Aspen's home away from home.......

When volunteering at the rescue pet shop, Aspen has her own "monster Xpen" to call her home away from home.  This morning we purchased an ortho bed for her, concerned about the 'bed sores' from laying on hard surfaces for so very long.

She is well mannered and immediately went in and tried out her new bed this morning when she arrived at the shop.  Aspen has 'neighbors across the way' - Sugar and Ray - two 'chunky monkey' Chihuahuas TLC took in a few weeks ago after their owner passed away from a terminal illness.  Aspen wags her tail at them, and then in turn, do the same from their own special spot to hang out during the day.  

So far we have not seen any bad behavior at all from Ms. Aspen - she does not alert on the small dogs at the shop in an aggressive way.  She looks around, is interested but does not engage in barking or fussing back at them.

Once we got our normal shop chores done this morning, we started trying to figure out how we were going to get Ms. Aspen into the tub at the grooming station for a bath.  This was no mean feat to achieve... Ms. Aspen probably weighs in around 70-80 pounds and our grooming tub is usually accommodating the smaller dog breeds.

Thankfully today Desiree had off and was filling in at the shop as a volunteer, but we tapped into her being here AND a groomer.  

Desiree got all of her grooming stuff ready and Ms. Aspen was lifted into the tub somehow.  I'm not so sure Aspen has had a bath anytime recently, and it probably was not one of her favorite things to do, but she tolerated it well. 

Ms. Apen got the full 'spa treatment' this morning... compliments of Desiree and Big Joe, complete with nice, warm towels from the dryer to be rubbed down afterwards!  By this point, Aspen was lovin' life and enjoying all of the massages, extra attention and cuddles!


We then warmed up a nice fluffy blankee for Aspen to cuddle up in.  Aspen laid down on her bed, I wrapped the blankee over her and she promptly got ready for a morning nap!  It was a busy morning already, but she must be feeling better just being cleaned and pampered!