Well, Saber received his very first bath today.
I started with my dad's dog, bathing her in the tub, when Saber came by to see what was going on and to play with her. Samantha didn't like the taunting, but she endured, and we finished her bath session without incident. After we were done he continued to chase Sam around and mess with her until I decided it was his turn now since he had never had a bath and I had had him for over a month. Saber was quite content to go back into the bathroom, since it's one of his favorite explring areas, but once I shut the door with both of uis in there, he knew something was up. He began to get a little agitated, and wanted less to do with observing the bathtub slowly filling with water like has had when Sam was in there and jsut prior to my shutting the door. When the water was sufficiently deep for my tastes I picked Saber up and put him in side, the poor little guy just loo0ked up at me as if to ask "why??" The bath didn't take long, and I learned all I really had to do was keep one hand on him at all times or he would dart out of the tub, drenching me in the process. He's still small, and his coat hasn't fluffed out completely yet, but I was still surprised at the difference in how he looked wet vs. dry. He sat nicely in the tub, for the most part, not even a squeak out of him. Things went well, Saber just staring up with that questioning look with his drenched, now somewhat smaller looking face. When done I tried to get my hands on a digital camera, but it wasn't available, and saber was now squeaking at me from the empty tub, I assume because he was getting cold. I scooped him up in a fresh towel, wrapped him up in my arms and petted him with the towel that, except for his head, completely encapsulated him. he just lay there, in my arms, letting me hold him until the towel was completely soaked and I let him go to finish the job himself. Now Samantha was returning the favor of taunting. I called Saber over to my lap with some pounce kitty treats (gave him 2 for his great behavior) and he licked the excess water off of himself on my lap. i decided to make an exception to my "no kitten on the lap" rule (see first post in this topic), and he is laying there sleeping now, apparently exhausted from his ordeal.
Not bad for his first time in the tub...