Do They Drown Old Dogs?

Published on by Xena and Lucy

Tonight after work Mom groomed me and bathed me. Then she took me up to the big, heart-shaped tub in her bathroom and stood me in it. Then she plugged up the drain and turned on the water. It kept getting deeper and deeper. Finally, my feet floated off the bottom and I panicked. I tried to claw my way out – you should see Mom’s foot – while my heart was beating double-time.

“They drown old dogs!” I kept thinking as I kept trying to live. “Why didn’t anyone tell me that they drown old dogs?”

Finally, through the panic, I heard Mom using her soothing voice encouraging me to be calm and felt her hands holding me up. My heart rate started slowing back to normal and I found I could just barely touch the bottom. After I had settled down, Mom pushed a button that made the water swirl around me. “Hmmm,” I thought, “This feels pretty good with the water just warm enough that I can barely feel it except for it swirling around my body.”

We are hoping this will help my hip.
We are hoping this will help my hip.

She told Dad she plans to do this again tomorrow. I hope I remember how good it felt and don’t get afraid again, especially now that I know that nobody is trying to drown me.

22 thoughts on “Do They Drown Old Dogs?”

  2. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! You got me…right in the heart! BTW, my Grandma told me that she went to your blog and was reading all about you. Her exact words were, “I just wanted to tell you that I was reading your girlfriend Lexi’s blog and checking out her pics. You have very good taste, Lexi is adorable.”

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  6. I’m sorry you were scared Lexi. I hope by now the water feels so good that if you don’t look forward to the baths you at least aren’t scared by them. Love and cuddles

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  15. We get Doc in our dam in summer as the water exercise is great for his bad knee and being non weight bearing it helps.the boys also have a pool of their own..we found the clam shell kiddies pools split after a few summers and were too small for Forrest so we bought a big pond insert..it’s uv safe and deep and big enough for Forrest..we have a ramp for Doc to get in..they both are water babies..except baths and sprinklers 🙂

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  21. Thanks, Shoko. Mom has had 2 cats that didn’t mind baths, but for the most part it is a very dangerous undertaking. When she groomed cats, she would put them in a mesh laundry bag to try to minimize the damage (to her) when she bathed them.

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