I wish I'd taken photos.

[bladespark]

If we'd gotten pictures of the process, I could have all kinds of cat owner street cred now. I washed an adult cat (who does not like washing at all) bare-handed, without any form of protection, and I only have two small puncture wounds, from when I tried to turn her over enough to soap her belly. She made noises like we were killing her, and looked extremely pissed, and attempted to escape whenever given the least opportunity, but I managed to get her more or less completely scrubbed without injury or escape. Tari is the one we washed. She's a long-hair and as much as she tries to keep herself groomed, she just can't quite hack it, she has too much fur. So today she had a bath, and man... she looked ridiculous, and she knew it. Poor kitty.

Washing Kali would be a much harder project, she squirms better, but fortunately she's short-haired and much more able to be tidy, so it hasn't been necessary so far.

Comments

[tk-creations.livejournal.com]

*laughs* I have the best behaved cat in all of existence! I actually get in the tub with him, & after lathering him up, I hold him to my chest for a couple minutes for the shampoo to set in :)

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

Lucky you! I think I would have gotten mauled if I'd tried that.

[tk-creations.livejournal.com]

*grins* My cat is really pathetic. I can smack him in the ass when he does something wrong, & he won't even flinch. But if I say "Ouch" a bit louder than normal, he starts to cower as if he's going to get the crap beat out of him 0_o
I really don't understand it, because in the 4 years we've had him, the ONLY time I ever spanked him was in the first 2 months, when he was pooping on the bathroom floor. After the 3rd or so time, I realized it wasn't working, & started using positive re-enforcement when he did it right. I'm really big on not physically punishing my cats now (I was stupid back then & I realize it)
Bear trusts me way too much - I've had to train myself to wake up when I roll into him, because I think I could probably roll right on top of him & smother him, & he wouldn't start trying to get out until it was too late.

[wolfmare.livejournal.com]

Wow... I wouldn't even try. I'd rather actually get IN the tub, with a 100+ pound dog and give it a bath. Cats are just vicious.