I don’t know what it is about kennels but whenever I bring dogs back they always seem to have an oiliness to their fur and that ‘kennel smell’. It may be the disinfectant they use to keep the pens clean, who knows, but the pups were definitely suffering from kennel coat and in need of a bath. Now they may disagree, but this was a battle they weren’t going to win.
I decided to use the kitchen sink rather than the bath and do them one at a time. Brinkley is the best in water so I decided he would be first. He stood quite still in water up to his tummy and let me pour warm water over him, keeping it away from his ears and face. He stayed quite still while I soaped him up and didn’t object when I washed his ears and never moved when I rinsed him down. However good this was, I knew Brandy was going to be the exact opposite.
Having towelled Brinkley dry and settled him next to the warm kitchen radiator on a pile of dry towels, I turned my attention to Brandy, who to be fair had sat patiently by my side throughout the time I was bathing Brinkley, so at least I didn’t have to go and find him.
Brandy does not like water, he is even less keen on warm soapy water – a bubble bath is not his ideal way of relaxing. He stood in the water looking pathetic and the minute I poured the first jug of water over his back he was on his way out! We then began a ritual of me putting him back into the sink, pouring water over him and him attempting to climb out. He did seem to resign himself when I began to apply the very nice smelling puppy shampoo, which says it is soft, gentle and very mild, preparing their coat for adulthood – what? It’s shampoo, it gets them clean and makes them smell nice and not like a dog!
Having frothed up Brandy I began the process of rinsing the soap off and he began the process of climbing out of the sink. Eventually, I had finished and got him wrapped in a dry towel. I decided I would see whether either of them would let me use the hairdryer on them and make them all nice and fluffy as well as dry. They have been used to the sound of the hairdryer as they are always in the bedroom when I am drying my hair and I have turned the dryer on them on occasions without them freaking out, in an attempt to get to a stage where they would let me dry them with it, now was as good a time as any to see whether it had worked.
I took them both upstairs and sat Brandy on a towel on my lap, plugged in the dryer and turned it onto the lowest setting. I turned it so it was blowing on his back and waited, no reaction, so I carried on and he loved it even turning over so I could dry his tummy. He let me dry him all over and didn’t even flinch when I used it on his ears and it blew into his face – water he didn’t do but this he liked. He almost looked disappointed when I put him down so that I could try it on Brinkley. Brinkley wasn’t as happy to start with but after a few minutes he settled down and let me dry him and in less than an hour I had gone from having 2 kennel smelling dogs to 2 gorgeous fluffy, soft puppies who now had white fur where it had been grey and who couldn’t wait to go out into the garden and start to get grubby again.
I decided to use the kitchen sink rather than the bath and do them one at a time. Brinkley is the best in water so I decided he would be first. He stood quite still in water up to his tummy and let me pour warm water over him, keeping it away from his ears and face. He stayed quite still while I soaped him up and didn’t object when I washed his ears and never moved when I rinsed him down. However good this was, I knew Brandy was going to be the exact opposite.
Having towelled Brinkley dry and settled him next to the warm kitchen radiator on a pile of dry towels, I turned my attention to Brandy, who to be fair had sat patiently by my side throughout the time I was bathing Brinkley, so at least I didn’t have to go and find him.
Brandy does not like water, he is even less keen on warm soapy water – a bubble bath is not his ideal way of relaxing. He stood in the water looking pathetic and the minute I poured the first jug of water over his back he was on his way out! We then began a ritual of me putting him back into the sink, pouring water over him and him attempting to climb out. He did seem to resign himself when I began to apply the very nice smelling puppy shampoo, which says it is soft, gentle and very mild, preparing their coat for adulthood – what? It’s shampoo, it gets them clean and makes them smell nice and not like a dog!
Having frothed up Brandy I began the process of rinsing the soap off and he began the process of climbing out of the sink. Eventually, I had finished and got him wrapped in a dry towel. I decided I would see whether either of them would let me use the hairdryer on them and make them all nice and fluffy as well as dry. They have been used to the sound of the hairdryer as they are always in the bedroom when I am drying my hair and I have turned the dryer on them on occasions without them freaking out, in an attempt to get to a stage where they would let me dry them with it, now was as good a time as any to see whether it had worked.
I took them both upstairs and sat Brandy on a towel on my lap, plugged in the dryer and turned it onto the lowest setting. I turned it so it was blowing on his back and waited, no reaction, so I carried on and he loved it even turning over so I could dry his tummy. He let me dry him all over and didn’t even flinch when I used it on his ears and it blew into his face – water he didn’t do but this he liked. He almost looked disappointed when I put him down so that I could try it on Brinkley. Brinkley wasn’t as happy to start with but after a few minutes he settled down and let me dry him and in less than an hour I had gone from having 2 kennel smelling dogs to 2 gorgeous fluffy, soft puppies who now had white fur where it had been grey and who couldn’t wait to go out into the garden and start to get grubby again.
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