Giving the dog a bath and shampoo because she’s spent the entire day roaming the fields and rolling in cow muck: Completely justifiable.
Then using half a bottle of your wife’s very expensive hair conditioner because you think it would be funny if the dog smelt of peaches: Not so much so.

I bet you got into trouble. Am I right?
The trick is to blame it on your small daughter.
Infinitely less so if your wife has just given birth.
Ooooo, Dan! You should have known better than to do something like that when Kerry’s hormones are just beginning to get back to normal.