Wet Labs Smell

Yes my friends, wet Labrador Retrievers do indeed smell!

What a way to start off a Friday morning; by exclaiming the well-known fact that dogs smell! *laugh* Why state the obvious? Well, no matter how many times Dakota and Cheyenne get wet or snowy, I cannot get beyond how fast they stink and stink they do! For instance, this morning we were greeted by 6-10 inches of snow in the midwest and although my husband and I dreaded going out to clean it all up, the Lab Brats were happy as pigs in mud. With their reflective collars on, they ran their chocolate rears as fast and they can into the backyard and started to imitate snow plows once again. Not one inch of their chocolate bodies could be seen because they were now all white!

You would think that when the snow gets shaken off at the end of playing that they are nice and dry... alas, how wrong we dog owners are. For beyond the beautiful coat lay a smell that holds its attack until it is in a clean enclosed house!!

Wetness everywhere! Of course, the Lab Brats think the smell is too good to keep to themselves. After we are done toweling them off, they run over to rub against the couch, carpet, and anything else they can "share" their new found smell with. It doesn't matter how much we dry them or how much their mommy says "No!", they must do what they must do... for after all... they are Labrador Retrievers!

Thank goodness for Yankee Candles! *laugh*