Tag: Pets

Be more dog

Posted on by philipdodson
‘Cookie’ by Philip Dodson

I read a lovely article today online about a boy and his dog.

It struck me as a dog owner, that Cookie, our dog, is always pleased to see you in the morning, her whole body wags, then as soon as you go out, she sits on the sofa by the window waiting for you to return. Even, if you are out for 10-15 minutes, she rushes to the door to greet you.

She is always happy, bounds everywhere, chases her ball almost to exhaustion, and loves lying next to for yet more attention.

She loves to play and she is never rough, always gentle and dog’s have amazing emotional intelligence, they really can sense your moods.

She never gets tired of attention and being talked to and when you are not feeling at your best she knows too.

Dogs are always happy, as I type this I can hear her bounding down the stairs with excitement about something, so perhaps we could learn from them and choose to be more dog.

Open at 9am at the pooch parlour

Posted on by philipdodson

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I walked past a newly opened local shop today.

It’s a pooch parlour for the titivation of dogs, yes unbelievable, we have so much affluence in the world in some places that we take our pets for a makeover and yet locally there is a food bank for humans unable to afford to feed themselves.

Anyway since it opened, I’ve been curious to see how well it would go, and I wish them well and success, even if I wouldn’t take our mutt there.

I noticed that the lights were not on, in fact, because they have frosted the windows, it always looks more like a pet funeral parlour rather than a place to wash and blow dry Bella (No1 female dog name apparently).

It’s Saturday morning, prime time to be prospecting for new punters, especially as they have just begun. So I checked the opening times and it said ‘Saturday 9am -‘ and I checked my phone, 9.30am. No sign of life. So I thought, well maybe they have already gone to the ‘dogs’.

It is the small things that often make or break any business especially new ones. If you advertise that you open at ‘9am’ then it’s best to be open.

You never know you could even be able to convert miserable dog owners like me into a becoming a new customer with a carefully staged dog biscuit for my mutt and a leaflet with a ‘1st time doggie manicure for free’ offer.