A number of weeks ago, the fur kid’s Aunt Kara (my best friend, since age two) made a visit down to sunny Florida to spend time with me and the whole family. A fabulous hairstylist since grade school (I wish I had the pictures of some of my ‘dos done by Kara), Ella Bean got the Kara treatment.

I had laid off her hair since her adoption and at the time, she was sporting a serious doggie mullet and there was some sort of mustache situation. Not exactly playing up The Bean’s best features, if you know what I mean…Kara made her look darling. She worked slowly, through Ella’s squirmy resistance and the results were awesome. See example A.

Well, the darnedest thing about hair, is that it grows. Four weeks later, the ’stache situation had returned and Ella Bean was none to happy about it. I don’t exactly have the best track record in dog grooming, on more then one occasion having given Louis haircuts that were not exactly flattering. I have been told in no uncertain terms by family members and friends to put the scissors down and stick with the writing.

Of course, I couldn’t just leave Ella to grow in a Hulk Hogan-esque mustache! Since we made a pact to lay off the professional groomer to save cash for the meaty feasts and toys and treats for our furballs, I was at a loss.

Feeling confident, I picked up the scissors. After all, I have watched three episodes of Groomer Has It on Animal Planet and I did assist on Ella Bean’s first makeover….

The results are in. My poor Ella is in hiding, shamed by her mom with a bad ‘do. I lost my confidence around her muzzle and in playing the dangerous “make it even” game, the results are a little more vermin-like then we would prefer. OK, thats putting it mildly. See Example B. Kara’s camera is definitely better then mine, but I think we can all agree, I should stick to my day job!

You can even see how angry my Bean is at being photographed in this state.

Luckily, the darnedest thing about hair, is that it grows…

With love to Kara, my lifelong best friend…

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