Comments on: I Hope Someone Gives Me Warm Soapy Sunday Baths When I’m 88… :)

By: MP

MP — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 17:21:45 +0000

I am not particularly fond of dogs (having been bitten when I was a kid) but this post made me smile!

By: bagito

bagito — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 15:15:03 +0000

“Aww, Ginger baby girl…” (said in doggie lover gigil mode while kissing and hugging her and slightly squeezing her ears–dog lovers will get this). xo

By: curlytops

curlytops — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 10:59:28 +0000

Our Stark is the same way too. He doesn`t enjoy his baths but he doesn`t resist too. He just let us do what has to be done. But he looks forward to what comes after – his good dog biscuit treats. :-)

By: NidaFe

NidaFe — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 17:10:29 +0000

Lazy Saturday morning for me and this piece just made me smile. I too have a chocolate lab (Tito, almost 10) whom we love dearly. Plenty of slobbery kisses from him over the years makes me believe that the feeling is mutual. I’m sure if your lab could talk, she would tell you how very much she appreciates all the pampering!

By: millet

millet — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 10:24:31 +0000

aww…my sister has 15-year old poodle who is totally blind in both eyes and hard of hearing, and he gets the best babying from everyone. our own bichon frise’ Mini is 9 years old, and the first time the vet referred to her as a “senior dog”, i was totally in denial. i still am – she’ll always be our baby.

By: january

january — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 09:14:10 +0000

ginger on her senior years now would love more belly rub and massages, tell yaya to give her often :)

By: kurzhaar

kurzhaar — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 04:14:56 +0000

Marketman, weekly baths? That is WAY too frequent for a dog in normal good health. Most healthy dogs do not need baths more than a couple of times a year unless they get into serious dirt or get skunked or similar. Usually a rinse with warm water is all that is needed. If you bathe a dog too frequently you remove the normal skin oils and upset the skin balance, and then end up in a nasty cycle where the dog smells “doggy” or develops skin issues, and so you give the dog yet another bath, and so on. This is something that’s sadly too common. Our dogs get warm tub baths once or twice a year, plus the occasional hose-down in the summer after a swim at the beach or lake. They get their ears cleaned weekly and their nails trimmed and their teeth cleaned every night with dog toothpaste. They don’t smell “doggy” at all, and have lovely glossy clean coats. People are always amazed when I tell them we rarely bathe the dogs, because of how clean and non-“doggy” the dogs are.

By: natie

natie — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 13:50:17 +0000

I love The Dog ..

By: Marketman

Marketman — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 12:04:32 +0000

Betchay, no, she never had puppies. We felt that despite her papers, we didn’t think she was a pure breed, and was definitely a runt of the litter, so we opted not to have her breed. But she is a very loving dog…

By: Patricia

Patricia — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 11:02:21 +0000

I love labradors! Sweet-looking dog. :)