No fun...

ORKING WITH  MY NEW BACK..

Is a lesson in frugality.  I just can't do as much in one day when my back is involved...splitting wood and trying to groom the dogs on the same day is almost a no can do without pain kind of thing. I don't know how my mom did it...she was strong and very able right up to 73 and if not for the car accident that nearly killed her I think she would have done even better...she was still working at my shop at that age, and that was heavy hard work. But I started working at age 14, I did a weekend and after school job and then at 16 I worked in Dairy Queen and went to high school too. 

I did way too much hard work and damaged my back long ago so it just tells me it's had enough earlier and earlier in the day.  I just cant get as much done as I used to.  I feel sorry for my dogs because they don't get the grooming and bathing they should.  I MUST bath Floss she really smells bad...today I trimmed up her hair as best I could with scissors  she needs to be clipped but her coat is full of dirt and dead skin so she needs a good bath before I try to run those clipper thru her coat. BUT can I lift her safely in and out of a tub?  So Im trying to come up with a plan...I have some big plastic tubs but they have cracks etc from using them in the yard.  I think I can heat the water using my camp stove and metal bucket...or I can carry water from inside...I really dont want to put her in my bathtub cause it will be a hairy mess and could cause a clog..

I need to get a big metal wash tub and then I could do the whole thing in the back yard. 

There is a dog wash in a little township about 15 miles away...it's $10 for 8 minutes..that could be expensive.  I don't think I can bath and rinse and blow dry her in 8 mins! So it would be at least $20..

If I take her to a groomer it would be a LOT more,. So I think I may drive by the dog wash and just see what the deal is...In Summer I just use the garden hose because our water gets warm in summer and it's totally fine for bathing her.  Now that she has mobility issues, she does not do a perfect squatt, so she dribbles...and then she smells really bad.  I do a quick wash with paper towel every other day but now it needs a good wash n rinse. 

At the dog wash I could stand UP and do the job...it's starting to look like a $20 well spent...so that's something I need to take care of. Annie's hair is completely different.  I washed her today using Rinseless shampoo for dogs. Its a foam type product you rub into the hair then use a rag to rub it thru and then comb the hair..she looks pretty good and she smells nice.  I tried it on Floss it did not move that dead skin, that needs to be squirted with a forceful sprayer.  But I did her rear area...and now she smells ok. 

I think it was September when I last clipped her its almost fully grown out again now.  And I used the shedding comb on her coat and it brought out a lot of the shedding undercoat. She has this long flossy type hair hence her name,,,:o)

My post of yesterday I removed, it was too personal and it didn't really pertain to me, I probably should not have shared that I hope it was bots who viewed...I never get many views anyway..IM just happy that right now this DAY things are better, BUT things can change in a flash. 

Today I got a box of gifts from my family...so that sure was nice of them...one of them sent me cash and that went in my strong box to go for the taxes on Mom's house.  I paid my house last week so Im broke now!!