Clean Puppy

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Orion received a bath today. Unfortunately he doesn’t look much different when he is clean than dirty, but he does feel and smell better now. It took about five minutes to prep the area, and ten minutes to wash the puppy during which Rion cooperated fairly well, and didn’t attempt to jump out of the wash tub and dash himself against the concrete floor of the mudroom. The towel drying took a while, because Rion thought we were playing tug of war with the towels. However, the most difficult part of the job was putting his collar back on. I finally had to wrap him in a towel to immobilize him to do so.   I did attempt to brush him out.  That was good for giggles, but not every effective.

Rion’s favorite solitary sport is digging out the varmint holes in the dog run. His favorite team sport is being rolled around in the dirt by his friends Cheney and Brody. I don’t expect him to stay clean very long. However, to judge from the black rinse water, he really needed this bath.

Good Puppy

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As everyone who has had a young puppy knows, there are few things more gratifying than watching your puppy chew on a safe, socially approved object like his marrow bone rather than the furniture, the rubber band you were certain you picked up and put in the trash, or the geriatric Collie.

After puppy class last Saturday, Rion and I met a four month old Miniature Schnauzer puppy. And having met that puppy, I doubt that Rion is 100% Miniature Schnauzer. The puppy class trainer thinks he is a schnauzer – poodle mix, which would make him a Schnoodle, if you believe in the so-called designer dogs. Since I don’t, I have decided he is a muzzle puff. The miniature schnauzer puppy had a lot of charm, and great ears and eyebrows, but Rion is cuter. And I am not biased, as some people have accused.