Animal care goes on, and offers respite, from virus
By ALEX HANSON
Valley News Staff Writer
Andrew Sawler shaves Lola, a shih tzu from Norwich, at Complete Canine in Plainfield, N.H., Thursday, May 21, 2020. Lola also got bathed and a finished haircut during her visit. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Valley News photographs — James M. Patterson
When the novel coronavirus closed down much of the world in mid-March, Sarah Lewis never considered not going to work.
On any given day, there are 50 to 60 dogs depending on her and her co-workers at Complete Canine, a one-stop shop in Plainfield for boarding, training, grooming and nearly every other service for man’s best friend.
There’s a human element to that call to service: Some of the owners of the dogs in their care were stuck away from home, unable to travel, Lewis said. But caring for the dogs is at once a duty and a joy.
“We had no choice,” Lewis said this week. “We had to be here.”
At the same time, there’s no place she’d rather be than at her employer of three years.
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