# Pwincess Pwecious Pet-Sitting Sewvices **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 16, 2004, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwincess-pwecious-pet-sitting-sewvices/275099 "2004-11-16T19:19:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwincess-pwecious-pet-sitting-sewvices/275099/61 "2004-11-18T13:15:23Z")
> [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > No, this was _summertime_. The woman was wearing an orange vest (kinda like the one Michael J. Fox had in _Back to the Future_) and an _entire ensemble_ from the GAP. Straight out of a catalog picture. The dog was wearing the _exact same ensemble_ from GAP Kids. Straight out of a catalog picture. Including the vest and the hat – the whole shebang! (Well, except without pants.) > > It was weird. That’s not weird. That’s psychotic. That’s just a level of wrongness beyond the Swans nearly coming to fisticuffs over the bumble bee in _Best In Show_. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwincess-pwecious-pet-sitting-sewvices/275099/62 "2004-11-18T13:28:14Z")
> [@Anne Neville](#): > > Just _reading_ about it, and imagining it if I tried to put the Neville kitties in clothes, made me crack up 😃 When my boy had a skin condition a few weeks ago, he had to wear a collar that made him look like Queen Elizabeth. However, he managed to get it off in his litterbox and cover it with crap (krap). So instead, I made him wear the t-shirt I bought on the baby sale rack at Target (suggestion from the vet to keep him from the wound). It was ruffled around the edges with a pink and purple fairy on the front. It was on sale for $0.98. I wasn’t spending more than that. He’s still holding it against me. E ---
**Author:** ![look\_hergo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85e7bf/32.png) [@look\_hergo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_hergo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwincess-pwecious-pet-sitting-sewvices/275099/63 "2004-11-19T01:28:19Z")
I take care of a few greyhounds and pointers in my petsitting rounds, and the owners have apologized to me about their pets’ clothing needs: “I’m sorry, but when it’s cold, I’d like you to have Bootsy wear this sweater. Do you think that’s dumb?” To which I reply, “Not at all. Your dog has little fur and no body fat to help keep him warm, so I think a sweater is perfectly reasonable. However, I draw the line at matching hats.” One client has a picture of her dog wearing his red fleece dog-coat and matching red Halti (in the fashion of a certain famous racehorse) with a caption beneath it saying “Dogbiscuit”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwincess-pwecious-pet-sitting-sewvices/275099/64 "2004-11-19T01:47:14Z")
I remember reading a book called _The Fur Person_. It was about a cat. That’s all I remember. I think I blocked it out of the memory bank. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwincess-pwecious-pet-sitting-sewvices/275099/65 "2004-11-19T04:18:07Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > And for the less sentimental pet owner: “It’ll Still Be Alive When You Come Back” Big Ed’s Kennel and Taxidermy “Either way you get your pet back” ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwincess-pwecious-pet-sitting-sewvices/275099/66 "2004-11-19T13:13:43Z")
> [@look@hergo!](#): > > To which I reply, “Not at all. Your dog has little fur and no body fat to help keep him warm, so I think a sweater is perfectly reasonable. However, I draw the line at matching hats.” In Toronto, I rarely see any really short-haired dogs without doggy coats. Too cold. And many wise owners get booties to protect their feet from road salt. (Er, the _dogs’_ feet. The owners wear regular footware… usually). There’s a BIG greyhound in the neighbourhood, and it of course _must_ be clothed in the cold winter. Poor pooch has such short fur and no real body fat to keep warm. So they got him a bright, _shiny_, purple tracksuit. No, wait. That doesn’t describe it accurately enough. It should be _Screaming Purple Tracksuit_. (Cue Village People, track one.) It’s hysterical. It looks like some disco outfit and a leisure suit from the 70s all rolled up into one. You can’t see the dog marching proudly without thinking “Yyyyy-M-C-A! Doggy’s going to the Y-M-C-Aay!” The owners figured, since it would look silly no matter what, they may as well go all-out with an outfit you can spot a mile away. It covers him neck to toe. So you seen these looong, spindly, purple legs… Does not fail to cheer up even the surliest of passers-by. The greyhound has become a mini-neighbourhood celebrity. Though from a distance it’s disconcerting because it looks like a person on all fours. (It’s a big dog.) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwincess-pwecious-pet-sitting-sewvices/275099/67 "2004-11-19T14:40:31Z")
> [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > You can’t see the dog marching proudly without thinking “Yyyyy-M-C-A! Doggy’s going to the Y-M-C-Aay!” Young Male’s Canine Association? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwincess-pwecious-pet-sitting-sewvices/275099/68 "2004-11-19T15:58:43Z")
> [@Ms Macphisto](#): > > Are you in Calgary by any chance? I’m too afraid to google it, but my dad has mentioned the Doggy Style pet groomers right next door to an adult video store. Apparently people are constantly stopping to take photos of that. There’s also an obedience school in town here called “Sit Happens”. I’ve never thought to call my cats “Fur kids”. I call myself their mommy because “co-habitational human and facilities operator” is too long, and calling myself the “owner” of a cat just seems ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwincess-pwecious-pet-sitting-sewvices/275099/69 "2004-11-19T17:25:38Z")
The 1st thing that came to mind upon reading the thread title was [Princess](http://spscriptorium.com/MyStuff/shocked.gif) the adorable pooch (from the makers of South Park - whose flash cartoons I won’t / can’t link to). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwincess-pwecious-pet-sitting-sewvices/275099/70 "2004-11-19T21:15:29Z")
> [@Elza B](#): > > So instead, I made him wear the t-shirt I bought on the baby sale rack at Target (suggestion from the vet to keep him from the wound). It was ruffled around the edges with a pink and purple fairy on the front. It was on sale for $0.98. I wasn’t spending more than that. > > He’s still holding it against me. I’d hold it against you too, were I your dog. Was nothing DIGNIFIED on sale? mom, is that you? ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwincess-pwecious-pet-sitting-sewvices/275099/71 "2004-11-19T21:59:12Z")
On the way home today, I stopped at the local pet supplies shop. On the bulletin board behind the cash register was a sign for a new pet-sitting service in the neighborhood, named “Play, Pee & Poop.” I immediately thought of this thread. The pet-sitters I usually have look after my girls\* unfortunately don’t have an extremely cutesy-pie name: TLC Cat Care. But I’ve used them 3 or 4 times now, and they’ve been very good and leave day-by-day notes about how the cats got along while I was away. \*whom I also sometimes call my fur-ball babies, feline personnel #1 and 2, or the cats. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pwincess-pwecious-pet-sitting-sewvices/275099.md?page=3)