Massage Day at The Dining Dog Cafe and Bakery

Sophia "waits" for the okay command to enjoy her meal at Dining Dog Cafe and Bakery in Edmonds.

Sophia and I had an outing this Sunday to a very unique restaurant called The Dining Dog Cafe and Bakery. Dorothy Moore opened The Dining Dog Cafe & Bakery last December to provide a unique dining experience for your dog! The Dining Dog has a full service menu including Doggie
Cocktails (Sophia had the ChowTini), appetizers ( she chose little bits of hot dog with melted cheese on them), several entrees (Her choice, Swedish Meatballs with Gravy, Kibble and chopped broccoli), and a varied selection from a fancy dessert tray!　　

Human companions can choose to order from a local restaurant for delivery to The Dining Dog. I satisfied myself with a bottled water and a massage!

Sunday's special event was a licensed massage practitioner also licensed for small animal massage. Sophia received a massage, altho she was suspicious of being handled by a stranger like this and was constantly on guard for invasive touch. When the massage headed towards her rear end and got a little too close to her tail, she whipped her head around and looked at her real hard. She thought she was going to get her anal glands expressed and she didn't like it at all!

I've never had a chair massage. I don't think much of them since I am used to getting full body massage as therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. But my massages are now 5 weeks apart (by my choice) and she found I was super tight in my shoulders and neck. So I feel much better today, just after 15 minutes!

More pictures below from our Dining Dog experience. I am planning an IGGY Ambassadors event and fundraiser for Italian greyhound rescue for sometime in January.