Spinoff of PWCorgi's thread: How does your dog behave when being bathed? Does he/she behave well, or throw fits and temper tantrums?
Zeus and Voodoo are wonderful about baths. Neither of them like it much, but they don't fight it. I don't have to restrain them in any way. I don't even put a collar on them when I bathe them outdoors. They know the drill very well. They just stand there with a big *sigh* while I shampoo, rinse, condition, and rinse again.
Voodoo is the only who puts up a token protest, but that's only if I bathe them inside in the bathtub. And even so, it's not exactly a fight. He'll follow me into the bathroom, and jump into the tub when I tell him to. But once he's in the water, he goes limp. He'll literally sit down with his hind legs sprawled. His attitude seems to be, "I won't fight you, but I won't help you." It's like bathing a giant mound of Jell-O. He won't turn around when I tell him to, or do anything to make it easier. He just sits there like an inert lump while I grunt and shove and smoosh him into position to shampoo and rinse.
Zeus and Voodoo are wonderful about baths. Neither of them like it much, but they don't fight it. I don't have to restrain them in any way. I don't even put a collar on them when I bathe them outdoors. They know the drill very well. They just stand there with a big *sigh* while I shampoo, rinse, condition, and rinse again.
Voodoo is the only who puts up a token protest, but that's only if I bathe them inside in the bathtub. And even so, it's not exactly a fight. He'll follow me into the bathroom, and jump into the tub when I tell him to. But once he's in the water, he goes limp. He'll literally sit down with his hind legs sprawled. His attitude seems to be, "I won't fight you, but I won't help you." It's like bathing a giant mound of Jell-O. He won't turn around when I tell him to, or do anything to make it easier. He just sits there like an inert lump while I grunt and shove and smoosh him into position to shampoo and rinse.