Alaskan Malamutes are a pretty breed

Handsome, strong, with a dignity seen

So many has she - in her outside pen

The count now seems to be rising again



Now she has yet another kind of dog

One she'll have all day long as she logs

All kinds of time, washing, drying, dipping

Following up with one mother of a clipping



This is one of the problems with a Kerry Blue

If you don't stay on top of it, it can get to you

For their coat, perhaps, as it's a non-shedder

Grows far too long, and then, it's a tether



Both for the dog itself and its owner alike

As that heavy coat in hot weather can strike

Causing the dog to get even more run down

Then concern comes with really deep frowns



So today's become the day to change that situation

Give the groomer yet another chance at beautification

So she has a full day now to do all of her good work

Whilst the dog's master frets over missing the tail jerk



- Tristram



(c) Christopher W. Thomas

10:25am Tuesday, August 18th, 1998