Hey Pat -- Great point and excellent use of anecdote to illustrate it.

I have my own dog story. I had just finished bathing my Doberman on a warm spring day when he took off for the woods in back of the apartment complex. He was not allowed to run loose. Aside from leash laws, a Dobe on the loose is scary for many people. When he got back, he was slathered around the neck with some kind of pooh. Unfortunately for him, there is no negotiation between his sense of what smells good and mine. But I was ticked to have give him another bath -- something that always sets my back to aching.