Regarding the rabies vaccine, it can be administered right after the third dose of Vanguard 8 – in – 1 vaccine. I spent over 70 yuan after the discount at that time.
With these vaccines, this stage comes to an end. Then there is one kind of vaccine that needs to be given once a year, but I can’t remember which one it is.
Advocate is for external deworming, preventing ticks, fleas, etc. It costs 75 yuan each time, and the discounted price for members is 67.5 yuan. It’s supposed to be used monthly, but I think it’s a bit expensive. Also, since I seldom take Mantou out, I figure it’s not likely to get parasites easily. So I do it once every other month approximately.
As for bathing, I remember that in my pet store, members can get a 20% discount on bathing. For dogs weighing 0 – 4 kg, a bath costs 40 yuan, and the member price is 32 yuan. At that time, I would take Mantou to the store for a bath only once or twice a month, and most of the time, I bathed it at home once a week. The dog shampoo cost around forty yuan, and it still hasn’t been used up even though Mantou is almost one year old. Now Mantou has grown to 5.6 kg, and the discounted price for a bath in the pet store is 48 yuan. I’m even more reluctant to spend the money, so I almost always bathe it at home.
Regarding grooming, Mantou has only had professional grooming twice. The first time was after getting vaccinated. Mantou was four months old, and it was time to shave its puppy hair. The boss said that shaving would make the new hair grow better. The original price for shaving was 80 yuan, and the discounted price was 64 yuan.
Here are two pictures of Mantou after shaving. It didn’t look very good.
The other time of grooming was before the Spring Festival in 2020. Its hair had grown too long, so we gave it a beautiful look to celebrate the New Year happily. The original price for this grooming was 120 yuan. At that time, the store had an activity: “Recharge five times the current consumption amount, and the current consumption is free.” Since there wasn’t much money left in my membership card, I recharged 120×5 = 600 yuan (my dad contributed 500 yuan, and I contributed 100 yuan), and then the 120 – yuan consumption was waived.
By the way, here are two pictures of Mantou after grooming. Actually, it didn’t look as good as expected. Mantou was nine months old at this time.
Except for these two professional groomings, whenever its hair grows long, my mom will trim it, mainly cutting the hair on its face to prevent it from blocking the eyes and mouth.
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