The journal · 5 notes
Written on Mondays, when the door is shut.
Working notes on coats, drying, boarding and leather. Mostly they are arguments we have had often enough at the front desk that it seemed easier to write them down and hand people the address.
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We will never own a cage dryer
It would let us take thirty dogs a day instead of twelve. That is the entire argument for one, and it is not enough.
2026
A rolled coat is a calendar, not a haircut
Why we ask terrier people to commit to eight weeks forever, and what happens to the colour when they don't.
What a settling day actually does
Forty dollars and eight hours, before a dog ever sleeps here. Six years of boarding and the pattern has never once broken.
The eleventh measurement
Ten of them you can take on a standing dog. The eleventh needs the leg forward, and it is the one that decides whether a coat is worn or left by the door.
Mondays, and why the door stays shut
Shears go to the sharpener, the suites are stripped to the frame, and nobody touches a dog. It is the most productive day of our week.