Bath time


It's hard to make yourself invisible when you weigh 26 kilos!
I'd run the bath, spread towels all over the floor and readied the fanny flannel ,
And  the bulldog was no where to be seen!
Winnie despises bathtime.
I took the path of least resistance.
First George, then Mary and finally William, the terriers were hoisted into the bath for a scrub.
George hates a bath, but puts up with it with an expression of disgust mixed with shame.
The Welsh terriers adore a hot bath and strange as it may seem both will stand stock still in the soapy water for an absolute age until they are removed
Only Winnie tries to leave home before the fanny flannel is dunked.

Mary

Eventually I found her hiding under the bed in The Prof's office.
Her bottom was poking out, and after several minutes of wrestling I managed to manhandle her into the bathroom where she jammed her head behind the toilet.
I wafted my secret weapon of a handful of  cocktail sausages at her and in the ensuing melee of scoffing I hoisted her smartly into the bath.
Now bulldogs, even old bulldogs are surprisingly agile so keeping one in a bath can be an absolute nightmare, after a minute or so there was more water around the bathroom than  there was in the bath itself and after a few more minutes of wrestling, a quick flit round with the flannel and a snapped
photo I allowed her to burst out of the bathroom with a face like thunder.



She sulked for the rest of the day. Although she did accept a few left over cocktail sausages without opening her eyes.

It took me nearly an hour to clean the bathroom afterwards.

61 comments:

  1. If that face doesn't say it all!?!

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  2. Oh that face, what a little sweetie!

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  3. The fanny flannel looks so exotic. Did you buy it from Harrods? I bet Theresa May has got one too.

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  4. Oh bless. Elsie zooms all over the house and garden after a bath. It's madness. Did you have four dogs doing this? How often do they have a bath?

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  5. Oh John I absolutely love this post. The look on that terrier's face and the scottie's face and your descriptions of their attitude. And then that scoundrel Winnie. Tess hates it although she is a terrier but when she gets out she tears up and down shaking water everywhere.

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  6. Bless her , I think she must think it's beyond her dignity . I am lucky our three just put up with it .

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  7. OMG if looks good kill you'd be long buried. What a face.

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  8. Love Winnie's look of concentrated resentment. Kudos for getting any photo of her at all, given the chaos.

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    1. 'Concentrated resentment' I think sums up Winnie's expression perfectly! Our pup Betty is 10 months old, she's half Bulldog/half Shar Pei and weighs 22.5 kg, and she absolutely LOATHES us bathing her...in fact we've given up. The carnage in the bathroom, us getting wetter than she was, and her getting so anxious about it meant it really wasn't worth the aggro. So we now take her to the groomers every 3 or 4 weeks....and she loves it, they say she's as good as gold! (the traitor). Huh.

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  9. winnie winnie winnie...her look says I HATE YOU.

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  10. What is it about bath time . . .
    Oh my . . . the STARE SCOWL . . .
    We have one who detests water . . .
    She KNOWS when I am thinking BATH. . .
    Finding her hiding spot is sometimes a challenge.

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  11. Dogs and Baths ... let the hilarity ensue!

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  12. Pup, being a "water dog", Standard Poodle .. loved a bath .. he would jump in before the water was even turned off .. groomers loved him.

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  13. When we had our 2 dogs and it was bath time they would hide behind anything they could to avoid going upstairs. Once their collars came off they knew if was bath time. They both had to be carried upstairs. Afterwards our terrier would race around the house and roll and roll on the carpet. He was much too tough to smell nice - it would do nothing for his street cred!!

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  14. Maverick,our yellow lab,loved to swim in the lake. A bath,well no thanks. He was 80 pounds of fury.

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  15. My collie would be waiting for me in the walk in shower every morning. Odd dog...i do miss having a dog but demon puss will do for now. My dog search begins in earnest after vacation.

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  16. Ha! This is usually an ordeal in our house too -- and we only have ONE dog!

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  17. Rather you than me, trying to get the better of all your obstreperous charges! I hope you hadn't just thoroughly cleaned the bathroom the day before....

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  18. Haven't tried this yet with Rick. Somehow I don't think he would be too co-operative. I shall take him to the Poodle Parlour when we get back to the UK.

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  19. Such a lovely post, I was smiling all the way through it.
    Briony
    x

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  20. Winnie's plotting her revenge, and it's going to be a corker - so be ready!

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    1. even slippers of sex wont stop her! lol

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  21. When I had dogs and they resisted the bath, I always noticed how they could magically increase their weight by at least twice in an effort to prevent me from getting them in the tub.

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  22. Good job John!!! Jinx my black cat LOVES a bath... I can start running the water in the bathtub and when he hears it he comes running... crazy right? I put a couple inches in the tub.. turn the water off ... pick him up and put him in.... I think he likes all the scratching he gets while i rub the soap in.. then listen to this! I let the water out .. turn on the faucet and can hold up him upside down to rinse off his belly under the faucet... never seen a cat like it.. but now i must tell you he has no front claws but he does have back ones and never uses them....
    i bet all your puppies look and smell wonderful today! Hugs! deb

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    1. Having bathed a few cats years back, I understand just how unusual this is :)

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  23. The only thing sadder-looking than a wet dog, is a wet hen.

