One roll in sh1t too many!

Dempsey came back from his walk this morning reeking of sh1t.

That was the last straw!!

He's been getting progressively more stinky over the last few weeks (hasn't had a bath since last august/september) and I've been talking about giving him a bath for a couple of weeks. He was NOT happy at all. He hates baths with a vengeance - stands there all hunched up & shaking like a wus.

I can't use the shower head because he goes mad & bites it, so I have to fill up loads of jugs etc of warm water & get soaked myself pouring them over him. His head's the worst bit - he can't abide water poured over his head & he growls at me every time. I don't take any notice, and he just gives me funny looks after that!

And before anybody asks, no there's no pics. I have my hands full enough without trying to hold a camera as well!

Sorry.................................

You shoulda seen the place after I'd finished. Water all over the bathroom, rugs all rucked up & the bath mat torn where he dug his claws into it.

Plus, I was soaked from head to knees!

hehehe. I have to do that about once every couple weeks! The wife can't stand smells... Dempsey at least gave me a chuckle.

Thankfully Suki is really good at bath time

Tilly has had a bath at about 4 months and nothing since , Caryll you are really evil for putting Dempsey through such a trauma

davemck3834 wrote:Tilly has had a bath at about 4 months and nothing since , Caryll you are really evil for putting Dempsey through such a trauma

I know, I know. After a bath Dempsey ignores me for about half an hour! He won't even look at me & if I hold him still & look him in the eye, he shuts his eyes!

Next time you can try the Italian shower. Works for me, once a year is plenty

Have you ever tried using a hose pipe outside to wash him ?

Poor Dempsey, imagine putting him through that
Bella is ok in baths, she stands there, tail tucked in. Millie is a nightmare and takes 2 people to bath her. She jumps around, scrapes you with her nails and jumps out the bath so I end up trying to lift a soapy wriggling 22kg dog back into the bath She doesn't get baths unless she really needs one.

kathytake2 wrote:Have you ever tried using a hose pipe outside to wash him ?

Hosepipe? Are you kidding?

You haven't seen Dempsey's reaction to a hose pipe........I want all my fingers left at the end of it, not to mention my arms/legs/clothes!

Take it that's a no to the hosepipe then, never mind

kathytake2 wrote: Take it that's a no to the hosepipe then, never mind

That's the way we used to clean Bandit (and all the other dogs in the past!), but not a good idea with the Northampton Piranha!

Tee Hee, really chuffed with my girl! After a long day, bogs and canals, she needed a bath, usually I have to lift her in, but today I just said 'Moo Bathtime' and she bleedin well got in on her own, I was shocked lol, just thought that might inspire Demps

I'll tell him, but I don't know what he'll say.........

He seriously hadn't had a bath in ten months????!!!!!!!!!

Charlie is good as gold in the bath. I tell him to get in, and in he jumps, and sits there patiently while I use the shower head on him. He doesn't particularly like it on his head either but he wouldn't dare growl at me, he just gets me back by shaking his head every 5 seconds so I get soaked!!

Wow, seriously, 10 months.... Charlie needs one every couple of months at least, sometimes more if it's muddy down at the creek or if he's found a nice pile of dog/cat/rabbit/fox/any kind of poo to roll in

I tend to put it off. It's such a big job. Every so often I get some of those doggie body wipes & go over him with them, and he gets brushed a couple of times a week, so it isn't the dirt so much as the smell.

After a while he develops a really powerfull doggie smell & it gets all over the house!

At least he's cleaner than his friend Pneuma - she's the same age as him & she's never had a bath!

We have no choice .. Max smear's fox sh!t all over himself at least a couple times a month (three times in one week recently ) .. and he's still like a teenage lad ... he stink's REALLY doggy if he dosent get a bath

Charlie loves fox poo, its his favourite thing to roll in

I'm keeping quiet on this one, thankfully Rocky doesn't roll in anything only dirt occasionally sshhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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sorry Caryll he's gone to bed now