GIVING PUSSY A BATH.
Most pussies wash themselves so much that they very seldom need other people to wash them. But most of them want a bath occasionally. The best plan is to 'have someone to talk to and pet pussy while another does the actual washing.
Make a nice lather with water of about DSdeg. and soap, and stand very gently- in this. Wash her in this, using your hand instead of a sponge. When her fur is quite clean, rinse tier in clean water of the same temperature, lifting her from one to the other very gently, so as not to frighten her. Then wrap her in a blanket or a nice warm towel, and dry her before the fire with nice warm towels; and don't let 'her run off on her own account till she is thoroughly dry. or the chances are that she will make herself as dirty in ten minutes as she was before, and your labour will be thrown away, because her fur, when damp, will catch fhe dirt more quickly than when dry. You must remember to be very gentle always. Pussy won’t enjoy her tubbing, probably; but don’t make her hate it.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIV, Issue III, 20 January 1900, Page 142
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200GIVING PUSSY A BATH. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIV, Issue III, 20 January 1900, Page 142
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