B-A-T-H Time
Posted: June 28, 2013 Filed under: Things I Like | Tags: Bath, Dogs, Golden Retriever, Harper Lee, Pets, Summer, Thek9harperlee 61 Comments
Yesterday, after a lovely early morning walk, it happened: B-A-T-H time.
A small sidenote on behalf of all dogs everywhere: Although I know humans would rather not believe this, dogs do know how to spell. We can spell B-A-T-H and V-E-T. We can spell T-R-E-A-T and W-A-L-K. We can even spell C-A-T. Trust me, you are not fooling any of us.
Anyway, back to my story. Even if I couldn’t spell, I would have known what was going on. The minute the dog towels, shampoo, and bath leash come out, it is painfully obvious. Actually, I am not averse to bath time. During the winter, when it’s too cold to be bathed outside, I go to my favorite groomers at my local PetSmart. They love me there, and I love them. I always get a glowing “pawgress” report when my mommy picks me up. It usually says things like “very sweet,” “super obedient,” and “a joy to groom.” My daddy is obsessed with seeing my “pawgress” report. But in the warmer months, my mommy gives me some of my baths in the driveway. (I still make special trips to see the PetSmart groomers. We call that “Spa Day.”) Today was my first driveway bath of the year, and it went pretty much the way most baths go.
Here I am post-suds and rinse and pre-towel dry and brushing. I am trying as hard as possible to look as dignified as possible . . .
. . . but I realize that I am a wet dog, and there is very little dignity in that. At this point, I was just hoping that these spikes on my head were not gong to be permanent.
I am happy to report that after much drying and much, much, much brushing, my punk hairdo was all gone and I was back to my very soft and fluffy self . . . only way, way cleaner than before. Mommy says my “doggy” smell is all gone; too bad I couldn’t say the same for Mommy after she finished bathing and brushing me! Wishing you lots and lots of good, clean fun this weekend!
thek9harperlee 
Soft and fluffy! 🙂
If only you could pet me through the computer. 😉
OMGoodness, Miss HL. There is no way to look dignified during the driveway bath. your face says it all! I think it actually be worse than the bathtub bath. Embarrassing. You cleaned up nicely, though. I hope your mom did too.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
My mommy eventually managed to get herself cleaned up. Thank goodness. I was beginning to suspect that she had rolled in something!
Oh dear, you do look utterly humiliated after the bath. It’s entirely different to be wet if you’ve been playing in ponds and doing doggy stuff but, to be wet from a forced bath – well I never! Anyway, you look fabulous all groomed up. Now to get your Mom looking as good as you 🙂
I am so happy that you understand my situation. But I am thinking that all the humiliation was worth it, because I am now getting lots and lots of pets and kisses. 🙂
We think the discomfort was definitely worth the end result – you look pawsome Miss Lee.
Mom usually takes a shower after bathing us ‘cos she says she smells that bad *BOL*
Awwww . . . you boys make me blush. 😉
such a pretty, pretty, fluffy girl!!
I’ve heard Mommy say something about spending time with The Big Dogs this weekend, so I have to look my best!
I guess that I am lucky that I only get shampooed at the V-E-T (and yep we CAN spell!) We live on the second floor of a condo/apt building and Mom says it is too hard to give me a bath here. Thank goodness your “punk” hairdo was fixed! BOL! Barks and licks and love, Dakota
I’ve had a B-A-T-H at the V-E-T too. They try to make it seem like you’re at the S-P-A, but we know!
You are one of the few girls I know who can carry off wet head with dignity, aplomb and total babelicious hotness factor! Personally, a few spikes on the head on occasion don’t hurt a thing. Put some Clash on whatever music device you have and pretend you’re in the mosh pit.
I like your style! You are the ultimate party animal!
For shame! Out in the driveway nekked!?!? Those humans think we don’t know how to spell, but don’t tell them that! I don’t mind bathtime, we get ours in the tub, but Charley hates it. Momma has to pick him up and dump him in the tub. It’s a bad scene. Have a great weekend! Now you are squeaky clean and go out anywhere!
I know! Just imagine if my humans had to bathe nekked in the driveway. Oooh, maybe we shouldn’t imagine that!
You may not believe this, Miss Harper Lee, but you wear the punk spikes absolute charm and beauty. It’s a very good look on you!
You know, the more I look at that picture the more I’m starting to see that, too. Maybe my mommy could use a little hair gel on me from time to time!
Our boys get washed outdoors year round. Sam despises baths, and tries to hide. Monty tries to act like he doesn’t care, but he loves them.
Sam
My late canine sister Lexi used to love her baths, but she as a bit of a diva!
You poor thing having to suffer that…but you do look super fluffy:-)
I did look super fluffy, didn’t I? Kind of like I had gained 10 pounds in 20 minutes. 😉
You are glowing Miss Harper Lee! And of course we can spell (though my spelling isn’t the best)! How else could we write our blogs! Woooowooooooo, Ku
Thank you, Ku, and aren’t we oh so lucky to have spellcheck when we are writing our blogs!
Miss Harper Lee, you should know that with great beauty like yours, a lot
of work is involved. You look so good!
