...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!
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I'm glad to hear my little "angel" survived the bath thing. Hope he knows GMom loves him stinky or not. Hope his Mom is feeling OK.
Love you both.
Stayed home today because of being sick, but starting to feel a bit better now. Murray's been quite understanding, if you don't count the time he ran across my whole body when I was resting on the couch. It's like he knew that I was sick, because he let me sleep almost from the time I got home last night. He's normally constantly underfoot and trying to get me to throw his ball for him.
I'm gonna have to teach him how to call Grandmom so that she can come get him when his mommy is being so boring :)
Sorry to read you are on the "puny" list...so much of that flu stuff going around here.
Murray knew his "mamma" was not feeling well and the best (and only) thing he could do was behave him...just wait until you are better and he will be ready to play ball again.
The next home bath time will more than likely go much smoother...just have to get in the practice.
Take care of yourself and get to feeling better! Give that little furry baby a hug from Oklahoma!
Just tie him to a tree and jhose him down. You could weasr a bikini at the same time and have a block party
Hey call me before you give the next bath so I can take the pictures of you in the bikini.
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