Workin’ at the dog wash, workin’ at the dog wash, ya!
Once or twice a month, Luna goes to the dog wash for a bath. The dog wash is open 24 hours a day, and attached to a wash-it-yourself car wash in a suburb of Hobart called Moonah.
Dog washes are the best invention since sliced bread (actually, I get my bread unsliced from the baker, as it tends to be better quality than the sliced stuff, or I make it myself – but I digress). There’s no having to bend down or having to stop the dog from shaking, etc. And, best of all – there’s no having to clean the entire bathroom afterwards.
The machine starts with eight dollars (about six dollars US) for eleven minutes, and I usually spend 12 dollars to get Luna washed and dried.
Put dog in washing contraption.
Then, step back to take picture and watch dog jump out (contraption is sensibly inside an escape proof “cage”). Repeat step one.
Set the water hose to “soap” and thoroughly wet and soap dog.
Step back as dog starts to shake.
Step even futher back as shaking gets more vigorous.
Set hose to “rinse” and thoroughly rinse dog.
Hang up blue water hose and pick up black air hose, switch to “blow dry heavy” and proceed to blast dog with air for a minimum of six minutes.
Remove dog from contraption, and tie her to inside of the “cage” (unless we’re the only one there, and then she can run around) in order to do a final towel drying.
Tie dog to hitch while using the monstrous vacuum to clean a bucket of sand off the back seat from the previous trip with dog to the beach (in order to avoid reattaching sand to damp dog).
I love this series of pictures. And what a good dog Luna is.
I can’t believe she’ll just stand there. Dumbledore would be climbing, clawing, and leaping to get away.
Great diary. Now I want to find a local dogwash for my crew. 🙂
a walk in the park as a reward.
Wherein our heroine finds something dead to roll in.
to kick around in. My pooch Pogo, white of course, loves to kick the dirt or sand backwards with his back legs. Do all cocker spaniels do this I wonder? He’s my first of this breed. He actually digs holes with his back kicking trick!
Luna is beautiful.
but Bu’s having none of that!
not much sand up here, and, fortunately, she loves to swim, so baths are infrequent
of course, we won’t bring up the consequences of an unfortunate encounter w/ a skunk…everyone does it once, eh
march on the pentagon: 3.17.07
Draft Al Gore: 2008
No skunks!
Tomato juice really does work – sorta.
I wouldn’t wash Luna as often if it were not for Imogen’s allergies. Like most dogs, she hates being bathed but loves being clean scrubbed. Until the first putrid thing crosses her path, of course.
Jim has put his new 18-200mm lens to great use shooting the birds at the feeders from inside the house.
Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers
Pileated Woodpecker
Pileated and Red-Headed Woodpeckers
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Great pictures! I have red-bellied, downy, and hairy woodpeckers here…I should fill my suet feeders.
How’s Jim liking that new lens?
He likes it a lot — it’s so versatile. The VR function which is steadies the camera, really makes a difference.