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Bathtime for the Dogs in San Marcos

·San Marcos, California·#summer#home#dogs#pets#daily-life
A small light brown dog peeks from a white bathtub, with a white shower curtain behind it and a beige counter.

A few slow August days down in San Marcos, in north San Diego County, and the main event today was bathtime for the dogs. The tub here is a big oval soaking thing set into a tile deck, deep enough that the little tan one disappeared entirely once she jumped in — just her head over the rim, ears down, resigned to whatever came next.

She sat through the whole business without complaint, which is more than can usually be said. The papillon mix went in after, and by the end they were both parked side by side on the wet tub floor, still in their collars, waiting to be told it was over.

Damp dog smell in the bathroom for the rest of the evening. Worth it.

A light brown dog peers over the top edge of a white bathtub in a bathroom.A small tan dog with floppy ears peeks out of a white bathtub.A small light brown dog sits inside a white bathtub in a bathroom with plants and a seashell.A tan dog with a red collar sits in a white bathtub, looking at the camera.A light brown dog with a red collar looks slightly left inside a white bathtub.A tri-colored dog and a tan dog with floppy ears sit in a white tub, both looking upwards.Two dogs, one black-white-brown and one tan, sit side-by-side in a white tub.Two dogs, one black-white-brown and one tan, sit inside a white bathtub looking towards the camera.

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