Andy had a grooming appointment for 8:00 AM yesterday.
I caught him by the door and put him in his carrier at 7:30 AM. You never know how long it will take to catch the wee fart, so you catch him when the opportunity occurs, eh?! That’s Andy’s head inside the carrier.
I let Andy out of the carrier at 8:10. By then, I’d found his groomer’s messages explaining why she couldn’t keep the appointment. He was upset but in his sweet, quiet Persian way. You can see it in his eyes.
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By 8:10, I discovered Andy’s groomer had tried to alert me by telephone, a message, and an e-mail that she had a mechanical breakdown in her grooming van, that she had to make an emergency run up to Rapid City to get the repair parts. That is a five hour round trip.
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Andy isn’t free yet. His groomer has some openings this week and next. With better luck, our communications won’t be messed up again and we can work out a new time to groom Andy.
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Andy was a very good boy throughout the carrier incident, meowing softly just once toward the end to let me know he was concerned. I opened the carrier lid a few times to pet Andy and to reassure him he wasn’t abandoned. I enjoyed the fresh air while waiting by the door with Andy.
Our pets are better at dealing with hiccups than we uprights are. Here’s hoping the next appointment ends well with a full groom.
That’s a fact
Poor Andy! He is a good boy to be so patient in his carrier.
He amazes me in that regard. He’s that way at the veterinarian’s, too.
WELL IT LOOKS LIKE THE CATz MEOW OF CARRIERS AND ANDY DID NOT TOOOOOO UNHAPPY SO ALL WENT WELL THAT A TIME. NEXT ATTEMPT MAY BE A LITTLE IFFIE.
Actually, Andy has always been good in the carrier.
The last photo – Mr Andy’s look is priceless!
I am not looking forward to Pyshka’s annual. It takes two people and quite some time chasing around to install her into the carrier.
Andy is relatively easy to catch, most times! Good luck with Pyshka.
Thank you- we’ll need it!
That’s a real bummer that you drove to the groomer for nothing. Andy was a good boy though! ❤️
No, the groomer comes to the house and picks him up. The inconvenience was waiting for forty minutes for a no show till FI checked for messages. Checking came ten minutes after she was scheduled to pick Andy up.
That’s nice that the groomer picks Andy up!
She costs a lot more than Andy’s past groomer, but that groomer stopped having cat clients when the woman who did cats retired. She does a super job, though, and the cost is equivalent to what I paid to get Andy and Dougy groomed before.
Oh, that sounds like a good deal, Doug! Nice. 🤙🏻
It works out better for me.
Every penny matters.
Oh my, Andy! No kitty likes the carrier, but it’s the only safe way to travel.
I tried taking one cat to the veterinarian’s without a carrier and quickly learned that was a terrible idea!
Nothing worse than wrestling a cat in a carrier for nothing. My current cats are pretty easy but I used to have a cat that I could only catch at mealtime. All her vet appointments had to be first thing in the morning so I could get her while she waited for breakfast.
LOL! I can appreciate the fun that was!
Oh dear. And you couldn’t explain it to him
oh nooo… all effort in vain because of a problem in the van… all fingers are crossed for the next appointment…
She has a generator problem one time recently and Andy missed that appointment. This time, mat least, she was able to squeeze kitty boy in at another time. Her business is so successful she has no openings for new clients.