The oddest thing happened with our 14 year old dog. She's not very
spry and stumbles a bit on the stairs, mostly she lays around. Pretty
much to be expected.

Yesterday I gave her a bath in the bathtub. We'd changed out the
showerhead to a flexible one for dog baths, and she had a long, warm
shower and massage to get the stinky off.

She had to stay in the bathroom for several hours to dry (long haired
dog, too cold outside).

When we let her out, she was dancing all over the house. Spry,
energetic, bouncing all over with energy. It was as if we'd given her
pep pills. She stayed like that until bedtime, dancing all over the
house.

Looked all over the internet and didn't find reference to this. Our
best guess is that she's arthritic and somehow the warm water eased
the old bones. Today she's back to normal.

Looking up arthritis and dogs etc. only brought info on pills and
diets. No reference to a warm bath.

Has anybody experienced this?

Shari

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