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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 566586" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>First, this just brngs to mind a funny about a cousin. At one point, everyone complimented my aunt on her toddler daughter's beautiful, soft, shiny hair. My aunt said it was teh Science Diet. they had to put their cats all on prescription science diet because one cat was getting sick from regular cat food. My cousin, maybe 2 years old, had decided that she was also a cat. Try as they might, she would NOT stop eating the cat's food! The doctor said she would outgrow that, and just to do their best not to let her eat it, but not to worry. She would grow out of it.</p><p></p><p>Sure enough, in 2 months they were happy they only had cats. She decided that she was not a cat. She was a cow. None of us could even LOOK at science diet cat food with-o laughing for several years. Esp since the thanksgiving meal where she got down, took her plate, and put a pile of science diet on it. My mom can not wait until my cousin has kids - cause seriously, who could resist passing that story on??</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I grew up with a half lab, half Irish setter. She had a labrador coat. A couple of times in the winter we hosed her off because she went and ran through every puddle she could find. She wasn't cold, but she was coated in mud about an inch thick in some places. So my dad hooked the hose to the utility sink faucet, made the water warm, and hosed her down in the basement. That was about the only time she ever got a bath. We brushed her a lot, and she never really smelled bad. FYI, Irish setters are just plain the idiots of the dog world. Her momma was, several of our friends who had them all had idiots for dogs, and ours sure was. After she was about a year old she flat out could not learn anything. She could relearn things she learned as a puppy, but she never learned a new trick. Not even some really good trainers could get her to learn anything. but she was sweet, loved everyone esp kids, would let you take steak out of her mouth, and that really was all we wanted in a dog. </p><p></p><p>I do know that my brother's border collie had to be bathed more, but not every two weeks. Brushing did a LOT though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 566586, member: 1233"] First, this just brngs to mind a funny about a cousin. At one point, everyone complimented my aunt on her toddler daughter's beautiful, soft, shiny hair. My aunt said it was teh Science Diet. they had to put their cats all on prescription science diet because one cat was getting sick from regular cat food. My cousin, maybe 2 years old, had decided that she was also a cat. Try as they might, she would NOT stop eating the cat's food! The doctor said she would outgrow that, and just to do their best not to let her eat it, but not to worry. She would grow out of it. Sure enough, in 2 months they were happy they only had cats. She decided that she was not a cat. She was a cow. None of us could even LOOK at science diet cat food with-o laughing for several years. Esp since the thanksgiving meal where she got down, took her plate, and put a pile of science diet on it. My mom can not wait until my cousin has kids - cause seriously, who could resist passing that story on?? Anyway, I grew up with a half lab, half Irish setter. She had a labrador coat. A couple of times in the winter we hosed her off because she went and ran through every puddle she could find. She wasn't cold, but she was coated in mud about an inch thick in some places. So my dad hooked the hose to the utility sink faucet, made the water warm, and hosed her down in the basement. That was about the only time she ever got a bath. We brushed her a lot, and she never really smelled bad. FYI, Irish setters are just plain the idiots of the dog world. Her momma was, several of our friends who had them all had idiots for dogs, and ours sure was. After she was about a year old she flat out could not learn anything. She could relearn things she learned as a puppy, but she never learned a new trick. Not even some really good trainers could get her to learn anything. but she was sweet, loved everyone esp kids, would let you take steak out of her mouth, and that really was all we wanted in a dog. I do know that my brother's border collie had to be bathed more, but not every two weeks. Brushing did a LOT though. [/QUOTE]
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