The Upside of the Downside

The other night I let the dogs in for the night and much to my suprise and dismay, Harley was once again covered in blood from his nose to his toes.  I’d heard a small tussle and looked out, I was happy to see him and Bogie playing together and thought nothing of it.  Well, apparantly there was something between then and the time I let them in.

 I was trying to get him cleaned up to see where the wound(s) might be and wasn’t having much luck.  Here’s where my not so bright idea came in….I decided to take Harley into my shower so I could use the handheld sprayer on him.  Actually, it was a good idea, for that part anyway.  I was very happy to see that the only wound was Harley’s ear, which made me feel much better because he and Bogie had been getting along so great and I knew by the way they’d been playing that it was probably nothing ill intentioned on Bogie’s part.

Back to why this was a bad idea…we got out of the shower and you probably know what happened next:  Harley shook like the dog he is, and since his ear was still bleeding heavily (because they’re thin and the blood vessels are so close to the surface) me and EVERY single surface and/or thing in the bathroom got coated with blood spatter.  EW! 

Mind you, this was all sometime after 10pm and I couldn’t just leave it.  So I spent a few hours scrubbing everything with bleach.  I mean everything, from the toilet paper holder to the ceiling, the light fixtures to the candle on the back of the toilet.  And it just got better from there.  The longer I cleaned, the better my eyesight got, and it was on the walls through the house, on the tv, on the kitchen cabinet, on the clothes I’d just washed and folded, on the couch….you get the drift.

So yeah, not such a good idea.  I’ll remember that next time.  There is always an upside though, my entire house looks like it’s been freshly painted!