In the above video, are we:
a. taking Maximus to the local dog meat market to be slaughtered?
b. doggie waterboarding?
c. pulling his toenails out of his paws one by one?
d. burning him with red hot pincers?
If you answered e. none of the above, you are correct. Maximus is in fact going to get a bath in this video. You see, our pup has a really handsome black coat with a white chest and white paws. However, after a walk on the streets of East Asia in a construction area where it we got rained on, he came back looking like this:
We really aren't sure why Maximus has such an aversion to bathing. He doesn't mind splashing around in the ponds at our complex chasing birds. He drinks water by the gallon. But for whatever reason, ever since he was a 1 month old pup, the bathroom has been his ultimate place of terror. He will not walk into a bathroom in our house if we are anywhere around, and when we take him to get a bath, he screams bloody murder the entire time like in this video. I am pretty sure if they made a Saw horror movie for Max it would involve him being all suds up with dog shampoo. Maximus has always had strange fears- baths, QQ cars, children with squeeky shoes, and the bug zapper racket, which he has never been zapped with, not even once. He isn't scared of thunderstorms like most dogs. He doesn't obsess over toys like some dogs. And yet somehow, he is the furthest thing from a normal fear-free dog I have ever seen. It makes our life here all the more interesting having him in the house.
