I finally dragged the dog into the shower today...  

Beautiful dog! I love dobermans they are beautiful dogs. I wish that I had enough room in my home for a second shower.lol But it sounds like a good idea. I used to get in the shower with my moms smaller dogs when I still lived at home. Seemed to calm them a little bit more than them being in there by themselves. But my dog literally took up the whole shower. There was no room left for me even if I had wanted to climb in with him. :) I never realized until I got him in there just how big he had actually grown to be! He is just now turning 2 this sept and I think he has finally stopped growing! lol

Thank you. Its a shame you dont have enough room, my dogs love the shower and just walk in when we tell them. Its so cute.

lol, that does sound cute! My husband and I were wondering if you breed your dogs? Just curious. From the pic of your dog they must all be beautiful. My husband and I have been looking into getting another dog and haven't been able to decide on what breed. My dog now is a german sheppard, lab mix. But I would like to get another bigger dog for us as we lost my other one last year.

No, I dont breed but I do buy of a Reputable Registered Breeder who has been breeding for about 40 years and is VERY picky about the bloodlines.
You have experience with dogs so why not pick a Doberman, I have owned them nearly all my life, they are so sweet, loyal,affectionate,intelligent and funny. And spoilt rotten.

Maybe we should. My husband has wanted one for years, and his mother had a few when he was younger. I will have to see if we can find any good breeders around here.

Oh, that would be lovely.

lol sounds like you have a gas problem. :) You sound like my mom and her three dogs. They all hate baths too. Thank you for the laugh so early in the morning. Definitely what I needed. And thanks for sharing. ;)

That´s so funny, that´s the big revenge, i think most of the dogs hate getting bathed, they are loke cats, mines hide wherever they can when I am preparing to drag them to the shower.

lol, yes it does tend to seem like a revenge thing sometimes doesn't it?!? I know that my dog in particular took all day to 'forgive' me for my thoughtlessness of giving him a shower. lol

lol, I would do the hose thing but the dog is a veritable hoodini when it comes to escaping the collars and the leashes when he gets freaked. lol Yes it does seem like the groomers can do a better job, but I used to be a groomers assistant and you would think I would be able to control my own dog! lol Thanks for the response!

Yeah that's one reason why I don't try to do her outside. The bathroom isn't very big but it has a shower stall, which makes it easier to get her in unlike a tub. We keep the door closed and with two people washing her she can't escape from it, there isn't anyroom for her too. I will probably have to do that again this weekend. Not looking forward to it.

Yeah I completely understand the shower part. ;) It would be nice if my hubby would help me when it comes to washing the dog though. Two hands are always better than one. Especially when it comes to a bigger dog. Even though the little ones can be just as hard to handle sometimes! lol Closed doors tend to stop the running action, but not the shaking action.

Yeah we have a collie so she's fairly good size and of course a lot of hair.

Nothing stops the shaking off part. I always plan on getting soaked when I bathe her. It's easier that way.

Sounds like you had a very busy weekend. It also sounds like you are a very good friend! :) Glad to hear that things worked themselves out in the end. Pardon the pun. I could only wish that my dog was as small as yours..Then maybe I wouldn't have come out in the end looking like a drowned rat. lol

Thanks for the advice, but I have already tried that and the dog escapes from everything. I honestly don't know how he does it. I have put him in the 8 foot tall kennel that we keep for him when we are going to be away for a while and he still was so terrified of the water that he literally climbed the fence on me! That is why I opted for the shower this time, more messy but at least I can jump on the dog when he tries to run! lol Thanks for the response.

Geez easyliving this could have been almost an exact copy of what I did last summer to bath the dogs. I had a second dog that was the brother of the one I still have, but my neighbor shot him. :( So now I have only the one with me still. But it was much easier to just chain them and wash them and let them go. They were also just little pups then, though. Now the dog fights for all he is worth to get away from the water. I have no idea why though as he loves to swim in the creek and the dam not far from our house! I also just love to see the immediate drop and roll in the dirt. That always makes my day! lol Thanks for the story, hilarious as always!

If you are using one of those hoses with the shut off handle on it the dogs are scared of it because it makes a little hissing noise and it is there natural instinct to get away from that noise asap. Outside of that I have no idea why they would be afraid of it.

Thanks for the reply. I definitely don't envy you trying to bath cats. When I was a groomers assistant I did several cats, and not a one of them was very manageable without sedation. I finally just quit doing the cats as bathing and grooming them while under mild sedation just freaked me out. :)

LOL, I definitely know what you mean about it being a lot of weight when they decide that they don't want to do something! My dog weighs at least 90 pounds now. Thanks for the response.

Thank you for the response! I have to ask as I have never heard of an alsatian, what does that type of dog look like? Big or small? Just curious.

My dog also tried to shake off in the bathroom, but I squashed that with a couple of towels over the back, so he only succeeded in getting the whole bottom half of my bathroom soaked! lol

It is another name for a german shepherd,sometimes called police dogs.
She was quite small as alsatians go but I couldn't lift her to get her in and out of the bath.
She used to look quite comical sliding around on the tiled floor. She always had a big grin on her face as if she could see the joke.

wow, I learned something today. Thanks for sharing. I can picture her in my mind just grinning away. My dog always looks like he is smiling. It is funny sometimes.

lol, yes this sounds really familiar. My dog is the same way, doesn't like to get in and can't wait to get out, and then just goes crazy afterwards. Thanks for the response.