So Mr. Berkley hasn't been to the groomer in quite some time.  My favorite groomer, Jamie, is in RI and I find it hard to get him down there as often as he needs.  Well by Friday I decided I had had enough, he needed a bath!!  So I started by brushing him to try to minimize the the amount of hair that would need to be cleaned out of the tub.  This is what I got off of him before the bath.

The pile of fur was definitely at least as big as Footy.  Next I had to hoist his 90lb butt into the tub.  He was surprisingly good about that, which I attribute to Joe's need to occasionally pick him up when he gets jealous of Footy's extra attention.  Ha.

Edith was the photographer for the big event.  :D  After he was all washed up I towel dried him as much as I could before I dragged him back out of the tub.  His fur is so dense that it's like a sponge and it take a lot to get him dry!!  I blow dried him with my hair dryer for about an hour before I would let him out of the bathroom.  If I hadn't he would have left puddles wherever he plopped down.  No thank you!  And of course when I let him out of the bathroom he went straight for the couch.  He was dry enough though.

There he is all clean.  :D  Still damp but all clean.  :D

We also had fun taking some pictures of Footy and Zelda laying around and Edith with my boots on her hands.  She kept saying they were her paws.  She's so funny.  :D

And there you have it.  Another oh-so-exciting day at 9 Maplehurst.  ;)