How to Wash the Cat
Thoroughly clean the toilet. Add the required amount of shampoo to the toilet water, and have both lids lifted. Obtain the cat and soothe him while you carry him towards the bathroom.
In one smooth movement, put the cat in the toilet and close both lids (you may need to stand on the lid so that he cannot escape).
CAUTION!!!!!
Do not get any part of your body too close to the edge, as his paws will be reaching out for any purchase they can find.
Flush the toilet three or four times.
Have someone open the door to the outside and ensure that there are no people between the toilet and the outside door.
Stand behind the toilet as far as you can, and quickly lift both lids. The now-clean cat will rocket out of the toilet, and run outside where he will dry himself.
Sincerely,
The DOG
Hi, Marguerite:
Your "Washing the Cat" instructions aren't too far off from the way I would bathe my cat, Paula.
I'd put the cat in our big porcelain tub in the bathroom. Turn on the shower and close the glass shower doors to wet her down. Then put shampoo on my hands and wash her from shoulders to tail.
Paula would try to escape, but claws are useless on porcelain. No traction. She hated her occasional baths. Warranted only if she were very, very dirty. Or managed to get under one of my neighbor's diesel cars for the night.
To Paula's credit, she would protest loudly, though she never bit or scratched me.
Jack.
