<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I took Conley for a walk and noticed how long his nails had gotten and when we got home I got the STUFF out to cut nails, bribed him onto a couch where I could reach his feet without laying prone on the floor and took a good look in his eyes which said</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">"Not on your cookies, you won't" </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Mmmmmmmmmmmmm. Muzzletime.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">So I muzzled his highness. I learned a long time ago that a muzzle may not really be necessary but it is if you don't trust the dog because then you can cut the nails without worrying about being bitten and it goes a lot faster.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I forgot about oiled python part.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">
Picked up a foot and the dog was gone on his way down the steps to the bed clawing at the muzzle as he went.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Got him back, now he's mad.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Picked up a foot and he slithered out of my grasp, the growling now rising to a nice crescendo and the eyes cold and hard, clawing at that muzzle which looks, truth be told, loose. Got the nails on one foot, picked up the next and he screamed (note to self: have that shoulder x-rayed Monday when he goes in.)</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Very rapidly while Conley squirreled around snarling and trying to bite my hand even with the muzzle on I did two more feet. Halfway through the fourth the muzzle flew across the room and I did a quick two-step back as the jaws clanged shut where my hand had been.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Make no mistake: Conley aroused is a formidable dog. (Also my reflexes are still damn good, if I do say so myself.) So, now angry with HIM, I decided to quit while I had my fingers and as I put the trimmers down, Conley lunged forward, wagging his tail, kissing, wanting a treat!!!</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Not on your little life, Conley.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">
MomPerson, defeeted.</div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div>
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