Bathing. . .

So, I just finished bathing nine dogs—yes, that’s quite a few, and no, I’m not a dog groomer and no, this is not my favorite thing to do. Instead, it’s the newest group of foster dogs I have. .  .every batch of foster dogs we’ve had have come with some type of problem, and these were no exception. These pups came with ticks. Yes, those icky, gross, buggy blood-suckers!  So, we’ve washed them, picked the ticks off from them, sprayed them with bug killer, and now I’m washing them again. And, I’m happy to report that I didn’t find a single tick this time!

Dew after his tick check

But, from all that washing, checking, and picking the pups have picked up a skin irritation. And, so yesterday all of them got a shot to help with the irritation and today they all got bathed again.

I’m actually getting a technique down: I put four of them at a time in the bathtub, filled it with baking soda water (which is supposed to soothe irritated skin), and then lathered, dipped, and finally sprayed each of them down.

The Newest Fosters

And, for good measure I trimmed the hair of my Schnauzer and bathed her too. It was a lot of work, but hopefully we’ll see the skin irritation on the pups clear up in the next few days.

Me and Maxine