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I am walking up to the building up the road from me. It\u2019s almost exactly the same as my building. Along the ground-floor are a string of small businesses mostly focusing on body parts \u2013 hair, nails, sore backs. Now and then an accountant or an interior designer surprises us and in one spot near my flat, a leatherworker blew our minds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have arranged a hair appointment for our dog with one such business lady named Eliska. I love Eliska for several reasons, first of which being that she is a badass. She works in a one-room no froufrou salon which looks as though it was previously used to torture people into handing out their secret gulas recipes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The door swings open, the dog has already anticipated the arrival of Eliska (strong noses) and she dancing on her hindlegs and her tail is wagging in a frankly upsetting way. The room has one bed that would be home in a doctor\u2019s office. Next to it is a pair of clippers and a box of cookies that our dog would cut our throats for. We agree that I will return in an hour and I leave. The dog grants me one pity yelp of sadness at my dismissal, but we both know it\u2019s a lie.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every two or so months my dog\u2019s hair gets all matted and her fringe hides were eyes. She\u2019s pretty wily to begin with, and the fringe just makes her look shifty and untrustworthy. It\u2019s at times like these that she needs a haircut. And when she\u2019s getting her haircut, I get mine. I walk a few buildings over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mellow Vietnamese dude waves me to the chair and I sit. Behind me, two women work on another two women\u2019s nails. I zone out and go to a pleasant little sunken place wherein I can only grunt monosyllabic sounds to my barber and hope he doesn\u2019t shave me into a mohawk. It\u2019s one of the most trusting relationships I\u2019ve ever had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once I wake up and get back to the groomer, she comments: \u2018Jste dvoj\u010data.\u2019 You\u2019re twins.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019d love to claim her incorrect, but I\u2019m not great at lying in Czech. We take out leave. More than a few people point out our twinness. At first, I resist, but once the dog forces me to pick her up and carry her \u2013 presumably because she\u2019s traumatized from her haircut \u2013 I just lean my shoulder into it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And why not? Once you get matching haircuts with a dog, there\u2019s no going back. We could get matching leather jackets and ride a motorcycle through Hungary. She would of course sit sidecar. We would naturally wear goggles. Maybe we could start a rugby team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the time we get home \u2013 me sweating, she asleep \u2013 there are some reckonings to deal with. Do people think I\u2019m weird? Am I going to develop my twin dog\u2019s wonky eye? But these questions will have to wait until after our gristle byproduct cooking course next week.       <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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