readers get to know the tives for Zachaeus (which I picked Dogs-N-Suds’ interior has an
writer better in the process. up from the vet’s a few days prior to open layout, so you can sit in the
Early last year my mom adopted the appointment) to try to help calm front area and watch your dog or
an American Staffordshire Terrier Zachaeus down, however, my mom Gurley allows you to be with your
from a shelter. She named him said the medication basically had no dog in the back during their appoint-
Zachaeus and absolutely adores him. effect on him during his appoint- ment (as my mom and brother were
The problem is, Zachaeus likes to “difficult” client (Zachaeus). ment. with Zachaeus).
jump on people and his nails are like So on Tuesday, November 4th, At first Zachaeus wanted to sniff “It gives you a comforting feeling
daggers. The other problem is, as a my brother drove my mom and all over and my mom was worried he because you don’t have to worry
rescue, Zachaeus doesn’t like to get Zachaeus to Dogs-N-Suds Pet might try to mark his territory by about what's going on with your dog.
his nails trimmed, so he’ll scratch, Grooming for a nail trim appoint- peeing but Gurley said “we can clean You can see everything that’s going
try to bite, and pee out of fear. ment. it up if he does.”
If you remember from last My mom told me that when they Zachaeus was put on a grooming See Spotlight, page 11
month’s issue, I mentioned that my
mom had surgery and ended up with
a blood clot in her lung. She’s on a
blood thinner now and has to be
careful not to get any scrapes,
scratches, or cuts.
This means Zachaeus’s nails
need to be trimmed but for safety
reasons, my mom is not able to do it
herself. After witnessing my brother
try to manhandle Zachaeus to get his
nails trimmed and it not going well,
I’m not willing to attempt either. This
is also after a failed attempt at the
vet as well.
Because of this, my mom called
around to find somewhere to take
Zachaeus to get his nails trimmed
and she found Dogs-N-Suds Pet
Grooming.
A big factor on why my mom
picked Dogs-N-Suds was that it was
opened late enough for my brother
to drive her and Zachaeus after he
got off work, since my mom is still
not cleared to drive herself after her
surgery.
Another factor was that Debbie
Gurley, Dogs-N-Suds Pet Grooming
owner, who my mom spoke with on
the phone, was willing to try with a Debbie Gurley, Dogs-N-Suds Pet Grooming owner, trims Zachaeus’ nails.

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