My daughter washes our cats once a year in her bathtub and has since she was about 7 (this is enough since they never get to go outside which is fine with them). (she is 22 and the cats are around 15-16 now) She is leaving the area to start a PHD program in Salt Lake City so this chore will fall to me (my husband or Petsmart does the dog) I know they will hate me for a while after each washing but I am the one that hands out the treats so they will come around. You never realize how small a cat actually is until you get them that wet, but cute all the same (in an alien kind of way)