bye bye mister bubbles

Well, some puppy will be happy to know that after one or two more baths, his why'd-u-make-me-give-up-a-perfectly-good-stink-for-this-purple-flower-stink shampoo will be but a memory. All 16 ounces of Mrs Meyers Clary and Sage Oatmeal Pet Shampoo, soon to be gone after almost five years of use.  And never to be smelled again, apparently, because I found out yesterday that the shampoo was discontinued some time ago.

Now don't get me wrong, there are tons of shampoos out there, and much to tiny chumley's dismay, his baths will continue with something I'll find that I am sure will leave him equally zoomie herbal fresh.  But Mrs Meyers - this bottle of Mrs Meyers actually -  has been faithfully by our side since the beginning, when Baxter came to us a jiggly wiggly boy who had already gone under two name changes before finding his forever name and forever home.  Over the next five years, Mrs Meyers would help us celebrate the fun times in Baxter's life, getting our boy squeaky clean after frolicking  in the dogpark,  after meeting new friends at doxie playgroup, and of course, after digging holes in the backyard.  And she was there when we needed her most, cleaning and comforting the little kielbasa as she gently helped wash away the scary remnants of his bout with hemorrhagic gastroenteritis,  the only night that Baxter has ever slept apart from either of us. 

I know, it's just shampoo. And Baxter's side of the story for bath times as you know are very different, and much less...wistful.   But this was his first bottle and it was his signature after bath smell.  Well, until he's spritzed with  his after zoomie scent, but that's a story for another day.

bye bye soon mrs meyers shampoo! thank u for taking care of me all these years, even if you washed  my good stink down the drain and replaced it with, um, purple flower stink. it's okay, i forgive u.  but, um, don't call me, i'll call u, ok? :)