Maximus does not lay down at all...lol, he isn't crazy about the bath but he stands on the side of the bath tub and lets me do what I have to do...the only thing that he really hates is when it's time to clean the shampoo and conditoner off his head...he starts running away from the water in the bathtub..but as soon as I am done he is back to the side..and then I dry him and blowdry him...I WISH he would fall asleep and make my life easier