u/PurplePubes22

Hi! I am flying to ancorage in the next couple months for a cruise and I want to bring my weighted plushy with me. He is about 5 pounds and filled with glass beads. He has a velcro pocket on his side so the beads can come out and the outside can be washed. Is TSA going to give me a hard time? I have heard stories about weighted plush being cut open so they can inspect the weighted parts. This cannot happen to my plush, if its even a remote possibility I will pick a different plush, but I have anxiety so id really prefer the weighted one.

Her name is Denali! She is a Vermont teddy bear 🐻 we have lots of Gund and Jellycat but vermont teddies are new for us!

For context, I am the owner of a small grooming salon and every once in awhile I donate a groom to the rescues in my town. Last month a small breed rescue got 3 owner surrenders, all of them emaciated and terribly matted and covered in feces. I reached out asking if I could assist getting them groomed and the next morning, this little girl was at my shop.

Long story short, I kept her and named her Millie. She has doubled her weight since! She is very under socialized with people and we're working hard to undo a lot of bad habits from her previous living situation,but she is thriving!

The first photo is her directly after her groom, the second was her yesterday. I included a few photos of her during the groom and a few of how emaciated she was that may be hard to look at.

This is Millie! I believe she is Shih Tzu/Chihuahua. Im a professional dog groomer and I reached out to our local rescue after I saw they took in 3 neglected and very matted dogs and offered free/donated grooms for them. I ended up fostering this girl, and decided to adopt her! She was 3 pounds when she came to me (very emaciated) but shes almost up to 5 now! I'd like to see her hit 7 pounds to be healthy.