The brushing part of this cruppy care lesson wasn't even the hard part of it. Vivian had gotten used to this, since she did the same with her Aunt and Uncle's dog, Prancer, at home. However, Pepito was such a very energetic ball of fur and was enjoying all this a little bit too much. The blonde struggled a little bit, trying to let the cruppy sit still or something. But, you know, Vivi remained positive. It's not like she'd down this before. Once she was able to get the hang of it, Pepito did calm down. Although Vivi did try to avoid the wagging forked tail. Not that she was scared of it, but it was a little bit too early to be getting wounded in the morning.

Once that was done, Vivian patted Pepito in the head. "Good job, boy. You're such an angel," she said. She received cruppy licks for that, and giggled at all this loving gestures. It sure did make her miss Prancer a lot. They will be reunited soon though! She could feel it, and she was hanging on to that string of hope.

So they weren't just going to brush the crup's fur? Even their teeth! Well, that must've been normal, really. Teeth care was part of proper hygiene, yeah? Though Vivi couldn't resist it. A small smile grew on her face. Seriously, it was kinda funny and cute. She looked down at the tub again, and retrieved the tooth brush that Professor Draper was referring to. It looked like a normal tooth brush, to be honest. Like the one she normally used for her own pearly whites. Then she took the tube of paste and squinted at it. Specifically used for cruppy care. Well, that made sense. Vivian wouldn't personally allow anyone else use her own tooth paste, much more a creature. Oh, well.

"Pepito, this is a tooth brush and paste," Vivian said as she showed the two to the bouncy cruppy. The cruppy tilted its head at her with that. Did he not know what it was? "First time, huh? I'm going to use them to clean your chompers! So that they'll be healthy! Yay!" Oh please. She was such a natural at all this creature care. The Slytherin placed a small amount of paste on the brush, then looked at it. LOL. That was too small. She added a little more, to make sure that it was roughly the size of a pea. It looked good enough for her now. All was good.

Vivian looked back at Pepito. So it was brushing time, then! "Since you're such a good boy, you deserve to have shiny teeth! Please follow me! Can you grin like this, Pepito?" The first year GRINNED so wide in front of the cruppy, but it did not follow. All it did was chase its forked tail. BLINK BLINK. Guess she had to manually do it herself, then. She wasn't going to complain. She was patient! Vivi took her wand out and dampened the paste using a quick "Aguamenti!" before she proceeded to hold Pepito's mouth into a wide grin. "Awww! You look good! Keep grinning, okay?" Vivi kept her grin too, so that Pepito didn't feel awkwardly grinning alone, then she brushed the cruppy's teeth, starting from the back then moving up front, just like the Professor said. And, yes, more avoiding of the wagging forked tail in the process too. The teeth brushing was also accompanied by a lot of toothpaste and cruppy drool. A sticky, bubbly, and sort of slippery mixture, but Vivi tried not to pay attention to that despite how gross it looked.

"There you go! See? Pearly white and healthy teeth!" Vivian said, contented with her work. She rinsed all the drool and toothpaste bubbles with another "Aguamenti!" Vivi received yet another round of cruppy love and affection, face licks and snuggles. The blonde scratched the back of Pepito's ear. Such a good cruppy! <3