What! why? Not in my bathroom...

Carol Dee

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I was thinking of a snarky post on that theme but decided against it. Obviously the route in included some areas you can't get to to clean regularly, like under the fridge or behind or under certain furniture. I assume you've checked where all the pipes come in that bathroom to make sure you don't have openings big enough for him or anything that slithers that might want to eat him. :ep
Well go ahead! I am not the best about getting in the crevices when I dust, mop, clean. Always dog hair. (Darn dog sheds 24/7 12 months a year.) ugh I am sure I know where mice and other bugs get in. DH not all that concerned about fixing it. Too big a project for me. Need to hire the sons to do the job. ;) At least they are willing to help when I ask and provide a meal too. ;)
 

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Well go ahead! I am not the best about getting in the crevices when I dust, mop, clean. Always dog hair. (Darn dog sheds 24/7 12 months a year.) ugh I am sure I know where mice and other bugs get in. DH not all that concerned about fixing it. Too big a project for me. Need to hire the sons to do the job. ;) At least they are willing to help when I ask and provide a meal too. ;)

Dog hair! My wife and I just vacuumed the two dogs' sleeping pads this morning. One especially is ridiculous, even when she gets brushed a lot, outside of course. It's a two person job. She runs the vac and washes the pads. I hold the pads so she can vacuum them and then empty the vacuum cleaner trap.

I agree, get the young ones to fix it. I severely hate crawling under sinks and trying to reach things twisting around with things painfully digging into my body when I generally don't have room to do anything anyway and am often working by feel because I can't get into position to see. It wasn't as hard 30 years ago. Just last week I put off changing an under-the-sink water filter for a couple of days (or more) because I really wasn't looking forward to it. The kids need the practice anyway. Besides you raised them, it is time they paid you back. And admit it, don't you enjoy cooking for them?
 

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There was little I wouldn't do for one of moms meals. About shedding how often are you bathing your dogs > The more they are bathed the less shedding in house. By the way short haired dogs shed 10 xs more the long haired. Short hair falls right out long hair matts up and stays on dog. dogs should be bathed 3 to 4 weeks, the bath rids dog of lose hair. Some of my clients came in every week
 

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There was little I wouldn't do for one of moms meals. About shedding how often are you bathing your dogs > The more they are bathed the less shedding in house. By the way short haired dogs shed 10 xs more the long haired. Short hair falls right out long hair matts up and stays on dog. dogs should be bathed 3 to 4 weeks, the bath rids dog of lose hair. Some of my clients came in every week

You're the expert Nyboy, and I won't argue, just share this observation...

We had friends, a Navy family, that got stationed for 18 months in the Aleutians on Adak island.
The whole family got to go, but there are no dogs allowed. They had two Basset hounds, Gussie and BooBoo. In a conversation one day the wife told me sadly that they were looking to rehome their dogs because of their long deployment. Boarding was out of the question because of the expense.

I piped up that they could stay with us, what's a few more dogs anyway?
So we got these two house dogs to stay at our Doggie Bootcamp.

I don't have house dogs and wasn't going to start then, so it was agreed that they would be outdoors with our pack.

They took to it like ducks to water, they relished it! I think they enjoyed being outside so much because our 5 dogs were so entertaining and they had an acre to roam around on and follow their sniffers.

But that's not the point. The point is that the female especially, had a skin condition that made her pretty smelly. They bathed her often, but I think in 18 months I may have hosed her down on hot summer days maybe half a dozen times.
They lay in the sun and rolled in the dirt and got utterly filthy. When our friends came to pick them up they marveled at their coats, they were shiny (though dusty) and no hair loss to be seen. And best of all, no more stink.

Just an interesting (to me) anecdote about how sometimes we may interfere with what's normal and cause more trouble for ourselves.
 

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Dog hair! My wife and I just vacuumed the two dogs' sleeping pads this morning. One especially is ridiculous, even when she gets brushed a lot, outside of course. It's a two person job. She runs the vac and washes the pads. I hold the pads so she can vacuum them and then empty the vacuum cleaner trap.

I agree, get the young ones to fix it. I severely hate crawling under sinks and trying to reach things twisting around with things painfully digging into my body when I generally don't have room to do anything anyway and am often working by feel because I can't get into position to see. It wasn't as hard 30 years ago. Just last week I put off changing an under-the-sink water filter for a couple of days (or more) because I really wasn't looking forward to it. The kids need the practice anyway. Besides you raised them, it is time they paid you back. And admit it, don't you enjoy cooking for them?
YES ;)
 

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There was little I wouldn't do for one of moms meals. About shedding how often are you bathing your dogs > The more they are bathed the less shedding in house. By the way short haired dogs shed 10 xs more the long haired. Short hair falls right out long hair matts up and stays on dog. dogs should be bathed 3 to 4 weeks, the bath rids dog of lose hair. Some of my clients came in every week
I will not wrestle the SMELLY 60 lb dog. He belongs to DH. He gets to give him baths. Happens maybe every 4 to 6 weeks. Yet he seldom gets any mats unless he has been in burrs and weed seeds.
 
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