Tuesday 15 March 2016

Bob takes a bath with #AnimalTales

Week in, week out, it's always the same.

Bob is an intelligent dog, he knows when it's Friday morning, he recognises the fact that Peter and I are both at home, it's daylight and he knows the routine, recognises my beach flip flops and gets excited the moment the Bob bag comes out from behind the door and the car blanket he sits on is collected.

He loves swimming in the lakes and playing fetch with his ball and running off lead, but he hates his bath that follows his walk every week.



Every week without fail, I have to coax him round to the hosepipe, as soon as we get home, he knows he isn't allowed in the house until after his bath and he'll sit by the back door that we leave open and doesn't attempt to go in the house while I gather up the shampoo and his towel.


He thinks if he hides under the washing I won't bath him, but as usual, week in and week out, he is wrong.


Since I've returned to work, full time, Bob gets let out at 5.15am when I get up and is fed, he then returns to his bed while I go to work and when Peter gets ready to go to work, Bob takes himself outside to his kennel as he knows he is going to be shut out of the house during the day. 


Bob is either on the doorstep with the cat at 4.15pm when I get home or pokes his head through the gap in the wall to say hi, when I pull up in the car. 



He knows it's then food time, followed by a walk. At 9pm he takes himself off to bed and waits for his dental chew.

Saturdays confuse him, we get up later, on occasion Bob has had to hammer the bedroom door down to get our attention as he wants to go out for a wee and starts getting agitated around sunset, looking longingly at the kitchen door where his dog lead is hanging up, ready for his nightly walk.

Does your dog recognise your routine? Does he know when it's food, walk or bath time? 

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  1. Ah he is such a cool dog! Our are very much attuned to weekends.

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    1. he was up an hour before me this morning and sat waiting outside the bedroom door,

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  2. Doc knows when it's time for a walk. I'm ashamed to admit I haven't given him a bath in a while, I always say when it's warmer, I'll give him one. Hopefully soon :) #animaltales

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    1. it won't be long before it's too hot to take bob into the desert and the cold water tap temp will be 46c so he won't bathe over summer

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  3. They're smart creatures, I love that yours knows his routines so well :) #animaltales

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    1. I swera blind he would pack his own bag and stand by the door with the car keys if he could

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  4. Stella definitely likes routine. She's not doing well at all as I have building work being done and my work hours have changed to accommodate needing to be at home more. I thought she'd be happy to spend longer at home but the change wasn't overly welcome.

    I love the idea of a Bob bag! :)

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    1. it's funny how dogs develop their own little routine

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  5. Don't have a dog. Do have kids. I frequently think they are much the same. Except I haven't trained my daughter to be resigned to the washing she hates yet.

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    1. must say if id known how easy a dog was and how much pleasure they brought, id have skipped the having kids bit...lol

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  6. What is it with dogs and hope pipes? Poppy was the same and so is Saari. Lake swimming - good. Hose pipe, the stuff of dog nightmares! Thank you so much for adding this watery canine post to #AnimalTales and apologies being so late commenting – I have been so busy this week with the blog revamp.

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    1. it drives me madd, the fuss we have to go through every week

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