Bath time fun

Nicki · Big Cheese

Bath time fun

Christine Young · GAL Newsletter Editor

Hi Nicki

Glad you found a way to bath Janie without causing her to stress out. Funny isn't it - how they'll roll about in freezing cold muddy water getting filthy in the process, but don't like getting it washed off with nice warm sudsy water!! She'll probably want a daily shower now.

Christine

FAJ · Enlightened One

Excellent tip about the watering can - might just have to try that for Pearly!

Fiona

Carol · Master

My dog Luca enjoys a bath - a mud bath that is!!

We have a field and a park in Alloa that both have quite bad drainage. If Luca's been having a good old run, you have to try and stop him before he heads off to find the deepest mud pit. Rather like a hippo, he like to wallow. He prefers little water, just a good, gloopy muck and as much as possible. He wades in, lies down with a great big smile on his face and lies there untill he's cooled off.

When he gets home, Iain lifts him into the shower and Luca stands there to get washed. (At this point I have to say that I wish I kept my flat's original burgundy bathroon suite and brown carpet tiles.) When he's done, out he pops to get dried before he races of and does his 'happy rub' up and down the walls in my hall, leaving nice, wet streaks.

Lurchers? Mucky pups!

Isla · Enlightened One

Millie is much like that too - loves to go splashing around in puddles, ditches and anything else extremely wet and muddy. It's quite funny really - you can see her gearing up for it. She'll charge up into a puddle, stand for a couple of seconds and then jump up and down and take off as fast as she can to try and get the maximum effect. She usually ends up looking a bit like a dalmation! Like you, I'm convinced it's deliberate because she seems to love standing under a warm shower and getting towelled off afterwards.