Yes, yes, I know: bath time is clearly the greatest injustice to ever befall an American puppy

[Recursion]

Obviously your dog forefathers threw milk-bones into the harbor to avoid this: nonetheless, you are having a bath today.

[Phentex]

1. We have to trick our old dog into a bath...

he's a big dog so this has to be done outside. If he gets a glimpse of the hose or shampoo or towels, he will head for another part of the yard and turn into a 2 ton statue. What I do is get everything ready outside and my son tells the dog they are going out to play basketball. He LOVES to be out with the kids when they play ball. We get him onto the court and then I sneak up with the hose.

He likes it once he's all done. It's just the initial idea of a bath that he hates.

[irisblue]

2. this thread is useless with out pictures ya know

[MADem]

3. Get in the tub with the puppy. You end up smelling like dog, and have to have a shower,

but the dog generally likes it better when the "pain" is shared.

[magical thyme]

4. presumably you have this on film or digital

We do need to be able to view the proceedings to ensure you aren't torturing your puppy

[mythology]

5. My dog wouldn't waste a milk-bone like that, but you do often have to drag him to a bath

Most often it's after he has once again nearly caught one of those invading cats with the racing stripe in his backyard. He comes up expecting to be praised and instead he gets yelled at and tossed in the tub because this has happened repeatedly and always at bedtime.

[Archae]

6. Try giving a cat a bath.

When I first found lucky, my b/w female, she needed a flea bath, and even though she has no claws, she bit me twice, drawing blood both times!

[Wolf Frankula]

7. Depends on the Doggy

I once knew a dog named Ringo who liked being bathed, so long as he was sponged and wiped by the two legs.

But then he shared a dog house with a cat named Sam, like spaghetti and appreciated that the cat kept his food safe from rodents.

Wolf