For Timber, it's the bath tub or the hose outside -- depends on the weather and such. When I finally co-own her again it will be bath tub only. I don't like washing her with the hose. I think the water is too cold. My catahoula will get the bathtub too, but I will just wash him at my work. What's the point of grooming dogs all day, then going home and bathing another? Might as well get it all done in one place.