You make it sound like a horticultural tip from some green-fingered expert on a gardening programme, but you're a man after my own heart. i should add always keep spare toothbrushes and dog-strength mouthwash because when they've been outside the gates eating the very very very (really) delicious street grub in the rich hepatitis A fortified sauces and gravies they can get a breath that would make a hyena retch. So a good head to toe scrubbing being careful of the foliage and she's ready for bedding [preferably not in strong sunlight], as you say.