much to Amos' consternation, the mobile groomers came for a visit today ... out he walked a smelly, hairy grey-colored furball ... and back in strutted a shiny black soft-coated Lab with a bandana round his neck ... with nails clipped, teeth brushed, ears scraped clean and coat soft, clean and shiny, he thought he was something special ... both groomers and i laughed as they told me they brushed and brushed and brushed AND BRUSHED to try to get all his fur off and then washed and washed and washed and rinsed and rinsed and rinsed and to get rid of all the hair and STILL didn't get it all gone ... the bandana was their idea and he has been pestering me since for attention, standing in front of me, just looking ... what a silly old man!