Velvet-be-gone!

Marcel finally got Strike's antlers back and we were sad to see that the velvet couldn't be saved. It looked terrible from him rolling down the mountain and Kelly tried his best to make it look good again but it was unsalvageable. So Marcel decided to pressure wash the velvet off and have my dad stain them!

We went over to the car wash to get the job done!

I left Toby in the car at first but he REALLY wanted to get out where we were!

Once he was out he got scared of the pressure washer so in an effort to get away he snagged his claws in my hair and for some reason that helped him relax!
When the velvet started coming off we were able to see how much trash he has (trash: the word chosen by I don't know who to represent all the little bumps at the base of the antlers). Marcel, and myself, are very excited at how much cooler he looks without the velvet (although Marcel really would've liked him to stay the way he was originally when he got him but he's excited for this too)! Close-up!
He couldn't quite get all of the velvet off at the car wash so we brought it home to soak in the tub for a bit so Marcel could get the rest off. Toby was fascinated! I absolutely love these pictures!

This picture freaks me out a bit just because in the picture on the left he looks like Pascal but he looks like himself in the picture on the right! Weird! Regardless of that you can see how happy he is to have Strike back (well part of him anyway)!
And this is where he will go once we get the whole thing back! Can't wait :) !!!