[Nucky]

Originally Posted by CFrance

It was a fluke that I found this guy. In my walks around the neighborhood, I stopped at every mobile pet groomer's truck I saw to ask if they do big dogs. I would take our 8-yr-old to the groomer, and he would be there all day, stuck in a cage while the littler, anxious dogs were done first. He's just too docile, and they took advantage of him. I tried several places. Finally, one near us said if we brought him at 7:30, he would be first. We did that, but it still took three hours, and frankly they did a mediocre job and were not all that customer friendly. Steve takes an hour.

When we got the older one, he hadn't been groomed in years and had at least three seasons of undercoat and dander that was stuck in there. You could just pull it off. I explained this and Quincy's arthritic hips to Steve, and he wasn't worried at all. He let Quincy lie on the floor, and he blew most of the coat and dander out with his strong blow dryer. (You should have seen our yard and his truck!) Then he bathed him. He doesn't use a table. Old arthritic Q came bounding out of that van and up to the door, tail wagging.

About transporting... There used to be a pet airline that flies only pets to different places in the US. They have kennels set up inside the plane. I don't know it it's still in business. Best of luck to you with your boxer. I hope you find a comfortable way of transporting him. We are down here for good, so the dogs don't travel much, except to The Keys (6 hrs) or Cocoa Beach (2hrs).

Bless you, you've really done it now, you made my wife cry...with happiness...never knew about the kennel on a plane option. I'm sure I can come up with someone who provides that service. Thank you so much..I know you know that these animals are a big part of the family. I'll let you know when I complete the mission.