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You guys had been asking and asking and asking for us to do the bedtime routine video for the dogs.
That is what we are doing today!
If you haven't seen our other routine videos I will put a link up in the cards
and down in the video description below.
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As you can already see, the very first thing we do when we get our dogs ready for bed
is to let them go outside to use the bathroom one last time before we go to bed.
Normally we let them hang out outside for a little bit, walk around and do their thing.
Then, let them in and yes I do normally stand there and watch them while they're outside
in the doorway or from the kitchen.
Of course once they come inside, is time for the nightly tradition of getting a treat.
You can see here, they are waiting for it.
Those are the treats that we've been giving them.
Here's the command!
- Ready?
- Go to bed!
- You too!
- She can't beat you!
- Go to bed!
- Go on!
And yes, we can do this every single night!
I know a lot of you guys have asked "How we taught the dogs this command?"
Pretty much does repetition. We give them a treat at night.
We would tell them to go to bed and we wouldn't give them the treat until they got into the bedroom.
Over time doing that, they realized if they went to bed they would get a treat.
Now pretty much they will jump on the bed and get ready for some sleep.
Except for Shelby! Shelby decided, she's like: "I would like another treat please!"
"I know that if I don't get in bed" "I might sometimes get another treat..."
[laughs]
So, she needs little coaxing before getting into bed.
And yes, for those of you that are going to comment seven thousand (7,000) times down below...
We do have a water bed!
No! The dogs had never popped it! We have it for twenty (20) years!
They do well on it!
Just like us, they also get their teeth brushed every single night. Is a very important thing!
We use a dog friendly toothpaste and I just very gently brush their teeth.
I think one of the biggest things when it comes to brushing a dog's teeth
is you really don't want to fight with them.
You'll notice in the next clip with Memphis.
Memphis doesn't enjoy it as much as Shelby.
Shelby can literally have her teeth brushed for hours on end. She absolutely loves it.
I just try to go around and get their back teeth, get their top teeth and just do a little bit of brushing.
So, Memphis doesn't enjoy having her teeth done as much as Shelby.
but is something we slowly been working on.
As you can see here, I'm actually using a small children's toothbrush on her teeth.
Kind of taking my time and when she kind of pulls away or ducks,
I make sure to pet her and give her a moment to kind of feel a little bit better.
But when she really doesn't want to have her teeth brushed with this toothbrush,
I try using a finger brush which I'll show you next.
So, this is the finger brush that I use.
Sometimes is a little bit easier to get inside of her mouth and into her back teeth with this.
As you can tell, Shelby is like: "How about just brush my teeth?"
"Forget about Memphis'es teeth!"
"Just brush my teeth again cause" "my teeth aren't clean enough yet!"
"Yeah! Let's just do this!"
Like I said, Shelby can do this for ever!
Memphis still isn't a huge fan of the finger brush either,
but like I said even when she does kind of pull away a little bit
it helps me get her back teeth just a little bit easier then the children's toothbrush.
We're getting Memphis'es teeth.
It's something really important because she doesn't tends to chew her food, so this is a nightly experience.
The toothpaste that we use, like I said is from the vet's office and is flavored.
I'll put some 'Amazon Affiliate' links to some of the toothbrushes and things like that down below,
if you guys wants to check them out.
I think the flavor also kind of helps cause you can tell they really want to lick the toothbrush.
So whenever we stop... I kind of let her lick the toothbrush a little bit.
You can see her tail going a little bit. She enjoys it!
Just not as much as Shelby does! - Your teeth got brush!
- Yeah! You did it!
- Got your teeth brushed!
- Try again?
Of course, even thought she already had them done... Shelby still waits every time after Memphis gets done.
She's like: "Can we just do my teeth some more?" "I would really like if we did my teeth some more!"
Shelby absolutely loves to have her teeth brushed!
I should do a whole video on Shelby getting her teeth brushed.
So, that's pretty much how our night time routine is.
Pretty much every night this is what we do to get the dogs to go to bed.
If you guys are interested in some of our other routine videos,
like the morning routine, night routine and camping routine.
Or if you have suggestions for other routine videos you would like to see...
Let us know down in the comments.
I'm sure, eventually we'll redo our morning routine and night routine
because they had now changed since we don't have Oakley.
So maybe we'll redo those and show you some of the changes from what we did last year,
to what we're now doing this year.
As always you guys, we hope you enjoyed today's video. Thanks so much for watching!
Stay positive and dream big! We will see you again soon!
Good night 'Pawdience!'
Let us know down in the comments, do you have a routine that you follow at bed time for your dogs?
[laughter]
Cause, here's our bed time routine!