I remembered the camera.....

So it was bath time again and i did remember the camera. Being a puppy mill kid, Kati did not not develop all those normal dog grooming skills right off and she is still working on some of them. For instance, when she first came to live with us.....a diggleberry did not bother her much. Now she pretty much drags her ass all over until it is off but it might take a day or two unless i can catch her and help out. So we have decided she will get a bath once a month and some grooming. That is Deb holding her after her haircut and as you can see it is not too bad. She really does not mind getting trimmed much until we get to her paws. She lets me pay with her feet ok some but sure does not like them being trimmed or toenails being cut either. At least she did not yesterday and i don't like fighting her to get it done.....so no toenails yesterday.


She really hates i would say, the bath part of it all. And i don't know if heard or read, that her cage may have been cleaned by just hosing it all down without taking her out. But either way, she does not like the whole water thing. And you can certainly tell by that picture below. The one above she is deciding that Deb might not be all that bad during the soapy, washing part. And you really can see moments during the warm water part, she might have been ok with it all.

This picture really does say it all for Kati....she is scared to death many times with something new and it is this face that probably causes me the most distress. But i do have to say, after her bath and we are back in the house........she is very happy to be clean and fresh it seems. She runs around gets all dried off, and knows she is all fresh and clean. We love Deb, she comes to the house in her truck and just kind of go through each dog. Dobie got all cleaned up and pretty yesterday.......he was starting to stink too!! They have been playing more, running around and chasing each other..........very cute, but they do get kind of smelly and with the temps warming up......well, you know.....stinky dogs!!

Molly even got her toenails done, so everyone is good to go for another month. I am thinking maybe i try the kitchen sink bath with Kati. That is how Molly gets her bath and it works just fine. However, Kati might be better off in the bathroom.....the drop/leap will be much shorter if she gets away. Anyway.........thinks are good and clean this week. Have a new resolution to walk at least one dog a day........lets see how we do!!