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bathing. But not all dogs smell bad. Short-haired dogs and lap dogs, for example, need fewer baths than long-haired breeds who enjoy romping outside in disgusting debris, or than retrievers and other pups with oily, water-repelling coats that get, well, rancid. So bathe your dog regularly if you like—with a few caveats, noted later. Just don’t delude yourself that you’re doing it to make her happy. LOCATION Bathing is, at best, a messy process. The larger the dog and the more unwilling she is to get

effect, Gervaise thought. To be sure, the courtyard was a little damp. Were she to live there, she should certainly prefer a room on the sunny side. She went in several steps and breathed that heavy odor of the homes of the poor—an odor of old dust, of rancid dirt and grease—but as the acridity of the smells from the dyehouse predominated, she decided it to be far better than the Hôtel Boncoeur. 34 She selected a window—a window in the corner on the left, where there was a small box planted with

also wide open. He went in and stopped in the anteroom. Here a number of peasants were standing and waiting. And here, too, it was extremely stifling; moreover, from the newly painted rooms a nauseating odor of fresh, not quite cured paint, made with rancid oil, assailed his nostrils. After waiting a little while, he made the decision to move on, into the next room. All the rooms were tiny and low. A terrible impatience drew him farther and farther. No one took any notice of him. In the second room some