Towels

There are a few things that Kai has always been afraid of, but her most feared thing is a towel. Or maybe it is just having something on her back, or covering her. But this snow caused two things to happen: one is that she does not mind having something warm on her back and two she likes to be toweled off when coming indoors. I tried this several times before wiping her down after a bath or rain only to have her run at top speed away from me, shaking her wet dog body all over the house and rolling on my carpets. Can anyone say, yuck, wet dog smell? But coming in out of the snow, the first time she tolerated it for a few seconds. The second time the snow was up to her back she actually went to the towel for me to dry her off. I guess she was cold. Then the other day I took her nice warm blanket out of the dryer, she usually hangs her head, puts her ears down and tugs it off, but this time she walked around with it on her back, no droopy ears, not hung head. She also let me cuddle with her in the evening and let me put a blanket on her while we watched TV. This may be a snow only event but it is the step in the right direction. Maybe I will be able to keep from having dog smell carpets.