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Posted by gailrolfe (My Page) on Sat, May 24, 08 at 20:11
| We are planning a remodel of our kitchen/laundry room/guest bath/family room. I have a small dog that requires regular bathing and grooming and am hoping I can incorporate a dog bath/grooming area into my laundry room. What I envision is a sort of general purpose laundry sink, I guess, with the top of my (now free-standing) grooming table attached to the wall above it with hinges so that after bathing the dog, I can lower the top over the sink and dry and brush her right there. I am wondering if anyone has seen or heard of anything similar and has either suggestions or pictures? |
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Here's one from a home tour:
I assume the shelf area to the left is for grooming.
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| Thanks, annz. That's a really fancy one and bigger than I need but it is pretty. |
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| I'm using a Kerdi shower pan-- size can be modified on site before tiling-- to create a floor level shower about 24x48 at floor level in the laundry. I'm putting a ring in the wall to which their collars [with a short lead] can be attached for bathing my large dogs. This will also be the spot where i keep the water bowls to control spills. Above that, I want a simple fold down mesh table for blocking sweaters and the like, and above that, a couple rods that will let me hang drip dry clothes. No pics yet, maybe after the tile is up, if you still want them should be about a month]. |
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| Oruboris, I would love to see a picture once you get it up. It sounds like you're on a similar track although I have a smaller dog and want to be able to bathe her while I'm standing (I currently do it in the shower but it requires me getting in there with my swim suit on and either holding her or bending over, neither of which work very effectively. I like the idea of the ring in the wall as a backup although usually I can handle her without that since she is small. But every now and then I need both hands free when she wants to wiggle out so that would be helpful. I look forward to seeing your pictures. |
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| I put my front load washer and dryer on a little platform -- my laundry sink, too. I bathe our Westie in the laundry sink and set him on the washer to dry him with the hairdryer. One of my 'house rules' is we can't have a dog that won't fit in a laundry sink! LOL We're on our fourth Westie. |
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| Chisue, I have a coton...she's about the same size as a Westie and sometimes confused with them by those who are not too familiar as cotons are all white also. I thought about that idea as well; I don't have FL washer but thought about just using the dryer. I worried however that it would be too slippery. Does your Westie wiggle to get down while being dried or is he pretty passive? If he wiggles, how do you keep him on the dryer? (Bugsy still (4 years old!)wiggles to get down and get going.)If you can post a picture, though,I'd be curious to see your sink....or maybe you can tell me what type it is. Thanks. |
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| Oh, I just love the coton! A neighbor had one -- first I'd ever seen. His name was Poochini. I just set the three things in a row on a wood 'riser' that the carpenter for our house built for me. The sink is in a regular 2-door laundry sink cabinet; next is the washer, then the dryer. I put a heavy towel on top of the appliance to give Eliot some 'footing'. He's pretty good about being washed and dried. I don't attempt to groom him though. (I suppose you could use a rubber mat.) Don't get the sink TOO high or you'll have to lift the dog up a lot to het him into the sink. |
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| Thanks, chisue. As I think about it, I think I need to stick to the original idea of trying to hinge the top of my grooming table to the wall so I can bring it down as when I'm grooming her, I really need to be able to attach the arm to it from time to time...she can really get impatient. Not that I blame her...it takes a while sometimes to get her coat dried and brushed out although now that she is no longer in show coat at least it's less than an hour! Luckily, at 10 lbs., lifting her isn't too much of a problem. She'd like it if I just carried her around all day! LOL... |
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