Here at my house, I have the opposite problem! It is keeping our 1-yr old berner, Anna, OUT of the tub when you are showering or bathing! As we had company all day on New Year's day and they brought their 3 berner puppies, there was a lot of mud on the porch, deck and on all the puppies and Anna. Today was bath day for Anna! I was ALONE! She loved every moment of chewing the spigot water, grabbing the wash cloth, sneezing and shaking the shampoo all over the place and on her Mom. When done, I toweled dried her on the bathroom floor and turned to let the dirty water out of the tub and clean up.......she jumped back into the tub and I had to rinse again and towel dry again! What should take no more than an hour, took about 3 hours from start to finish. But the end result was a fluffy, clean, happy girl on the bed in all her glory and a moltly, hair-clad, tired, Mom! What I need is a cleaner-upper! Carol Slider in No. Carolina
> ------------------------------ > From: David Steinberg > To: "'Laurie Montoya'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: bathing--more tips > > There's NO WAY you can not have a helper! Our trick is that one of us gets > into underwear or swimsuit and gets into the tub w/ the dog, so he can scrub > down and soap up and wash down more easily with leverage. The other person > is at the front end, feeding extra tasty dog food one kibble at a time. Keep > them distracted, I say!! Boy do they hate the bathing part but LOVE the > drying off part. They practically skid around the tile as we towel them off! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Laurie Montoya > : Re: bathing--more tips > > ***** You have a HELPER ???? Cheater ............... Laurie Montoya (bath > time is a lonely place) S. Central PA ******* > > >And a helper is nice. I would stay in the tub doing the dogs assembly line > >style, then Paul would towel them dry. They loved his towelling techniques, > >the butt-rub, the under-the-belly-buff and under-the-chest-buff, he's an > >expert toweller! > > > >Pat Long (& Luther) >
