Well I promised him I'd take him. We didn't go sunday bc they close too early, but yesterday we finally got him there!
I strapped on his cute little blue harness (which matches his blue softpaws), hooked up his leash, popped him in the car (he likes to snuggle behind my seat) and we were off.
He's not too fond of the car, but luckily the Pet Supermarket is right around the corner. We went to look for a cat carrier and also just for him to play and be socialized. As always, he's a little cautious getting out. The place is in a shopping center on a busy corner, so he really doesn't like the sound of the cars. I had to carry him in.
I think he liked the pet store, but he wasn't very active at all, rather cautious. The stupid birds were chirping loudly and I could tell he didn't like that at all. He just wanted to curl up, wrap his tail around his side and watch everything from afar. A few people came up and told me how cute he was. They were amazed first off that he was on a leash. They said "you leash trained him?" I told them that he wears the harness, but he doesn't follow me, I follow him! Next they were amazed by his 'painted blue nails'. I had to explain to them about softpaws.
I thought I would liven him up by putting him by the hamsters. They have a huge 'pit' of them where the bottom is about his eye level if he were to put his front paws on it, and the top is quite high. I figured he would go up against the glass and maybe freak them out, but instead he curled up again, but he watched them pretty closely. This was closer to the stupid parakeets. I could tell even more he didn't like their annoying chirping. They're pretty, but I don't see the appeal of having them as a pet. Zero would rather only have it for dinner I'm sure!
Well since the carrier was a little more expensive than at the vet's, I was going to buy him some toys. But he wasn't crazy enough to decide what he really liked, so we walked out empty handed!
Oh, and you could definately tell he was nervous, because YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH hair he shedded all over my clothing! I swear he must have lost half of his body weight shedding, jk
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He was happy to be home, but it took a minute for him to get out of the car (in the garage) again. But after I used the bathroom and came back for him, he was gone and back in his home. You could tell he was greatful to be back!!
I hope to have some of these excursions on more of a regular basis so eventually he can enjoy himself there... maybe we'll buy him a pet hamster or parakeet
... not really of course!
I strapped on his cute little blue harness (which matches his blue softpaws), hooked up his leash, popped him in the car (he likes to snuggle behind my seat) and we were off.
He's not too fond of the car, but luckily the Pet Supermarket is right around the corner. We went to look for a cat carrier and also just for him to play and be socialized. As always, he's a little cautious getting out. The place is in a shopping center on a busy corner, so he really doesn't like the sound of the cars. I had to carry him in.
I think he liked the pet store, but he wasn't very active at all, rather cautious. The stupid birds were chirping loudly and I could tell he didn't like that at all. He just wanted to curl up, wrap his tail around his side and watch everything from afar. A few people came up and told me how cute he was. They were amazed first off that he was on a leash. They said "you leash trained him?" I told them that he wears the harness, but he doesn't follow me, I follow him! Next they were amazed by his 'painted blue nails'. I had to explain to them about softpaws.
I thought I would liven him up by putting him by the hamsters. They have a huge 'pit' of them where the bottom is about his eye level if he were to put his front paws on it, and the top is quite high. I figured he would go up against the glass and maybe freak them out, but instead he curled up again, but he watched them pretty closely. This was closer to the stupid parakeets. I could tell even more he didn't like their annoying chirping. They're pretty, but I don't see the appeal of having them as a pet. Zero would rather only have it for dinner I'm sure!
Well since the carrier was a little more expensive than at the vet's, I was going to buy him some toys. But he wasn't crazy enough to decide what he really liked, so we walked out empty handed!
Oh, and you could definately tell he was nervous, because YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH hair he shedded all over my clothing! I swear he must have lost half of his body weight shedding, jk
He was happy to be home, but it took a minute for him to get out of the car (in the garage) again. But after I used the bathroom and came back for him, he was gone and back in his home. You could tell he was greatful to be back!!
I hope to have some of these excursions on more of a regular basis so eventually he can enjoy himself there... maybe we'll buy him a pet hamster or parakeet
