You run the bath, wrestle them in, scrub them down, and now comes the hard part — drying. You grab the blow dryer. They bolt. You chase them through the house. Water everywhere. Fur flying. Your arm is killing you fifteen minutes in and they're still damp.
So you give up and let them air-dry. Three hours later the couch smells like wet dog, there's a damp spot on the bed, and you're wondering why you didn't just take them to the groomer — until you remember that costs eighty-five dollars every time.
The usual options don't fix much. Towels can't reach the undercoat. Handheld dryers mean standing there the whole time with one hand on a squirming dog and the other going numb. Air-drying in winter is miserable for both of you. And the dog? They hear the blow dryer click on and they're already behind the sofa.
Drying a dog after a bath shouldn't feel like a second job.