“Chester, chung leong lo”
“Chester, chang chui lo”
Upon hearing these 4 little words (doesn’t matter in English or Cantonese or Hokkien) he’ll start off with wagging his lovely bushy tail. Wush wush wishhh…Then he’ll follow me around while I grab his bathing stuff: towel (deer-skin), shampoo and brush.
To tell you the truth, I hate bathing him. He needs about 3 hours or more to dry completely. Nope, I couldn’t leave him alone outside. He’ll lie down on the floor….eeee dirty la.
Funny thing is Chester loves water during bathing time ONLY. Other than that, he’ll try to ignore any water game as much as possible. Golden retrievers are renowned for their love of water…but my golden? Weird la. Hmm at least he allows me to wash his 4 paws after our daily stroll. And just recently he disregarded the pouring rain because he was on a ‘Must Catch Rat’ mission. The mission was unsuccessful but he came back in feeling satisfied. How do I know? I read from his body language lo. 
Okay another reason I don’t like to bath him is that he loves to lick shampoo foam. No matter how loud or piercing I yell he’ll continue to lick everywhere… from his paws, his body, my hand, shampoo cap, brush. Aiyoyooo I look like a mad lady.
After bath, I don’t towels dry him immediately. He’ll need to ‘shake his bon-bon’ (shake off excessive water) before I can award him THE TOWEL because he loves to bite it. GRRRrrrr…Well, actually he mastered the command ‘shake your bon-bon’ because I used his towel to threaten tempt him last time. No shake bon-bon then no towel munching. 
Nowadays we don’t bath him very often (weekly). It’s more like every fortnight or umphh hehehe every month! Our reasoning is that we don’t want to wash off his fur’s natural oil ma but actually we’re lazy. And we always blame the bad weather because if it’s cloudy or less sunny then we’ll tell him “Chester no sun la. So next week we chang chui ok?”
His heart must’ve been broken into a million pieces but he has never showed us that. Instead he smiles cheerfully at us. 
Tags: Chester, Golden retrievers, lick shampoo foam, shake his bon-bon
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Jemima Says:
June 13th, 2007 at 1:35 pmVisit Jemima
Apooooo!!! If like that he doesnt shower much during Monsoon season la???
wuching Says:
June 13th, 2007 at 1:57 pmVisit wuching
we had dogs when we were small & they never like bath, funny how chester enjoy so much!
mspretty Says:
June 13th, 2007 at 2:00 pmVisit mspretty
cute Chester
Neo Says:
June 13th, 2007 at 2:33 pmVisit Neo
Your Chester can swim or not?
hedonistics anonymous Says:
June 13th, 2007 at 2:59 pmVisit hedonistics anonymous
my dogs last time were rather indifferent towards bath time. they never struggled or ran away or lick shampoo foam while i’m bathing them. instead they would stand patiently under the tap because they know that they can roll in around in the garden after that as reward. yeah, i know it makes bathing them pointless.
hcfoo Says:
June 13th, 2007 at 3:33 pmVisit hcfoo
Kesian Chester, mandi oso can postpone.
Neo Says:
June 13th, 2007 at 5:34 pmVisit Neo
Poor fella, only bath once a week or even two weeks!
Yvy Says:
June 13th, 2007 at 9:33 pmVisit Yvy
hmm…that bathing ‘pose’ must be a norm for dogs. i oso have to hold my pup like that if wnt to bathe them. :) i normally let my pups go after mandi coz their fur is short plus it’s SO
dreamcatcher Says:
June 14th, 2007 at 7:07 amVisit dreamcatcher
loves water…
lamyhome Says:
June 14th, 2007 at 12:06 pmVisit lamyhome
you’ve been features as blog of the day at PPP!!! congrats! 906pm PST.
Kev Says:
June 14th, 2007 at 12:42 pmVisit Kev
Hi! Congrads for being PPP’s blog of the day! Anyway, my dog hate bathing! LOL… it would jump here and there everytime I try to bath her, and ended I it’s me who is taking a bath! LOL
Che-Cheh Says:
June 14th, 2007 at 1:16 pmVisit Che-Cheh
Jemima, yup
Nyree Says:
June 14th, 2007 at 4:46 pmVisit Nyree
Ooo your chester looks so adorable! I wish we had more space here to own a Golden Retriever but our space is limited. :) I know how Golden Retrievers love to run and play! :)
Che-Cheh Says:
June 14th, 2007 at 8:53 pmVisit Che-Cheh
Nyree, hello there.
dreamcatcher Says:
June 15th, 2007 at 1:00 pmVisit dreamcatcher
reckon he’s a better student than u!!! water confidence… n at least i won’t be shooed off for trying to teach, heh!heh!
vhanded Says:
June 17th, 2007 at 11:22 pmVisit vhanded
I too have a dog, but not as cool as your Chester, and not as steady as your Chester during bathing. A nice dog.
pacco Says:
June 18th, 2007 at 11:43 amVisit pacco
i think ur chester is not d only GR tat hates water….hahah
Che-Cheh Says:
June 18th, 2007 at 1:22 pmVisit Che-Cheh
Dreamcatcher, yalor me scare of water.
Kleio da Muse Says:
June 18th, 2007 at 5:17 pmVisit Kleio da Muse
I dislike bathing my dogs. I always feels like I am the one being bath in the end. They shake their bon-bon too much and too early AND too fast for me to escape the water *roll eyes*. Chester is so darn cute all wet and sexy.
Che-Cheh Says:
June 18th, 2007 at 8:45 pmVisit Che-Cheh
Kleio, Chester listen to ’shake your bon-bon’ command after bath only. During bathing time? I still kena soak.
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