I had quite the day. So I booked these easy bath dogs for Friday today, I could have squeezed them yesterday but glad I didn't. There were 2 labs & a mix of some sort, she said Border Collie Lab something but to me looked more like GreyHound BC mix. Anyway, I picked the black lab first as she was heaviest. Wow I picked the worse one first. She was so scared & owner didn't offer to help lift so my back is aching. I muscled the dog into the tub, had to be 70lbs. This dog uses her legs. I have a small 40" RV tub. This dog is climbing my walls, hooking her feet on anything & everything she could get her paws on & strong. It was all I could muscle to get each leg back into the tub. I think she was afraid of water because she didn't flinch at the sprayer noise just the water getting on her. So I go to blow dry & she's freaking out even on low blowing (Kool Dry). I decided to move her to the table so she didn't break my tub & plumbing. I have a way for dogs to step over, took me almost 5 mins just to get turned around in the tub & to step over. Once turned around she laid down in the tub, so I had to get her to stand up then get her to step over. I even had the hoodie on her. So on the table she was a tad better. Got her body mostly dry & gave up. Had to send her back with towel dried damp areas. She wouldn't even jump down from the table. Luckily I brought my step stool & set that up. It took her a min to build up the nerve to step over to the set stool. I am so sore from that wrestle match. Took me 50 mins. My hotwater fauset will have to be tightened as she loosened it when she wrapped her paw around it.
The next was a choc lab. She wasn't fat & only tried to panic, when the water hit, once. She was easy to put her feet back in & didn't do it again. She cried through all of it but nothing like the black lab. Mostly dry, one hip she didn't want me to dry (would spin away from dryer on that hip) & of coarse the head. Took me 40 mins.
The last one the mix dog was med size & so easy compared to all the above. He was the neighbor dog. I'd prefer to do him over the others lol. Took me 30 mins, he didn't mind the dry & his coat dried quick.
Would you do these dogs again? The only one I really wouldn't want to do is the black lab, I was really sure she was going to break something in my van which luckily she didn't.
Shannon
The Soapy Puppy
The next was a choc lab. She wasn't fat & only tried to panic, when the water hit, once. She was easy to put her feet back in & didn't do it again. She cried through all of it but nothing like the black lab. Mostly dry, one hip she didn't want me to dry (would spin away from dryer on that hip) & of coarse the head. Took me 40 mins.
The last one the mix dog was med size & so easy compared to all the above. He was the neighbor dog. I'd prefer to do him over the others lol. Took me 30 mins, he didn't mind the dry & his coat dried quick.
Would you do these dogs again? The only one I really wouldn't want to do is the black lab, I was really sure she was going to break something in my van which luckily she didn't.
Shannon
The Soapy Puppy
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