After years of washing 40 dog food bowls by hand every day — about 20 at our house and 20 at Widget's House — we finally got smart and realized it would be far more efficient in terms of labor and energy usage to install dishwashers in both buildings. We hadn't put one in our own kitchen because of a lack of storage space, but when we redid the kitchen cabinets recently we added some more storage, which freed up enough room for a dishwasher. So now we have dishwashers in each location. My, what a difference. This was one of those slap-yourself-on-the-forehead "why didn't we do this 9 years ago?!" moments.
Anyway, moving on … even though we installed virtually identical dishwashers — the one in our house has a 'quiet mode' the other unit doesn't have, but it's essentially the same machine — the dishwasher in our kitchen sometimes doesn't do as good a job of washing the dog dishes as the one in Widget's House. We'll pull the dishes out and occasionally find small flecks of dog food on them.
The answer to this problem was bringing in a dishwasher of another sort — Dexter. When he first arrived back in January, Dexter was a little too eager to start cleaning the other dogs' food bowls before they were done eating. "Here, let me help clean that up for you…" We had to teach him appropriate table manners in a pack environment, which he's learned well.
So we decided to put Dexter's penchant for cleaning bowls to work by letting him do the 'pre-wash' for us. As the dogs finish eating, one by one, we'll pick up their bowls and bring them into the kitchen, then set them on the floor for Dexter. He's quick, thorough and determined to leave no fleck behind. By the time he's done, they're spotless … and ready for the dishwasher.
"Dear Maytag:
If only your dishwasher was as good as our Dachshund…."
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Enter
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