Visit to the Park and then Bath Time

Mommy and Daddy took me to the park today. I was a very good boy. We walked into the park and turned around. We weren't there long but I walked in perfect heel position for over 90% of the time we were there. A few times I tried to get ahead of Mommy but she said "Easy" and I slowed down. Once I tried to heel with Daddy but he wasn't interested.

We saw a dog there that looked like he was training for Search and Rescue. I could tell he was working so I didn't ask him to play. We stopped and watched him work for a few minutes and it was pretty neat. The funny thing is that Mommy doesn't let me sniff the ground like he was doing.

Tonight I got a bath. I don't mind taking baths at all. It actually feels pretty good. Daddy broke out the camera for my bath so that everyone could enjoy it.

It started with the sprayer. You gotta get wet first.


Next comes the soap. Mommy is using a specially made bar soap that is all natural so it doesn't dry out my skin.


She insists that she gets all of me clean, including my feet.

I am pretending as if I don't like it, but it is really not bad at all. Shhh, don't tell...

Well, it is time to rinse the soap and dirt out.

Ok, so us black dogs don't look dirty but we really can get filthy playing in the yard. The proof of how dirty we get is in the rinse water. EWWWWWWW

So, here I am all clean and it is time to towel dry. Since it is summer, I can be towel dried and then left to air dry the rest of the way. When it gets colder out I will have to be blown dry with a grooming dryer (a regular hair dryer will burn my skin).