Dirty Dog

This has nothing to do with a recipe but we wanted to share this with you anyway

Boddington was looking a little dirty and we could not remember the last time we gave him a bath. We do not bath him often because, one he has short hair and two it is an involved process. Usually we bath him in our guests bathroom tub with one of us washing him and using a cuop to pour water over him, since we don't have a detachable shower head. The other one tries to keep him in the tub. Not wanting to repeat this insanity, we set out on a doggie-venture to the Dirty Dog, a self service dog wash. Yes think just like self service car wash but for your dog.

We arrived at the Dirty Dog location near us on Steck and Mesa only to find that they were closed on Mondays. Sigh.Undaunted by this we headed down south to a location by campus. We enter the Dirty dog and saw four pet washing stations that were about three feet off the ground.They were fully stocked with everything we would need; shampoo, conditioner, brushes combs, towels and a pet dryer. The attendant wheeled over large green steps so Boddington could get in the tub, then we strapped him in using a yellow color attached to the chain.



He enjoyed being washed with the shower head. He kept trying to drink He did not mind the shampoo or conditioner. But what he hated was the pet dryer.

The dryer was like a vacuum cleaner with a hose attachment only in blew warm air out. Now it is no surprise that Boddington did not like the pet dryer, it joins his lists of hatreds which include my hair dry, the vacuum and the dust buster. As we tried to dry him he would try to attack the air coming out of the hose. He would twist and turn to try to get at the nozzle while we were trying to dry various part of him. It was hilarious to see the air blow back his jowls are he tried ferociously to get it. He did end of drying him but it took both of us, one working the dryer, the other holding the bulldog's head and several towels.

Dirty dog was a great experience and Boddington once again is his proper colors of fawn and white.