Bon is adorable! and YES! I could love that big droobly-faced boy!!

However, that video clip of his 'washing' the back door is just a riot! It had both me and my son rolling with laughs! What a big 'ol sweetie he is!

My goldens have never been really bad about drooling - but they DO tend to slime up balls really good ( Tara and Toby did that) and Tristan could NOT get a drink without carrying half a bowlful of water across the floor and across our laps in his mouth..... Fizzy isn't so bad with the water bowl.... she's a ball crazy golden, but she doesn't seem to slime them up too bad.

It occurs to me - I used to make baby 'teething bibs' for my friends - when their human babies were teething and constantly drooling. Why couldn't someone make something similar for 'drooly' dogs? They're really easy - For babies, I just used a decorative hand towel, you cut about a 6" diameter hole (head sized) in one end and edge the hole with T-shirt ribbing (It stretches) they make great little bibs to absorb baby spit, spit-up, food, etc and go right in the washer.

You'd need a bigger towel for a "Bon Sized" bib, but then he'd be able to always carry his own towel with him to get his face wiped! Make a few of them, and he'll always have one handy!

I have also heard of a few people who have taught their dogs to 'wipe their faces' by hanging a towel on a door handle, back of a chair, etc and making it smell like a treat - so that the dog wipes their face on it. That could reduce the 'slime factor' for more prissy visitors!

laura