My wife, ever on the quest to save money and treat our dog well at the same time, ordered a dog shaving electric razor from the Internet. The package came the next day in the mail when no one was home, so our security guard held the package for us. Since our security guard is very "dog unfriendly", the package was delivered with instructions. It had to be wrapped so no one could tell what it was, and the delivery person wasn’t supposed to say where the package was from. Our anonymous brown package arrived, and this was inside:

 Razor

Note the cute long haired Shih Tzu on the package. This is exactly what we are trying to avoid with our dog.

Since Yoshi is a house dog, he spends most of his time chasing a ball around on a faux wood floor. Yoshi slides around when his paw hair grows too long. He also gets dirty when trying to use his bathroom mat, and when we take him for walks he picks up a lot of dirt on his paws. Since the longer hair takes a longer time to dry, he also licks his paws and has an increased chance of infections and skin diseases.

I was feeling a little under the weather today and couldn’t help out much. I had been teaching with a sore throat, and over the weekend I hadn’t gotten enough rest. I spent the entire night restless, and got hardly any sleep. As a result, I was far to tired to help with the shaving procedure. I walk the dog, and she takes care of the fur anyway. It’s just how the division of labor has broken down since we got Yoshi. Still, I’m thankful for her initiative, because otherwise I’d be walking around a mop with feet. I went to sleep in the middle of the afternoon while my wife had decided this was the day she was going give Yoshi’s paws and butt (in typical Korean fashion) a shave. She had already given him a bath, so all she needed to do was fire up the razor and get started.

I didn’t witness the shaving myself, but it went something like this: The razor would be engaged, and Yoshi would freak out. She would spent about two or three minutes trying to get a paw in the proper position, then grab the dreaded "Newspaper of Doom" to keep the dog from biting and running off. Then there would be about ten minutes of cooing and soothing sounds as she calmed the dog down and then the process would start again. Each time, I would wake up, hear the newspaper, the razor, fall asleep, then wake up again when the next cycle started again.

It led to some strange dreams.

Anyway, Yoshi looks good with his paws shaved. He has more traction to move around, won’t get as dirty, and has been calmer now that he isn’t getting chased after with hair cutting tools.

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