Lavenders_Blue Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Love those Schnauzers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 This is Ruby ... Err, this is Ruby ... Hang on, THIS is Ruby ... Oh well you get the picture! This is Candy: They are both avid bog snorkellers: Although Ruby is a black belt bog snorkeller: When she isn't in this position: Sorry, picture overload! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Great pictures Ziggy your lovely boy looks so regal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 love those photos Snowy - would never have guessed that she's a springer, acting as she does! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Those are fabulous piccys Snowy! Love the black belt one but I am sure you weren't that impressed at the time Ziggy, is Charlie a red setter? He is gorgeous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Wow, Ruby, that's one impressive mud pack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Wow, Ruby, that's one impressive mud pack! Just makes you want to hide your head in your hands when they do that L_B, there's a photo somewhere of Bellbird's Big Archie doing the same - he looks like a donkey covered in mud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 That pic was taken on the local playing field, the mud was in the goals of the football pitch! It was quite funny to see mothers grabbing their children and hastily exiting the field as she did a lap of honour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Ahh, here are those photos of Big Archie bog snorkelling... he's a deerhound cross, so enormous but very gentle. Imagine cleaning mud off a dog the size of a small donkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 And I'm worried about Tango going for a wee swim! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Certainly puts things in perspective doesn't it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken deficient Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 One of my little dogs did that the other day and came up looking like an iced chocolate cake, but it wasn't mud... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 bless them! Then they quake and quiver under the hosepipe don't they? Wusses! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 bless them! Then they quake and quiver under the hosepipe don't they? Wusses! They never actually learn that a bog session or poo rolling ends in a cold shower, do they? Although Ruby is a lot better about the poo thing nowadays, but Cyrus The Goldfish just doesn't have the capacity to learn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Hosing Tango down is such an ordeal. We have discovered that the easiest and quickest way to get the job done is for hubby to don full head to toe waterproofs, then he holds Tango tightly against him and I hose them both off! Takes 10 seconds versus 5 minutes of her wriggling and squirming all over the place if we try to use a more conventional bathing method. She then does mad zoomies until she's dried off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Wow, those are some muddy hounds . Makes me quite glad that Riley daintily side-steps any suggestion of water or mud . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LolaLayla Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Muddy plus Thankfully Lara prefers paddling in the sea and even if she does go to the woods and get her legs mucky I can easily plonk her in the sink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Neither of mine get THAT bad... thankfully. Depending on the outside temperature I either hose them down outside or take them up and sling 'em in the shower cubicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Ziggy, is Charlie a red setter? He is gorgeous Yes he is... there is a gordon setter living round the corner from us too, and funly enough we just found out he belongs to DD3's school teacher... small world... we don't see many setters around. What state are those muddy doggies in!!! I wouldn't know how to start cleaning Charlie if he was that covered in mud!! Thankfully he doesn't usually get too bad, though I once had to take him in the shower, along with DD2 in her swimsuit so she could hold him upright while I washed mud cakes from his inner thighs... the things we end up doing!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken deficient Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 When Millie coated herself in 'fox' it was freezing cold outside. It was literally dripping off her, so I had to wrap her in a bin bag, (not her head obviously), to get her upstairs and into the bath tub. I scrubbed the bathroom so much afterwards it looked amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 If she drops in a fox poo, then use latex gloves to rub in some ketchup, then wash off with biological laundry liquid - works every time for my two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Just remind me again why we have dogs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 If she drops in a fox poo, then use latex gloves to rub in some ketchup, then wash off with biological laundry liquid - works every time for my two. Clare I'm really curious... how on earth did you find this out??? I have visions of you in a lab-type bathroom experimenting with various substances to get rid of fox poo... 'now peanut butter and cider didn't work, neither did thai curry and glass shine.... ummm... let's try ketchup and laundry liquid... I have a feeling that might work' ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 I am glad it wasn't me who wondered about that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 the ketchup (or white vinegar) one is folk legend amongst hound owners - those dogs are the worst for poo-rolling The Bio laundry liquid was one I hit upon myself as it banishes bad smells in washing pretty effectively. Tried and tested on Cyrus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
