Footage posted on August 26 shows the dog, Kai, drinking the water before wedging himself into the bath. “That weird bird is back in the yard,” an Instagram post sharing the footage said.

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The dog is then sent into the field to flush the partridge and, after it’s shot, the dog has to “mark the bird” – to watch where it falls – and retrieve it, often in high grass.

My dog hates, and I mean hates, taking a bath. It has always been this way ever since we adopted him online and he came from the South. I would assume that he would enjoy a cool bath if it was hot… ...