- Hey, good morning, everybody,
and welcome to the blog.
I hope, to start, your date is incredible,
and you know that I'm not just saying it
because I love your beautiful faces.
(door flopping)
And today we're actually going into Drogo's enclosure,
to start my day.
Good morning Drogo.
And there you are, you're drinking some water.
Look at this, guys, he's actually drinking water.
Look at how weird that animal is hanging from his back legs
like this, but twisting his whole body like this.
Unbelievable.
But I can tell you guys,
it's time to give Drogo another bath.
The last time it didn't work out so well,
'cause we didn't know what we're doing.
So we have an idea about building an apparatus
that will really help Drogo with less stress,
easier to actually get him bathed,
but I can't believe this is the first time
I've ever caught him drinking water.
So the first thing we have to do is head at Home Depot,
get a whole bunch of supplies,
and then come back and hopefully build something
that will make our life a lot easier,
and Drogo's life a lot easier and less stressful,
'cause he definitely needs a bath.
Oh, and later today, by the way,
we're gonna start finally working on the basement,
that green room area that's not gonna be green,
but it's gonna be a cool sitting area.
Yes, we're finally getting started on later today.
So we have our work cut out for us.
Let's head to Home Depot and gear up
because we have a lot to do today.
(upbeat music) (whooshing)
(whooshing) (popping)
All right guys.
So we're back from Home Depot, we have all our supplies,
and really a simple, really rudimentary type of a box,
we're gonna be building, that goes, actually inside this,
I mean, tub right here, right?
So this basically, is gonna be 20 inches, 17 inches,
36 inches tall, and we're hoping that Drogo,
will actually hang right here, hang down here,
then we can wash him.
The water is down here, so he's never actually in the water,
I think he'll be feeling a little less stressed,
being able to hold onto something,
'cause when we did it last time,
he was trying to hold onto the actual tub itself.
So I hope that this is gonna work.
Also, we'll just go ahead, assemble it, put it in there,
make sure it works, and then we'll try to give Drogo a bath.
So let's go ahead and crank this out.
(whooshing) (upbeat music)
(whooshing)
All right, so this is basically the draft,
and we still have to glue it together,
but I wanna make sure it fits before I glue it,
just in case I have to make any adjustments,
so that's it right there.
So basically the idea is Drogo can hang from here,
he can hang from here,
and then we'll be able to kind of rinse him off the water,
he'll go down here.
That way he feels comfortable, hanging on to something,
I think he gonna be way better
than what we did the last time,
where he was like just kind of freaking out.
Again, low stress for him, but he does need to get bathed,
for two reasons, number one, to keep the odor down,
also to keep him clean,
but also he gets a little bit of dry skin,
so that conditioner on him will actually help
with the dry skin as well.
So I just have to glue this together,
and then we can give him a bath.
(whooshing) (upbeat music)
(whooshing)
We're in the last bit, let's hope this goes,
'cause now it's glued together, and perfect fit, I love it.
This should be really good.
So we're gonna let this dry, 'cause we don't want any smell.
We want it to be dried, dry in like 10, 15 minutes,
and then we can go get Drogo, and actually give him a bath.
So in the meantime, let's go out, do some other stuff.
(whooshing)
So first, and Jessica just went out to the store,
to buy some more plants,
because obviously some of our plants,
in particular in glass,
'cause was getting a little bit rough.
Jessica, look it, she's got all kinds of cool stuff.
- Yes, I carried them out. (laughing)
- These are going to be awesome.
I mean, look at all this stuff to add.
So again, a lot of our stuff is artificial plants,
but we wanna have some real plants as well too,
and these are amazing, I love it-
- Yeah, we should now get about, I don't know, ten more-
- Ten more?
Oh, my gosh, yeah, let's do it, let's do it.
Let's definitely get it.
So cool.
These are going to enclosures and look awesome.
Just had an idea that, like I said, maybe I would spray it,
and actually it have some of this stone textured paint.
So I'm just gonna give it a shot
and see if it looks good. (squishing)
It may not even stick on this, I have no idea.
If it doesn't work, that's okay, not the end of the world,
but I just figured I'd give it a shot,
and it kind of looks a little bit better, but not great.
(squishing)
I'll still give it a little shot.
(squishing) (laughing)
It's a fail.
So that didn't work out well.
You can still see all the paint
and stuff like that coming through.
Okay, well that was worth a shot.
Now we'll let that dry and we'll give Drogo a bath.
Jessica is definitely on a tear.
She's been redoing so many enclosures,
and she just did breadbox, the Dumor old bull's enclosur.
Look how awesome that looks again.
Prior to Jessica doing it,
there was actually no whole jet all in here,
and it just looked so amazing, again, I love it.
Actually Breadloaf is way back there buried,
which means he's happy over there.
And I think he's actually gonna like it more.
What I've been seeing is that
with the animals that we've been redoing,
they seem to kind of find new places to hide
and stuff like that.
