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Soggy Doggy gameThe brushing, bathing, dog shaking game!
Contents: Soggy Doggy in his bath, game board, 4 x game pieces, 4 x tokens, dice and instruction leaflet. |
Why every dog lover should buy the Soggy Doggy game!
Every dog owner will also tell you than despite their dog's delight in jumping into puddles, streams, bogs, lakes or just rolling in something very smelly, the one thing they really hate is a nice, warm bath…
And anyone who has ever tried to bath a reluctant, wriggling, slippery and somewhat smelly dog knows just how wet you can get in the process...
First, catch your dog!
Of course the first challenge is to catch the dog - luckily you don't have to do this in the game (although it would be a fun feature!)
Then, you have to carry/entice them into the bathroom, which can be a struggle if they put all four brakes on.
That lift into the tub can be fun too, especially if you've got a bigger breed who decides to become a complete dead weight in your arms the moment s/he spots the bathmat.
And shake it...
Once in the bath, most dogs resign themselves to their fate, but there's always the ever-present danger of - The Shake. The moment when your darling dog decides it's just too wet for comfort, and it needs to spin dry itself. All over you.
Some wait until they are just out of the bath to soak you and the bathroom in the microseconds between being lifted out and you getting the towel in place. Others do what Soggy Doggy does, and try to shake off all the water while in the bath!
That's what this game recreates so brilliantly. The moment when the dog soaks you, the bathmat, the door, the walls…. And the water really does fly in this fab Soggy Doggy game - if you trigger the shake, you will get a faceful of doggy water!
Buy the Soggy Doggy game at Amazon.co.uk.
And anyone who has ever tried to bath a reluctant, wriggling, slippery and somewhat smelly dog knows just how wet you can get in the process...
First, catch your dog!
Of course the first challenge is to catch the dog - luckily you don't have to do this in the game (although it would be a fun feature!)
Then, you have to carry/entice them into the bathroom, which can be a struggle if they put all four brakes on.
That lift into the tub can be fun too, especially if you've got a bigger breed who decides to become a complete dead weight in your arms the moment s/he spots the bathmat.
And shake it...
Once in the bath, most dogs resign themselves to their fate, but there's always the ever-present danger of - The Shake. The moment when your darling dog decides it's just too wet for comfort, and it needs to spin dry itself. All over you.
Some wait until they are just out of the bath to soak you and the bathroom in the microseconds between being lifted out and you getting the towel in place. Others do what Soggy Doggy does, and try to shake off all the water while in the bath!
That's what this game recreates so brilliantly. The moment when the dog soaks you, the bathmat, the door, the walls…. And the water really does fly in this fab Soggy Doggy game - if you trigger the shake, you will get a faceful of doggy water!
Buy the Soggy Doggy game at Amazon.co.uk.
How dogs shake themselves dry
The action dogs use to shake water from their coat is actually amazing, as the video below show. It's not actually a straight side to side shake, but more a corkscrew movement that shakes the water down and off the body.
The good folks at John Adams Games have given Soggy Doggy a bit of a wiggle to his shake, so it's probably as close to the real action as a game's going to get.
That's why Soggy Doggy game is our personal top tip as THE present for a dog-loving family in 2016!
The good folks at John Adams Games have given Soggy Doggy a bit of a wiggle to his shake, so it's probably as close to the real action as a game's going to get.
That's why Soggy Doggy game is our personal top tip as THE present for a dog-loving family in 2016!