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  24. DH takes Jill into town, I'd be afraid of breaking her legs trying to get her in the bathtub.

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  25. If only he could talk the dear box would be full.😂

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  26. I imagine bathing Winnie is a little like mud wrestling with a greased hippo - at least that's the image in my mind. Thanks for another fabulously funny post John xx

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  27. Anonymous2:53 pm

    The look on George's face is priceless!

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  28. All I can think of is the mess you have to deal with, after. Granted you are younger than I, but only twenty years.

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  29. The look on Winnie's face is brilliant. Be careful John, I fear she is plotting her revenge! x

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  30. I can smell them from here. My weenies need a bath too. I think they are going to get one today.

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  31. Oh John drinking my coffee and reading your post made me giggle. I keep putting off bathing my cats while the dandruff comes to the surface when they get their daily brush. It's a dread but I must do it soon.

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  32. try bathing a chow sometime.

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  33. Oh Winnie - what a face - you would think she would enjoy all the extra attention lavished on her, wouldn't you? The things a girl has to do for a handful of cocktail sausages !
    It's hot here, so Inca the Lab will be washed outdoors, with a fine spray from the hosepipe. In the winter she's bathed in the walk-in shower, which makes life easier - no lifting involved - just the threats.......

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  34. Oh dear! Maybe if you took the dreaded fanny flannel away she might find it a bit more tolerable!!! Poor old Winnie and her dignity. :)

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  35. Thank goodness my dog only weighs 5 lbs and can be bathed in the large kitchen sink. The dish sprayer makes the bath a breeze, but he always to shake it all off when he's full of soap and bubbles! Dogs that don't shed have hair not fur so the after effects are soft and silky!

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  36. Mo the Pug has the Dog Spa van come to the house every month---manicure, pedicure, shampoo, ''pants'' trimmed, wrinkles cleaned, blow dry. Sometimes he gets a bow on his harness. I wait in the garden nearby with my knitting. Easy.

    I quit washing my dogs when my previous pug had a horrible reaction to pet shampoo. Plus he hated every moment and cried.

    Lizzy

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  37. Winnie - what a gal! A friend's Border Collie loves water, puddles, cattle troughs, sees it and she's straight in. We bathe dogs outside on the patio: a military operation, buckets of lukewarm water; shampoo; towels etc on hand but saves on clearing up the tidal wave afterwards. We don't do this in cold weather, we only bath them in the summer. As Billy Connolly joked 'Scotland has two 2 seasons; winter and June!'.

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  38. That's a death stare if ever I saw one!
    Arilx

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  39. I worked out a while ago that if I put a towel in the bottom of the bath both my dogs stop struggling to get out. before that it was like women fighting, I came out with scratches where they try to climb up me to get out.

    Lovely george!!!

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  40. How are you feeling today John? That looks suggests that Winnie is working hard at putting a hex on you.

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  41. Ohhhhh, and did she then whisper: "I could just manage a bit of home-made cake."? Heehee! Hooray for the fanny flannel!

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  42. What delightful photos indeed.

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  43. You are so brave.

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  44. We used to call all that racing around of newly towelled dogs "Spring Fever" regardless of the time of year. Bother its 1.00am and I am suddenly hungry for cold cooked sausages coktail or otherwise,

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  45. A most enjoyable post ... and comments, too :)

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  46. Poor wee(ish) Winnie, did the mean man make you all wet again? At least you got some cheerios (the term for cocktail sausages in my neck of the woods) out of it. Try running faster next time. Hmm, maybe not worth the effort, huh?

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  47. Yes, indeed, you had a much more difficult time with Winnie than we did with Tasha! But we only have one dog to "do." Maybe she just doesn't like to go last. ;)

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  48. Lovely photos ... they really capture each dogs personality, although in the one of Winnie I think she temporarily hates you ;-)

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  49. Oh those personalities. Not a poker face in the bunch.

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  50. They really have fabulous expressions. Sucks that you had to clean for an hour afterwards.

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  51. Loved this post John, those photos are priceless.

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  52. Blimey! I thought I was hard done by when I have to shower, shampoo and blow dry my Bichon Frise, but at least he walks into the shower enclosure and stands still while I do the deed. then thoroughly enjoys the towelling and even more so - having the hairdryer on him for half an hour to dry his curly coat. To keep him white, he needs shampooing every 2 weeks. sigh

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  53. Pic 1......devoted stoicism
    Pic 2......regally stoic
    Pic 3......totally pissed off.

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  54. Do try the towel on the bottom of the tub. I think part of their panic is that they have lost their footing. I once bathed a very large tuxedo cat in the kitchen sink, with a towel in the bottom, and he actually relaxed into the warm water. What a revelation. He's gone to his reward now, but I often think of him fondly.

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