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"Feh. We're just here to get one of them certifications. The emotional-whatsit, so that my baby can come with me wherever I go. Yes, that's my sweet girl, mmm hmmm." The dog snaps at her owner's face, but misses. A bit of an underbite, there, too.

"Well, then we need to teach boundaries,, because if a dog bites a stranger, that certificate can be revoked. Does she often bite at you like that?"

"Oh, she can't hurt me, her little teefies are so ickly-wickle."

The dog hasn't been set down once since they arrived!

...with Chablis in a designer doggy carrier, at that.

"Well, she might hurt a stranger and that defeats the pupose of the training. I think if you'll give me her for a day or three I can assess the best means of teaching her. Little Dog syndrome is a thing. They can become agressive because they're not taught self control. "

"Won't she miss me? Oh, my darling little pooky wookums..." This goes on for a bit, but finally she relents. "You know, I wouldn't be here if you hadn't come so highly recommended. I thought about calling that Milan fellow, fine name there, sounds fancy, but he's just so ROUGH with the poor babies."

Gwen notices without even an arbitrary perception check that this lady screams money. That rhinestone collar on Chablis? Well, it might not be fake stones after all, and is that handbag that she she is tucking the pup into says Louis Vuitton...

Noticing Gwen's glance, Ms. Eclat comments, "This is a replacement bag, we had to throw away the Gucci one that matches her collar, because Chabli-bebe had a little oopsie-doodle in there."

"Oh dear, yes, that can happen. And I'm very pleased we've got good word of mouth . We take pride in our reputation "

"Oh, not 'we'. I don't know this shop from Adam. I came here for you!" She says with a smile.

Gwen kens the woman

As muggle as the day is long.

"Well, thank you. I'll take her for three days and give her focus so we can find what works best for her. "

"I'll have her belongings delivered then, her bed, her jammy-jams, toys, oh, and should her personal chef come here to prepare her meals, or have then dropped off?"

"Dropping them off is probably better for Chablis so we can work the schedule"

And soon, Chablis is in Gwen's care. This is going to be quite the challenge, but every dog deserves a chance to be their best selves.