She was up the garden mooching around for ages this morning then came back indoors looking very pleased with herself and absolutely reeking.
Closer inspection revealed that she'd been rolling in something hideously stinky, which she had managed to weave into her fur, along with a load of grass clippings from our newly mown lawn.
As PP has a bad back, I drew the metaphorical short straw, and holding Small Dog at arms length, marched her upstairs and deposited her in the shower, literally gagging at the stench.
It then took THREE shampoos to remove all the stinking debris and return her to a presentable state.
WHY do dogs do this?
What is it about rolling in something which stinks to high heaven that gives them pleasure?
We have scoured the garden and can't find anything which smells as bad as she did, although there was an alien poo which couldn't possibly have come from Small Dog, and may possibly have been deposited by the resident fox, which is the most likely culprit. Although what she had rolled in didn't smell anything like any animal poo I've ever encountered.
She is now curled up in her basket, having done her usual ''post bath' dash all around the house at 100 mph. At least she has had the sense to look a bit sheepish about the whole episode.
Eeeeewwwwww.........
Sandra a really good way to get the stinky stuff out of a dogs coat is to rub in tomato ketchup, loads of it then rinse of and shampoo. There's something in the ketchup that neutralise the smell.. I'm not joking it really works..x
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