Petsmart

Well - Grandma Lavida from CA has been visiting us since it's Christmas & she hasn't spent Christmas with us in a loonnnnngggggg time. I really love Grandma a lot. She LOVES dogs! She's pretty neat. Mom's been talking to her a lot about dog training & things she can do with her new dog Zoey. Zoey didn't come up to visit us since Grandma came on an airplane (HEY! I've been on an airplane!!). Mom & Grandma (Mom calls her her "mother-in-law) love to talk about training. AND they love to shop. Well, sorta. Mom says she's on a budget so I have to be happy with the free toys I get from doing agility (DARN!!!). Grandma said Zoey needs a new coat. Apparently Zoey has NO fur! She's a Chihuahua/Jack Russell mix (that's what the shelter said). So Zoey needs a coat. Not just one coat, lots of coats! So Mom offers to take Grandma to Petsmart. And since dogs are allowed in Petsmart I get to go, yay!!!!!

Okay, we get to Petsmart. When Mom takes me out of the car I'm not to sure about where we are so I get a little uncomfortable. Mom tries to give me my favorite treat - string cheese! But since I have NO IDEA what's going on I say "no way, what's in this for me?" and say "no thanks" to the string cheese. Mom says "whatever" & just ignores me ("huh???"). So Grandma gets out of the car with her cane & walks with me & Mom to the front door. FINALLY I figure it out. We're at Petsmart!!! I should have known. Mom has taken me to Petsmart lots & lots of times. She says it's part of my training to pass the Public Access Test. Whatever. I just like Petsmart because there's lots of other dogs there & Mom gives me string cheese, yum!

Grandma spends all her time looking at the dog coats & sweaters. Mom finds one and gets all excited. Then the horror. She has to put it on me ! She says it has a neat hood & is waterproof & would be great for walks in the rain (HUH????) Well I lucked out big time because it was too big & they did not have any smaller sizes. WHEW!!!

Then all these weird dogs were all walking around. Mom kept saying "Jolie watch me!" and I was a good girl & she gave me lots of string cheese. Then people kept saying "She's so pretty!" DUH!!!! What do they think my name means, of course I'm pretty! Mom kept telling them to not let my name fool them, I'm really a brat (HUH???)

Grandma finally picked out 3 coats for Zoey & we went to the check out line. It took a long time because the Petsmart lady just left the register when we got up there, I have no idea why. Finally another lady came & Mom had to help Grandma hold her cane while she paid for Zoey's coats. Then, out of the corner of her eye, Mom saw it coming. Just like in the movies it happened in slow motion. This HUGE Newfie dog that was totally out of control! The lady holding the leash could barely walk, the dog was pulling her so hard! Mom about freaked out since she had Grandma's cane in one hand and her purse in the other. All she could do was stand between me & that huge dog. That bad dog came right up to my nose! Mom kept turning & turning so her legs protected me from that bad dog. Another petsmart lady came over & made sure we were okay & told that bad dog to "please leave the store". Grandma had no idea what happened since she was trying to figure out the credit card machine and Mom was just about to collapse from hysteria. Thankfully I was okay so she was okay & it was all okay, whew!

When we got home Mom told me how proud she was of me. I handled it very well. I did not snap at the big dog & I walked all around Petsmart with Grandma who had a cane. I was nice to the people who wanted to say hi to me & I listened to Mom very nicely. She says that maybe there's hope I'll pass the Public Access Test! Yay!

Sniff ya later,
Jolie