Hi Sally
It's 4:32am!!!!! Just finished getting several liters of rain water and mud out of Shinji's 3 layer coat! It's been raining all day and night in Canberra, so we tried to keep Shinji (the 85 kg Wooly Akita puppy) inside as much as possible.
Seems Julie must have let him out so he could add to the monsoon. The monsoon couldn't have come at a worst time, .-. smack in the middle of the rainy season! As per usual, he can be rather difficult to get back inside when it's raining. (loves the rain!) Well; .... 3AM woof, ..@#$% woooooof! .. woooooooooooooof! Mmmm I'm right in the middle of a dream about a large wet dog barking to get in. Then the reality sets in, Shinji is still out!
..... Out of bed, .. had to let him in through the front door, .... he was so happy he bounded in to the lounge, .. bounced in circles, .... had a huge shake! and promptly lay down with the view of going straight to sleep! (way past his bed time) I couldn't move him as he was already snoring! I had been showing the Anivac to a friend, so, .... "mohamid to the mountain seemed like a good idea"
Yup! I vacuumed the water out of him where he lay! Within half a minute, he was totally relaxed & loving the attention! When I was doing his very thick Lion like mane, I just said "head up" and he looked up at the roof and closed his eyes making it a breeze do his head down to his front paws. He got the hang of the whole process within a couple of minutes.
As you know, we AniVac'd him last week for the first time. Julie had him on a "gentle-leader" as he was a bit apprehensive. With this in mind I was dreading having to restrain him as well as getting all the water & mud out of him.
No problem, .... he enjoyed the groom & attention. ...... he fell asleep when I was doing his flanks and tail! (only shinji could fall asleep whilst being vacuumed!
We are off camping for a couple of days, .... Have a great weekend. Cheers Baz. P.S. "What a great system"
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