Oh yes, the burden of beauty. So few truly appreciate all that it takes. 😉
Miss Harper Lee, you look great! You should tell your mom about this awesome bathing setup, it makes bath time SO much easier for humans, especially if using a hose for bathing. Honestly I wish we could still hook it up at home but now we have an indoor shower perfect for doggies! Anyway, its got a soaping and rinsing set up. Anyhoo, you can check out my pics of it here. http://thestubbornhound.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/product-review-mane-n-tail-equine-sprayer/
and thanks for reminding us humans that dogs can spell. We will have to get more creative about springing the BATH on you :-p
That is indeed one clever contraption! My mommy is afraid, though, that she may need an engineering degree to figure it out. 😉
Oh no degree needed. It comes with everything you need to hook it right up to the hose, and it comes off just as easy! I promise!
Whew . . . what a relief . . . especially since my mommy was a liberal arts major. 😉
You look so sad but you dried and look so beautiful.
I was a little sad when I had the horrible wet-rat-in-the-driveway look. But in the end the whole bath experience was worth it and now it won’t happen again for at least another month . . . unless I find something truly putrid to roll in. 😉
Oh gurl! You look FABulous!!! I gotta say, I kinda liked the punk rock do!
I’m gettin a dreaded B.A.T.H. this Sunday….not as fond as you are of them…
Maybe if Ma did them outside where I had a chance of escape….BOL
Kisses,
Ruby ♥
So sorry to hear that you were subjected to the B-A-T-H today. I hope you at least got in a few well-timed wet shakes so that your ma was at least almost as miserable as you!
I see my towel come out and I know exactly what’s up…I try to hide in my cave but it doesn’t work…Had my first ever driveway bath last week…the hose is kind of weird but Momz had it on low so not to scare me…I look exactly like a drowned rat after a bath and try to hide in shame till I’m dry…Yes, I can spell all those words too 😉
I just hope and pray that you did not suffer the extreme humiliation of being seen in the driveway during your bath. That can be oh so embarrassing!
Oh Miss Harper Lee you are pretty AND clean now – there’s a sexy combo for sure!! Have a great weekend!!
How did you guess that I was going for the sexy combo? My humans went to New Orleans (without me; can you believe it?) so I had a big weekend sleepover with my friends The Big Dogs. I was trying to be alluring for Mr. Kenai, but he spent most of the weekend hiding from me in the bathroom or the closet. I might have come on a little too strong. 😉
What a beautiful ‘after’ picture Miss Harper Lee. You look gorgeous, even when you’re all wet. I had a half bath yesterday – we got back from the park and we were rather sandy so it was time to be hosed down – I hate it. Even having my paws washed is agony to me. The big boy doesn’t seem to mind – ah well, what do they say about feeling and sense? 😉
Isn’t it just like a boy not to mind a little hosing down? He has no idea how delicate the paws of a princess can be!
Yep, we know immediately the towels appear and the hose gets moved towards us. We get hosed in the garden all year round, but only on sunny days in the winter. Consolation is getting mum wet in winter with well timed shakes when she least expects it. We goldens do scrub up great though, dont we? Honey and Nutty, two goldens due for a bath 😦
Oh, Honey and Nutty, how fabulous that you have mastered the well-time bath shake. It truly is such sweet revenge to catch our humans off guard. 😉
oh how cute you are as a wet dog 😀 and i wish i could pet your fluffy fur!
i made my first experience with dog bathing last week, my guest kira rolled in something really disgusting and the smell was really bad… so i had to get her into my bathtub after the walk, i don’t know exactly if she liked it 😉 because at home she’s only used to be washed in a shower, it’s easier for her to get in… and the bathtub is very slippery, but in the end we were successful 😀
and i had to clean the whole bathroom afterwards, how lucky your humans are to have a garden and a driveway 🙂
Congratulations on your successful bath time, and apologies for all dogs all over the world who love to roll in disgusting things! My mommy can’t imagine trying to get me into a bathtub for my bath. You deserve an award!
We dog mommies mean well when we blast water on our doggies’ bodies and surround them with annoying suds…I promise! 😉
Just like you mean well when you clean our ears and shove pills down our throats. Sometimes mommies have a funny way of showing love, but that’s ok because we still love you right back!
Wasn’t all worth it in the end? I know you didn’t look too happy in that first photo, but you look like a dream in the last one!
Thank you and yes, in the end, it was all worth it because now my humans keep petting me and kissing me and saying, “Oooohhhh, Miss Harper Lee, you feel so soft and you smell so good.” I like that. 🙂
The second picture is the best! You look gorgeous before, during and after bath. 😀
Thank you. After-the-bath was definitely my favorite!
We think you are beautiful both wet and dry and mommy got a good laugh out of your spikes even though we think they are quite cute!
You are very sweet! I’m kind of starting to think that the spike look might be a good option for me. 😉
You look very fluffy and clean!
It’s been a few days, and I’m still fluffy and clean. Amazing that I haven’t found anything disgusting to roll in . . . yet. 🙂
A WET Golden!!! IGolden LOVE it! LOVE baths too. I bet you smell Golden GooooooooDDDDD!!! Lots of Golden Woofs, Sugar
I smell so good that my mommy can’t stop kissing me. I love that!
Looking great and fluffy after the bath! Did you find lots of opportunities to ‘shake’ and try to get your person adequately rinsed off as well? 🙂
Shaking to “rinse” the human is the best part of the bath! I got in a couple of strategic shakes. 😉
Miss Harper Lee you are such a pretty girl! I bet you smell great:)
Thank you! Mommy says I no longer smell like a dog. I thought I was supposed to smell like a dog. 😉