My golden retreiver was the queen of the bath. When we said "bath time", she'd get all excited and run to the door. We bathed her outside with a hose, no leash required. She even knew how to turn around and stop when we asked, to better wash her all over. Then afterwards, she got a long blow dry session with lots of towels and brushes. She'd just lay down like the diva she was, and wallow in all the attention.