Maru’s Close Shave

Maru, as we all know, is made almost entirely out of floof, and while his luxurious outer coating gives him the chubby roundness we’ve come to adore, the excess fur on his paws make it hard to scamper across his polished wood floor. So now and then out comes the trimmer to give Maru’s paws a good mowing and let his toebeans breathe again.

via Andrew Y. and Alice Shortcake

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12 thoughts on “Maru’s Close Shave

  1. dubravkamcvmd October 27, 2018 / 11:40 am

    The opening shot of Maru relaxing on the hammock left me speechless. Maru trusts Mugumogu totally – he was not totally happy with his paws being handled that way but if that’s what Mom wants to do OK. She is so devoted to Maru and Hana – I would never have thought about shaving too much fur from paws.

    • Smartypants October 27, 2018 / 11:55 am

      Yes, who knew that excessive paw hair was even a thing?

      He is unbelievably relaxed. I like how patient Mugumogu was in introducing M&H to the clipper.

  2. Andrew October 27, 2018 / 12:03 pm

    I love Maru so much <3 …which is super obvious by now XD

  3. Debg October 27, 2018 / 1:30 pm

    Maru, maybe a modesty tail would be good?

    Such a mellow boy! And either mugumogu is very small, or that cat is VERY big. Or both.

    His wink at the end thrilled my heart.

    • Smartypants October 27, 2018 / 2:45 pm

      Do you think if we send Mugumogu a pair of those novelty Squirrel Underpants that Maru will try them? I’d pay good money to see that!

      • Debg October 27, 2018 / 8:09 pm

        I haven’t seen these! Bet she would try them on the Circle.

  4. Dana October 27, 2018 / 1:47 pm

    Shaved pawsies = better able to chase Hana about the livingroom. ??

  5. allein ? October 27, 2018 / 2:21 pm

    I can just imagine if I tried that on Stars. She’d run as soon as the noise started and I wouldn’t see her for hours, if not days…

  6. 6puppers October 27, 2018 / 4:29 pm

    I’m impressed! Maru is obviously very laid back to allow that to happen. I still struggle using the clippers on my dogs. They don’t like the noise/vibrations, They also have excessive toe floof, which make the hardwood floors very slippery. We call the floof Grinch feet. ?

  7. N. Fritz October 28, 2018 / 2:37 pm

    Very zen… but notice how ENORMOUS Maru looks sitting on Mugumogu’s lap!

  8. Shan October 29, 2018 / 4:15 pm

    My grandcat would have ripped us all to shreds!

  9. Glenna M. July 26, 2019 / 1:17 pm

    Dark colored couch and dark colored blanket, yet not one single cat hair in sight. Actually, everything is totally spotless. It must be a magical house. There’s no other explanation.

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