Jessica’s Basset Hound isn’t really into “the whole grooming thing”…
However, she’s sitting patiently at the moment inside her makeshift doggie bathtub.
“Bella” hates baths, hates having her nails trimmed, and hates dieting. (But all Basset Hounds have trouble with that last one, right?)


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