Trina's page of Blogginess: Wallace's Spa Day

Wallace had his first grooming session today (at least with us)!!

We brought him to VIP Grooming on 24th Street at Douglass. I had looked them up on Yelp, and they had very good reviews. We had gone in a couple of times after we got Wallace just to check it out. Both times, we met the owner, Lancy, who is very nice and professional. We also noticed that they had several poodle mixes in the shop while we were there.

We brought Wallace in for his appointment around Noon, and picked him up at 4:00.

We were told that he was great during the whole process, and seemed relaxed the whole time.

We're quite pleased with Wallace's grooming! He looks great! He's SO WHITE!! (we try to clean him every day we come home from the dog park, and we bathe him every two weeks, but um..... he'd become a sand colored dog over the last few weeks....)

He's also incredibly SOFT!! We didn't know that Wallace's fur could be so soft. We had started to use conditioner on him the last time we bathed him, but it didn't make this much of a difference.

And, he's very FLUFFY! OMG: I have a Teddy Bear Dog!! SO cute!!!

It took us a little while for us to get used to his new look. The big difference is that his fur is so short, and straight. They explained that they have to blow-dry his fur to take out the curl to make it easier to cut his fur after. We had asked them to trim his fur to 1/2 length of what it had been, and we're pretty happy with the length. I think this is about how short it was when we first got him, but it's hard to know for sure. I assume that in the next few days his curls will come back when we wipe him down, and especially after we bathe him again. His fur seems a little long on the top of his head, giving him a more Poodle-y look, but that may change when the curls come in.

Oh - one more thing: Dick and I are amazed that he looks smaller!! It's funny - he has gained over 3 lbs since we got him 3 months ago, so we assumed he had gained weight and grown a bit. Now that his fur is cut, we can see his body again, and he seems smaller to us than he did this morning! Dick says he is the perfect size now. :)