"Oh, he didn't want one..."
I used to have a black lab/siberian husky mix - large as a lab (100 pounds) and strong as a husky, with big gnashing teeth. Despite his lab roots, he HATED water! We gave up giving him baths at about 6 months old because he was too big to control and hated the water that much.

The first time we had him boarded at a certain place, they asked us if we wanted him bathed before we picked him up. "You better not," we said.

"Oh, that's okay," they said, "we know how to handle big dogs like him. We're experts"

"I don't think you should," we cautioned.

"Trust us," they said, so okay, we trusted, but pitied, them.

When we went to pick him up, we asked the big bad dog handler if they gave him a bath.

"No," the guy said calmly, "he didn't want one." As if they had called back to his kennel and he politely considered it and decided to pass. I wonder if any of the staff will be posting their side of this story...
( setimret likes his metaphors mixed, not stirred, Mon 6 Jun 2005, 17:18, Reply)