not as bad as it looks

Sweet, little, adorable Murray:

The same sweet, little, adorable doggie playing with his cousin:

Murray doesn't let the fact that his cousin is four times his size deter him from having some "fun." In fact, it is that much more fun because his cousin is so much bigger, as evidenced by the following video:

murray gets his first bath

...at least, the first one at the hands of his mommy, and he did surprisingly well.

Why I chose tonight to do it, I don't know. I'm not even feeling all that well. Maybe the fact that his grandmother said he stunk yesterday had something to do with it. lol...she's gonna kill me for putting that in print, but it's true nonetheless. I should add that she also said that she was surprised, because she doesn't ever remember him smelling anything but pleasant (am I forgiven, mom??)

Murray wasn't overjoyed when his paws touched the water in the tub, but I purposely didn't put it that high, since it was his first time, and I wanted to ease him into it. I even figured it might just be a water bath, as I wasn't sure he would stand for being soaped up, let alone rinsed off. When things seemed to be going halfway decent, I decided to give the shampoo a go. Although his chin area really needed it, I decided to avoid his face on this first go-round.

Trying to rinse the soap out of his hair was probably the worst part of the whole thing, as by that time, he'd just about had enough and was trying to escape. He enjoyed the toweling off, though, which he always does, even after coming in from a rainstorm. He thinks it's a game and starts attacking the towel.

Using a towel only does so much, though. So, I decided to try blow-drying him. After all, he's made it a habit to come into the bathroom while I'm drying my own hair, almost asking me to turn it towards him, which I do even if I am running late. I think he likes it, because it reminds him of car rides with the window down. Anyway, he loved the blow-drying and kept circling to help me out. Well, really, to try and nip at my fingers that were running through his hair, but I pretended like I didn't notice that :)

So, one successful bath down, many more to follow. Oh, and a bonus...when I went under the kitchen sink to get his shampoo, I discovered a whole box of dog cookies that his grandmom and cousin Oscar gave him for Christmas. I completely forgot I put them down there. Murray is one happy boy!