it’s like when you have kids and aren’t sure to trust their dad to babysit

Nov 8, 2026

Today was nail trim day for Dharma and Merida. Judy, (not sure the current name of her grooming/daycare business), does them and she scheduled us on a Sunday. Perry took each dog separately and when he left with Dharma, I was giving instructions like he was flying her to the moon and back.

Nail trims are a big ole’ deal.

Dharma is old and getting increasingly immobile every day. She shakes when I trim her nails… it makes her so nervous. Of course, that makes ME nervous too. It’s just not worth all the anxiety. However, I was still crazy anxious knowing someone else was doing them too.

It’s just like when you have a toddler and are reluctant to leave him/her with a sitter or even the other parent. I know it’s dumb. I can’t help it.

Hugo doesn’t get to go because he’s too feisty.

Not only does the youngest of the pack not want to eat, but he is barred from the vet’s office without first being tranquilized. Even with a muzzle, I wouldn’t take him to Judy.

Hugo hates breakfast.


Now you know: People with blue eyes don’t have any blue color pigments, rather it’s how we perceive light refracting similar to how we perceive the sky and ocean as blue.