So you had to bathe me
’cause I’m a dirty shame
perhaps I’m also smelly
and I’m the one to blame.
Why submit me
to water and shampoo
stinky stuff
I accepted you.
Guess I wasn’t good enough
Guess I wasn’t sweet enough
Guess you want to play it rough
How much dirt
will it take to make
you see
baths don’t work?
Get your camera ready
’cause I’ve a tail to wag at you.
(c) Cheyenne MacMasters 2013
Dogs win, dogs win!
Eye of the Camera 
lol 🙂
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🙂
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🙂 You’ve presented this well-known problem with our sweet dogs in fabulous form, Cheyenne!
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Thank you, Wanda. Next time I’ll wait until the monsoon rains have given us a carpet of grass instead of dirt! (Plants don’t care much for hose water, just enough to stay alive.)
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Brilliant Dogs never stay clean for long especially when they have something good to roll in 🙂 Great photo share 🙂 – Sue
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Yes, have to stay alert on those hikes or someone’s going to get an extra wash around the neck before dinner time!
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Reblogged this on Spontaneous Creativity.
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Thanks for sharing the Dog Bath Blues!
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This was fun Cheyenne! 😆 It’s amazing how you used this fact about dogs to create an enjoyable read. Nice pics, BTW 🙂
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Glad you enjoyed the Dog Bath Blues, Uzoma. Actually, it was posted in your honor since you asked for more illustrated poems.
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Wow! That’s SO nice of you. I am impressed with your style 🙂
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My pleasure to give credit to your inspiring encouragement, Uzoma! 🙂
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Ah, dogs and baths! This was fun. Thanks.
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Thanks, Emilie. Can’t see a speck of dirt on Fuggles today. She must have the right idea!
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How did you know I needed a good laught just about now?
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🙂 glad to give you a giggle!
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hehe fun 🙂
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Thanks! 🙂
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Great photos, clever poetic commentary, and excellent performance from the canine subject!!
Thanks!!
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Thank you, Debra. It’s amazing how all the dirt disappeared overnight and now she’s nice and fluffy!
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tihi.. this made me giggle!
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Happy to put some delight into your day!
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Reblogged this on bearspawprint.
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Thanks for sharing the Dog Bath Blues!
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You captured it exactly …
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Thanks!
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very funny, hey dog okay I won’t give you a bath but you aint coming into my house until you do, lol, so there, dogs can be silly sometimes.
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Thanks for visiting my dirty dog, Roberta. Amazingly she didn’t have a speck of dirt on her the next day and was wonderfully fluffy.
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I love it!! I have two dogs myself, and I think they would both say the same about baths. 🙂 There’s nothing better than a good mud bath!
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Yes, and they put so much effort into acquiring all those lovely smells, earthy, rich, real aromas. Shampoo is just an insult to primal well being!
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