I envy you people that can bathe your berners as I have not
been able to accomplish this task. The first time I tried, Indy was about 3
months old. As I had never had problems with my other dogs, I never gave a
thought to the fact that this would scare him to death. He ran, then
cowered, than acted like he was very scared of me. This was done outside on
a warm day. Forget about the bathroom as mine is very small and I'd never
get him into the tub. I solved the problem by taking him to a groomer. Once
we get him into the shop (usually takes about 3 of us - pushing and pulling
all 130# of him) he is very good - at least the groomer says so. Of course
when we go to the beach, he runs and plays in the water - swims too if he
goes in deep enough. He enjoys that.
Rocky doesn't like water at all - not the beach, not being rinsed off if he
gets dirty so I take him to the groomers too. It's just the easy way out
for me.
Gayle in
Cardiff By the Sea, CA
