Santa dons red-and-white
getup for furry clientele
By Connie L. Sheehan
Staff Reporter
Jack Hein, or Santa Claus to
those who visit him and sit on
his lap, says he’s never been
bitten, but he has been peed on
twice.
No, Jack isn’t Santa Claus for
unruly children, but he does don
his red-and-white suit for the
furry clientele of the Pet-O-Mine
Shop, 4014 Leavenworth St.,
Omaha.
Wally Hein, Jack’s brother
and owner of the pet shop, said
his son suggested the Santa
Claus-for-pets idea six years ago.
The first year, an outfit came
in with a professional camera
and background, Wally said, but
it didn’t pay to do the job.
The photographer helped set
up a Polaroid camera and
showed Pet-O-Mine how to do
the job itself, Wally said.
This vear, Santa will arrive on
Dec. 15 at 10 a. m., but customers
can call the shop to make sure
when Santa wiil be in his chair.
Wally said :he number of visi
tors to Santa Claus varies eacn
year because pet owners don’t
want to bring their pets out in
the cold weather or snow.
"If it’s cold weather, they
won’t come,” Wally said.
The Humane Society used to
have a Santa Claus in October
when it was warmer, but Wally
said he hasn’t seen any adver
tisements for one this year.
“The first year, I got here at
seven in the morning and they
were lined up almost halfway up
the hill in front of the shop,"
Wally said.
But no time during the day
seems to be the busiest, Wally
said.
“You never know, there
might be no one here and two
minutes later, there’s a line,"
Wally said.
Jack, who has been Santa
Claus for the last three years,
said he didn’t receive any special
training to be a pet Santa Claus^
"Last year, the ones they said
would be mean and maybe not
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