Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

Taking a water break from dog bathing. We did Lance first since he will stand in the trough without being held until he is released. It took three sessions but we could smell anything after the last one. You have to leave the soap solution on him for about 20 minutes before rinsing but catching the Frisbee while waiting to rinse kept him happy. The vet said to use a solution of Dawn dish detergent, hydrogen peroxide and baking soda. Now we get to start on Sassy but we think Lance got the bulk of the spray.

 

[Mike CHS]

That soap concoction seems to have done the trick. Three hours of bathing dogs make me appreciate all the herding training we did with these two. Tell them to "stay" and they won't budge till told to move.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Sure must make it much easier and nicer than having to hold them.... .....Gabbie is fine til the water touches her skin....

 

[Baymule]

I was going to mention the hydrogen peroxide. Glad you got the recipe for anti-skunk phew. Lol

So they found themselves a two-toned striped kitty with a fluid overdrive?

 

[Mike CHS]

I needed to take our side-by-side in for maintenance this morning and had another one of those things that made me smile. Hooking up a big trailer can be a minor nuisance hooking up by yourself as you get pretty close, then get out to see which way you need to go one or more times till you get it right. This morning I borrowed a friends 20' trailer and with the backup camera on the new truck, you can see the ball go right under the hitch on the trailer perfectly. I know it's not new technology but it is definitely new to me.

 

[thistlebloom]

Mike, you big show off! Just kidding, lol.
I have No Technology, so it's the in and out, 2 inches left, oops, 3 inches right, oh dang 2 inches left again, about 4 or 5 times until it's close enough to fudge it in. It's good exercise though so I'm not complaining.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Something I use to do, was put a piece of tape on the tailgate directly above the hitch....it takes the guessing game out of it....not percect, but better than guessing.... ....we are still adjusting to the "new to us" technology on our '05 van.....

 

[thistlebloom]

I try to line up using the space between two rivets on the tailgate. Still haven't perfected it.

 

[Baymule]

Our Technology method is BJ backing up and me holding a stick on the trailer tongue so he has a better idea of where that confounded trailer tongue is.

 

[thistlebloom]

I prefer to hitch up alone. Otherwise I'm the guider... 'back a teensy bit more...nono, go that way! I mean the other way! oops too far...' we haven't worked out a hand signal system and dh has a hard time hearing. Getting in and out of the truck six times just seems less complicated.