Last Wednesday I had a date. Well, Elvira and I did. We had a date with Doug Poll who owns Doug's Grooming Salon. What a delightful little fellow he is! Elvira loves him. See her there in his arms and see him kiss her. Hard to believe that I have to take second place to a dog, but there you have it. If I have to share the fellow, I am glad it is with my dog.
Elvira does not really like to go to the beauty shop, but she loves to go see Doug. Flips me a look and off to the back room she goes. Don't blame her for that. When she comes back out she is going to be one pretty little girl!
My first encounter with Doug was back in December. My son's boss had been taking Cosmo to Doug for several years so I thought I ought to give him a try. He is located at 2320 Thatcher here in Pueblo. For many years I had lived right around the corner on Scranton, but moved to the Mesa before Doug started there. But stranger yet, is that he started Doug's Grooming in that location on October 1, 1987! Know what that is? October 1 is my birthday! Small world huh?
Want to get smaller? His birthday is October 6. I am not going to tell you the years cause I for one, am a tad bit vain! Suffice it to say I am several years older then him. What that has to do with anything, I have no idea! But let me tell you this, I have always had a dog of some sort that had to be groomed so I am fairly wise to the groomers and how the doggie relates to them.
Take Elvira. Lady groomed her here at the house. The little rat ran away, jumped off the dryer, and almost ended up completely bald on one side. She is definitely a dog that needs a groomer with a firm hand. Doug has that. I do not stay to watch the process, but I know that this drop dead gorgeous little groomer will take her in hand and I get almost all the way home and he calls to say she is done. So I go back to get her and Doug is holding her and look at how he smooches around on her.
Doug has 2 favorite charities. The first is Multiple Sclerosis and the other is the Susan Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Can't fault a boy that supports causes like those! And businesses in this fair city do not usually open until 9 or 9:30. Not Dougie! I can drop the dog off at 7:30. Most people are not usually up that early, but he has his day pretty well started by then.
What I like best about Doug is that he is always such a happy little guy and always glad to see me. Well, glad to see anyone. And I am a firm believer that animals have a sixth sense about people. The dogs all seem to like Doug, which means he is a good person deep down where it really counts. If Elvira were to drag her feet and act like she did not want to go, you can bet I would be looking for a different groomer. But she is always happy to go, so we have found a home with Doug.
My recommendation to you, if you have a poochie dog, is to grab up the phone and call Doug at 719-545-7300. You are going to have to wait on your first appointment because he is in high demand. But then you make your appointment when you pick the dog up and you are in like Flynn. Just be prepared to take a back seat to your dog. Doug and the dog will want to get to know each other. That is the way of the world.
All creatures great and small, the Lord God made them all....or something like that. ;)
