WARNING!!!

Hi All,
Baron and I learned a difficult lesson this week.  We would like to help our readers avoid the difficulty we encountered. Burs are not dormant in the winter.  This is the sad truth dear reader, burs are not dormant. Baron was happily investigating the park and, for once, responded quickly when called (hard to believe, isn't it?).  He was covered in burs.  For those of you have never had the experience of removing burs from a dog, let alone a poodle with thick curly hair, rest assured, it is not fun!  They were embedded in the fur on his ears, on his paws, his back, his chest.  Any move he made only served to make things worse.  I thought of calling his groomer, but, we all know how popular he is with her under the best of circumstances - which this was not.  Finally, after much painful (for both of us) work, I was able to remove those nasty little sticklers.
Hence, the important lesson of this week - STAY AWAY FROM BURS. 
Pricklily yours,
Botswain
PS
I did emerge from this experience without a scratch.  For once, I have to compliment Baron's patience with me.