The Joys of a Lab Puppy

Lon Lauger Photography

This isn’t Amber, but it’s very close to how she looked this morning after her morning run and taking care of business. She found some incredible awful-smelling ‘stuff’ and had it all over the right side of her chest and face.

I let her eat her breakfast and then had her sit beside the kitchen sink while I cleaned her over and over and over with a soapy cloth and then rinsed her. (She weighs 94 pounds, and it’s too cold outside for an outside full bath.)  I then took her collar – which was also coated – off and scrubbed it. Then I soaped her again and rinsed her off.

I think I may have gotten her cleaned up enough now. Her collar is drying on top of a heat register in the living room. I took Amber in there and asked my husband if he could smell her now. I honestly couldn’t tell if I had done some good or if my nose had given up and died!

We both pronounced her ‘good enough,’ and I sprayed some fresh-smelling stuff around to capture any lingering odors.

I will take a shower and change my clothes in case “I” am now smelling like her!