Suki just finished her bath, her first in 2005. She's never ever happy to hear the B word, we don't know why. Most dogs I've met have liked bathing, even though never without drenching their owner as well.
The process began by bringing Suki upstairs. She did that quite cheerfully. She started to suspect something was wrong as soon as Linda started filling the bathtub. Her worst fears were confirmed when she got called to the bathroom. She took the farthest corner of the bathroom to sit and watch us fill the bathtub. The next step was to coax her to get into the bathtub. Each step is time consuming and makes you say Rama, Rama (reminds me of my grandmother and her life-threatening experience of giving Ricky his semi-annual bath)! Linda grabbed Suki by her front legs, while I lifted her hind legs. We put the much shivering Suki in the bathtub, finally. Now began the smelly part.
We wet her down and put shampoo all over her dirty coat. This process consumed about fifty litres of water. Another fifty went down the drain when we rinsed off the soap. Suki was quite dirty.
Suki emerged from the bathtub half an hour later, still shaking from the experience. She needed three huge beach towels to dry. Linda spent another half an hour brushing her and drying her some more. She'll start looking very fluffy and rabbit-like tomorrow. More tomorrow.....
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