Any suggestions on a course of action to wash an extremely dirty 120lb Rottweiler who is terrified of water?

Only half serious question. Not looking forward to it tomorrow. But he's amazing and worth every muddy second of this adventure.

lol. i feel for you anthem! i used to have that kind of battle with Bear. He hated baths, but he NEEDED them. i dont know what we are going to do with clara when she needs one. bonnie does pretty well.

i am very sleepy today. Yesteday i decided it would be a good idea to clear out everything on the dining room table, take everything off of the dog shelves to dust, go collect all the books from around the house and out them in their proper spots. Then i decided i needed to continue and got out the giant extendable duster and a chair and dusted all the vaulted ceilings. They are popcorn texture, so they collect dust. I also went and stopped all the ceiling fans in the house and dusted them. Finally, i picked up and vacuumed the lower living room so that we could all snuggle up on the futon with a fire and have family movie night.

did i mention that i'm tired?

i'm looking into taking dancing lessons so i can dance like the stars!

Sing to him anthem! I had an English setter who was afraid of the water. I would bathe her using cups of water (it took forever) but she was more relaxed if I sang...
The dog liked my singing voice...I can't say that about people!

I post not for your sympathy, merely wish to advise you all, hold tight to your loved ones, even when death is known to surely come, the pain of loosing a grandparent can in no way be measured or predicted. She fought a long battle we call life and this morning death took her, the lessons she shared with me will never be forgotten, She rejoins Grandpa once again, Rest in Peace Gamma, how I love you still

tossedaside: I'm so sorry for your loss. :(

i am sorry tossed. i know that is horrible. i am still trying to recover from losing my grampy over the summer.

Sorry Toss and you are so right. (((hugs)))

Toss you're right hold onto the memories you have with the person. I will always remember the lessons my mom taught me and will remember the person she was. I also catch myself making fun of how my grandma talked when she was with us. But it's all in good fun. For example cause she is from Equador, she says expenses instead of expensive and hands make instead of handmade. Then the other day I copied her when she was on the phone she was like "OOOOOH LEEEEEEVIEEE" but of course typing it can't do it justice. The lesson grandma taught me was to live life happy and jokingly and to never rely on anyone for anything. Been 5 months since she passed and I still miss her laughing to this day. :)

Our grandparents can often be the glue that holds a family together. Consider their brothers or sisters and their children as well as your aunts and uncles, cousins and so forth. I often will see my grandparents in these other people and thus I still have them with me in a way. It is so hard right when you suffer such a profound loss. And I wish you to have the least painful path to grieving that loss. Memories are what we have after they are gone . I cherish mine as if they were prized possessions . In fact they are priceless. All the best to you.

Same old crap, same old old crap. Same never ever ending crap. It's tiring - to say the least..And so predictable.

and Hey, when the hell did it start snowing. I got up to let the dog out and there is over an inch of new snow on the ground.

I hear ya!

Snowing here too and not supposed to stop until 9 tonight.

Ahhhh to live in paradise !!!! Okay well it has it bad times too like when we had three hurricanes in less than three months. But for winter most of the time it is glorious. Now tomorrow morning is a little too cold for my tatses 41 degrees Brrrrrr !!! But it warms back up to 70 by the afternoon. Hell we had temps in the middle 80's last week. Yes I was born here and have it in my blood. You can have the snow and the cold weather. I am a tropical kind of guy. : )

Cold = meh gusta

Ravens are gonna walk out Super Bowk champs come Feb 3rd. Those who don't believe me, watch the game, also think about what we did against the Broncos and the Pats at each of their home stadiums. 49ers here we come, and we are gonna be relentless.

Seriously, this may go down as the absolute laziest day of my life.

And I have enjoyed every single minute of it. :)