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20 reasons why your dogs hair cut costs more than yours!

1. Your haircut takes 20-30 minutes, your dogs takes much longer.
2. Your hairdresser doesn't give you a manicure or a pedicure!
3. Your hairdresser only clips the hair on your head.
4. You don't have ticks, fleas or mites.
5. Your hairdresser is not expected to comb out dreadlocks.
6. Your hairdresser doesn't clean your ears.
7. You don't try to bite your hairdresser.
8. You stay still and don't wiggle, jump, shake while being worked on with sharp scissors or tools.
9. Your hairdresser doesn't wash your butt
10. You don't come in with mud, burrs, sticks, tar, sap, dead things and poop in your hair.
11. You don't shake and cover everything (including your hairdresser) in 2 inches of soapy water.
12. Your hairdresser doesn't have to shave in-between your toes.
13. You can tell your hairdresser something's wrong, they don't have to guess.
14. You don't lick your hairdressers face to say thank you.
15. Your hairdresser doesn't cuddle you and stoke you when your nervous.
16. You don't walk into your hairdressers with hair that hasn't been brushed for weeks.
17. You don't scream at the top of your lungs when your hairdresser picks up the nail clippers.
18. You don't whip round in a frenzy when the hairdresser tries to clip around your ears.
19. You don't try to hump your hairdressers leg!
20. Your hairdressers wont love you if you do any of the above, in fact she would probably try to have you arrested!
 
A PET'S TEN COMMANDMENTS.........

1. My life is likely to last 10-15 years. Any separation from you is likely to be painful.

2. Give me time to understand what you want of me.

3. Place your trust in me. It is crucial for my well-being.

4. Don't be angry with me for long and don't lock me up as punishment You have your work, your friends, your entertainment, but I have only you.

5. Talk to me. Even if I don't understand your words, I do understand your voice when speaking to me.

6. Be aware that however you treat me, I will never forget it.

7. Before you hit me, before you strike me, remember that I could hurt you, and yet, I choose not to bite you.

8. Before you scold me for being lazy or uncooperative, ask yourself if something might be bothering me. Perhaps I'm not getting the right food, I have been in the sun too long, or my heart might be getting old or weak.

9. Please take care of me when I grow old. You too, will grow old.

10. On the ultimate difficult journey, go with me please Never say you can't bear to watch.

Don't make me face this alone. Everything is easier for me if you are there, because I love you so.