Breadloaf used to always be right up here,
now he's in the back, probably underneath,
that plant over there makes him feel comfortable,
which is really cool.
I love that, and they're looking amazing again.
Jessica is doing a great job and she still has more cages,
she's just keeping on rolling them.
(whooshing) Yup, add foliage.
And that must be Jessica.
All right. (whooshing)
So Drogo is out, he came out so good today.
- Perfect, honestly.
- And it was like, it was the best we've ever had him out.
So now unfortunately it's gonna go through a little bit
of a crazy thing.
So what do you guys think with this new apparatus?
Better?
Much better Probably. - 100% better.
- Hope so. - Yeah.
So, I don't know, predictions are,
I think it's 90%, he's gonna enjoy it,
10%, it's gonna be a nightmare.
But the biggest thing is just gonna see
if he doesn't mind, actually, crawling on this first, right?
So the first thing we're gonna do is just let him crawl.
(laughing)
- Perfect.
- [Jay] There you go bud. - [Host] There you go, bud.
Then it worked out good so far.
- Yeah,
- [Host] No, he wants to go back to Jay.
He's like, "No, no."
- He doesn't wanna go, maybe let's take him from-
- [Laurie] Give a chance.
Come on baby boy, there you go.
- All right, so we just let him kind of find his way
and then we can start washing him,
and of course, we have some conditioner,
and we have some shampoo.
Just some people that were concerned last time,
it's not a problem to get it in the eyes.
This is actually puppy and dog shampoo,
so if it gets a little bit in his eyes
it's not gonna hurt them, but nevertheless,
we wanted to condition him too,
so his skin isn't quite as dry.
He's just got a little bit of dry skin,
and that's causing him to just have a little bit
of itching issue.
So we're gonna go ahead and do that, so what'd you say?
We get started. (water bubbling)
- [Laurie] Okay Drogo.
- Up, he wasn't too happy about that,
he definitely doesn't like getting the bath,
but he's doing better than he did last time,
'cause he had something to just kind of hang out to.
(laughing) Okay.
Well, if you know it's stable.
(laughing)
Now we're just gonna shampoo him up,
like I said, the downside is that we have to do both shampoo
and conditioner, which just basically just means
that he's gonna have to go through another rinse cycle,
but he's doing pretty good.
And he definitely is not happy about it,
he wants to come out and stuff like that.
We were hoping that he would just kind of
hang out in the apparatus, but still better than last time,
and the fact that Jay and Laurie are both here is important
because those two are the people
that he's bonded the most to,
so just their voice is gonna sooth him.
The fact that they're kind of helping out,
I'm standing back a little bit
because he knows I'm the one that usually is the one
that does stuff like this that stresses him out.
So I'm just kinda hanging out and he's like, "Please momma."
- Oh, my God. - [Host] I got this.
(squishing)
- [Jay] Look at how dirty it is.
- That's amazing, how dirt is washed here.
You got to remember, they come down to pee and poo,
and they kind of get it on 'em,
so it's kinda just a necessary evil.
I mean, you can see how dirty that is for sure,
and the smell is so much better.
I mean, now that he's kind of getting off,
it doesn't smell bad, but there's definitely an odor.
(laughing) (chattering)
Now, at least he's able to kind of crawl around
and stuff like that,
and Laurie is just kind of keeping him going and stuff.
So that's actually good, it seems like a lot,
and he's started to get a little bit more comfortable,
not quite as stressed out.
And once he gets to use this, he'll probably be good.
We can be doing this, maybe once a month,
but I'm looking at how good he is.
- He's like "High baby," hi.
- [Jessica] How are you doing?
- Now, we're just gonna do a little bit of conditioner,
and this has got a little bit of lotiony,
so it'll moisturize his skin, so he doesn't have dry skin.
You just got to remember in Michigan, in the winter,
even with the high humidity that we're trying to pump out,
there's a lot of dry air, and he's just got that dry skin.
I mean, people get dry skin during the winter too,
so it's really important to do that for him.
It's gonna keep his coat really healthy,
keep his skin nice and smooth, so this is really good.
Now he seems to be getting the hang of it a lot better.
(indistinct) (laughing)
- Awesome, the jog dogy.
- Yeah, he smells so good.
I think it's going great.
- Really? (laughing)
- Really awesome.
- [Host] His smell to be doing pretty good,
by the way. - Yeah.
- Yeah, he smells really good.
- [Host] Get up, Drogo.
- Yeah, I think this is a great idea
'cause he's able to keep active and do stuff
to keep him occupied
and not feel like he doesn't have options.
- Yeah, and the last time he was trying to bite us
and stuff like that. - Yeah.
Now he's keeping this.
- [Host] Yeah, this time he's just kind of crawling
and climbing, and stuff like that.
You're doing so good Drogo.
You got way to go, buddy.
- There you go. (water bubbling)
- So this is the last run.
So I will get out the air conditioner off again.
