I went and tried one of those self serve dog washes with the kids. Let me rephrase...I didn't actually wash the kids there, just the dog. Ive been wanting to try this for awhile but was always deterred because of the distance. I'm a country girl so its pretty much a 20 minute drive one way to town. Anywho, I promised my daughter that we would take the dog for a car ride on his birthday. This grand occasion was actually 3 weeks ago but its been kinda hot so I was procrastinating. An old dog and 3 small children doesn't always work well on a 85 degree day. Yesterday was nice and cool, so we seized the day.
We pulled up to the car wash and I survey the dog wash, I say, "ok you guys, this costs $7 for 10 minutes so we need to hurry. They were great helpers, we got the old guy up the ramp onto the "sink" and began to scrub. So as I'm scrubbin along, I feel a hard roundish bump hanging off the dog. I got squeamish knowing this could only be one thing...A Tick! This is nothing new in the country but for some reason, this season we particularly have our fill. Up until about 8 years ago I was a city girl so I wasn't all that familiar with bugs the size of small kittens and such. Of course, I'm exaggerating, but they can be intimidating. Back to the tick, I deal with him in the only way ticks should be treated, I will spare the gory details. The timer on the dog wash was was counting down, we were racing against the clock or we would be going home with a soapy dog as I didn't have many more singles in my purse. Whew, we got done in the nick of time. On the way home we stopped and got a chicken sandwich off the dollar menu for our brave subject. Well, the kids had a new experience and the dog got the stink washed off him so I guess in all, it was a win-win situation.
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