tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11284353.post-62655211282857771772008-06-19T01:07:00.000-07:002008-06-19T01:19:46.273-07:00Pets are funny and fun. We are lucky<br />that we have a cat named Rokon and<br />what we jokingly call, a catdog, (Doxie)<br />named Misty. They have showed up<br />here on the blog from time to time.<br />Usually on weekends.<br /><br />We decided the easiest way to wash<br />Misty, is to take her in the shower with<br />us. After all, we are going to get wet one<br />way or the other.<br /><br />This is a ritual that we go thru once a<br />week unless she needs it more. She loves<br />to roll in some God forsaken odor. So<br />sometimes it is more.<br /><br />Usually it is the King who does her. So I<br />pick her up, take her into the bathroom,<br />and hand her to him. Well, that is the principal.<br />As she looks like one of those cartoons of cats,<br />where all 4 legs are spread, and if she could<br />catch the sides of the door of the shower, she<br />would brace herself, not to go in. Being she is<br />a miniature, she loses and I win.<br /><br />After the King is ready, I come in with a warm<br />towel and take her to dry her. Now that part<br />she likes.<br /><br />Tonight, I figured I would do Rokon. Now I have<br />never ventured the shower with Rokon. I usually<br />do her in the sink. But she has gotten so big, I<br />figured I would try the shower.<br /><br />Now you have to be crafter with cats. They aren't<br />as trusting as dogs are. So I put her in the bathroom<br />and let her roam around like she usually does.<br />She likes to pull open the sink's lower cabinets.<br /><br />After she got comfortable and I got ready for my<br />shower, I picked her up, which is quite a chore,<br />now that she has put on about 10 pounds. I jumped<br />into the shower and closed the door before she knew<br />what was up. And I put her on the floor of the shower<br />quick. My mother did not raise any fools.<br /><br />I turn on the water, and all hell broke loose. Do you<br />know that a cat can climb a glass wall? Well, Rokon<br />can. Then came the guttural growls. Which brought<br />Misty to the door, wondering what demon was in the<br />bathroom.<br /><br />Long and short of it, I shampooed and rinse her off.<br />Well, not quite as quick as that. You know about the<br />greased pig, well, a soapy wet cat isn't much better.<br />After I rinsed her off the second time, she was starting<br />to calm down. I squeezed as much water off as I could<br />and open the door. She shot out like she was a bullet.<br />I knocked on the wall, and the King came to see what<br />Misty was crying about and what I wanted.<br /><br />He open the door a little, and said, Oh, shit. I told him to<br />shut the other doors so Rokon couldn't get into the bedroom<br />and under the bed. And to bring a towel. So he picked<br />her up with a towel and when off.<br /><br />Now the strange part. Misty stayed behind and sat by<br />the shower door. So I open the door to the shower and<br />SHE WALKED IN. I am not kidding. I couldn't believe it.<br />This dog who fights showers, walks in. Sits down, and looks<br />up as if to say, WELL.......<br />She sat there while I shampooed her, and rinse her,<br />and then the King brought in a warm towel, and off she<br />went.<br />Now she is dry, and terrorizing the cat. She runs back and<br />forth, the cat up on a chair, swipes at her, and Misty barks,<br />and her ears flopping, torments the cat. Rokon, looks down<br />at her, like .. it is all your fault, you fool dog.<br /><br />Pets... like kids sure are funny.Word Tosserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03519547102435672497noreply@blogger.com