I will admit this. I was kind of afraid to pluck Sugar Ray’s hair after he let loose his bowels on me that one time on the couch. Yes. ON THE COUCH. Anyway, I’d brush him from time to time, but he would get fidgety with me and I was a little concerned about a repeat bowel incident. It got to the point where his wool was so thick, dense and matted, no mere mortal brush could do more than groom the surface. It was time to go to an expert.
In steps my new hero, Aaron. He is a profesional dog groomer, and when I had a dog, I took my dog to him. Aaron is awesome. I e-mailed him Tuesday asking if he would be interested in shaving an angora rabbit. His response went something like this:
You asked me about grooming an angora rabbit and I had no idea what
that was, I looked it up on the internet a few seconds ago – they are
some of the craziest looking animals I have ever seen, I had no idea
there were rabbits like that.. they look like pekingese dogs.
I guess I would be willing to cut him..
OK. More like a direct quote, but you get the idea. He’d never done it, but he’s totally game. Very admirable quality.
I took Sugar Ray last night to Aaron’s shop. I was about 10 minutes late because for some reason I thought it was on Oxmoor when it was on Valley. I know this means nothing to you other than I was late. Anyway, after about an hour and fifteen minutes, Sugar Ray went from looking like a very large puffball to looking like a rabbit. Aaron is THE MAN.
Before:
During:
After:
And because I keep talking about it, I finally videoed Chloe’s attempt at getting Sugar Ray to mount her. Poor kitty. Can’t get no love. The sound didn’t come through, so just imagine a cat meowing in heat.
!! That is ADORABLE. Poor Sugar Ray! No longer big!
My parents’ standard poodle always gets mopey when trimmed because she used to be big and now she’s small.
Hee! Aw, snuggly.
It’s a good thing your pet is a rabbit because if you had to put up a post about a newly shaved beaver, you’d get all kinds of crazy hits.
No photos of the sweater you’re knitting for S.R. so he doesn’t get cold????
Sugar Ray suddenly looks nekkid and embarassed. So how much bunny fur is that, exactly?
I’m not sure how much usable wool there is, but I have incredibly overstuffed grocery bag full of bunny fur in my car right now.
Look how little he looks. Is you cat really big?
SR’s cousin, Jack, is squirmy when I pluck him too, but I have read that when they “dig” at you and nip your shirt, they are grooming you. Aaron is the man, I am still trying to get the matts off of Jack’s feet.