There's a little lotion in there,
that's gonna make them nice and soft,
and then we have to unfortunately have to do a little bit
of blow drying.
Last time, he did not like the blow dryer at all.
but we can't have him too wet, right?
He can dry up a little bit in there,
but we want him to get the real wetness off though.
Look at how good he is.
(squishing)
Wow, this is so awesome.
By the way, this was a great idea, Jay.
Jay, is the one that kind of came up with the idea
to do something like this,
and it definitely was the way to go,
lot less stressful for Drogo, for sure.
And in case you guys didn't know it,
Jay, actually, one of his background,
many backgrounds actually, is dog grooming.
So he's pretty used to this, and I'm just really amazed
that Drogo hasn't tried to bite one time.
Last time he was trying to bite the whole time,
'cause he just didn't like it,
this time he just seems to be kind of dealing with it
pretty well.
I definitely think Laurie and Jay together,
is the right combination.
If I was in there, he'd probably try to bite me,
but nevertheless,
it's pretty awesome that he's doing so well.
So all in all pretty good, now we have to just give him
a little bit of a dry off,
and we'll do some with the towel, of course,
but also just a little bit of...
He doesn't like the blow dryer, there's no doubt about it.
Loud noises actually, freak him out a little bit.
So I'm sure he's not gonna like this as much,
but he's done so well.
I mean, this is so much better than the last time.
Definitely the way to go.
So I guess if you guys have ever decided to get a slot,
you can steal our idea 'cause this is actually pretty good.
- Drogo, you did so good baby.
- Look at how good you feel, Drogo,
you're getting a little spur treatment.
(laughing)
Oh, me too. (laughing)
- Go. (blow dryer humming)
- You're not doing too bad, actually,
he's much better than I thought.
(blow dryer humming)
- I think you should take it to dry your dog.
- How long does it take to dry a dog?
- About 30 minutes. (blow dryer humming)
- 'Cause he's gonna be like a small dog, right?
- Oh, no, not in the water. (blow dryer humming)
- I guess we're just gonna chase him around
and it's actually not a bad idea.
The way the heck and he did it.
His back, nice and dry without having to worry.
And weirdly enough, when he's on the ground
he is very docile,
I mean, he love that Jay, can just pick them up
and do anything with him.
So this was definitely way better than the last time.
There was no doubt about that.
(blow dryer humming)
- Look at his hands.
- I know, shower more hot.
- And he is crazy.
- He is looking like a different animal.
(laughing)
- Oh, he's a different animal now.
I can honestly say when we first got a floss,
I didn't think this was gonna be part of it.
I haven't really thought about the bathing part,
and all the other stuff, but it actually went well,
and I think we're slowly figuring out.
You've got to remember, this is only the second time
we've ever done it, so obviously, we're learning too,
but we seem to slowly be getting it together,
and as he gets used to it,
it's gonna be easier for him as well.
(blow dryer humming)
(laughing)
- Look at a flying floss.
(laughing)
I'm mad at you!
(laughing) (blow dryer humming)
- All right.
- [Host] He's mad at you.
(laughing)
- He's like, "I can do this myself.
I can do this all by myself, guys."
- Respect you me, boy. - Yeah, that's it.
(laughing)
- You have your soft skin, or he's drying himself.
- Yeah. (laughing)
- There you go, Drogo, okay.
Oh, he's super good. - Fluffy.
- Super soft and fluffy.
Now we're just gonna do a little brushing,
and we can get him back in his enclosure.
(blow dryer humming)
He does look really good.
Doesn't it? - Yeah.
- This is so much better than the last time, yeah.
I mean, he looks so good compared to what he did.
That's what's now, bye bye.
- Bye bye.
- Good job, Drogo, you did so good, buddy.
You did so good, buddy.
He's not even really running off of us or anything.
- [Laurie] No, he must be feeling good about it.
- Okay.
So there it is.
I think that went really good.
Let me know in the comments
if you're thinking it went better.
I certainly think it went better.
And Drogo seem to almost enjoy it a little bit more,
in the beginning, he was a little bit shaky,
but he definitely calmed down,
and that's all that matters to me is that he's okay
through these things.
Now he smells and looks absolutely fantastic.
(whooshing) (upbeat music)
All right, back downstairs, we've got our paint ready,
our respirators good, I've got a hoodie,
so I don't get paint all over me.
The idea is to paint the ceiling first,
after we're done with the ceiling,
I'm gonna paint the walls.
I hope this works out.
And then we can start it on the floor after that,
so we've got some work here out for us.
And this place is gonna start looking a lot different,
pretty quickly.
(whooshing) (upbeat music)
What's going on? (whooshing)
- This is the way I paint in a way.
I can't be more things, but it's Corona season,
you got to have a mask on.
(laughing) (whooshing)
(upbeat music)
- No doubt that this was a better way to do the Drogo bath,
he seems to be really good.
And that was so cute, I loved it to death.
I love Drogo, I'm falling in love with him
more and more every day.
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