Bathing

[tricollie4me]

I voted "take my dog to the groomer's" but recently began trying to bathe Bijou myself. She doesn't much lke it, but because I know her so well, it works out okay. She tries her best to please me even when she's unhappy (she doesn't much like the washing part, but the drying and brushing is even harder on her, poor little dear!). I do want to purchase some high quality doggie shampoo, so this thread is really helpful to me! I saw some "doggie spray" whilst shopping that will help pups smell yummy in between baths, which seems nice to use on occasion!

[.sarah]

I bathe my dogs myself, and only every 2-3 months or whenever they're dirty. Labs aren't supposed to be bathed more than that or you ruin the oils in their coat. Mandy just doesn't get dirty, so I don't have do bathe her much. She's pretty much an inside dog, but she may dig once in a while and even then I just rinse her off.

[Love4BCs]

Mickey's coat is always nice and bright and shiny. From my knowledge, he's only had 3 baths in his life.

One after he was rescued from the pound by the rescue, one in March 2005 we sent him to the groomers before we took him on holiday with us, and one in August 2005 because you could see his coat starting to get a red tint to it, aka dirty.

He gets mini baths throughout the springs for mucky paws by us.

I accidently used extra whitening shampoo for dogs on him in August and his black had a blue tint to it in lighted areas..... lmao

[AllAmericanPUP]

i bath mine myself....they usually get a bath once every 2-3 months or whenever i feel that they are dirty and need one..

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

I really enjoy grooming dogs so I do them myself. They usually get a bath about once every 3-4 weeks on average, I can't stand for them to go any longer than that. I find their fur feels disgusting if it's been over 4 weeks. I use EarthBath shampoos and conditioner on my dogs, but if I run out of that I have some Lambert Kay Fresh & Clean aswell which I also like, but I prefer the EarthBath.

[Bigyummydog]

MAXIMUS gets a shower when he starts to "smell like a dog" too. I usually get my shower for the day, either with or right after he does, whether or not I've already had one. He puts up a small fuss, but I think he secretly likes it. It's gotta be the shower head that I make real hard on his favorite spot. You know, right above his tail on his butt. THE spot of all spots.

[wolf_Q]

I bathe Nebo myself, but I work at a grooming salon too, so I do it there. I have washed him at home once and I do wash his feet and stuff at home but I prefer to do it there. He gets a bath once a month, his coat never smells and it always looks clean but I love that freshly bathed feel...plus it helps with the shedding. I use Tomlyn shampoos because that's what we have at work and I like them too (can't beat free shampoo). I use the milk shampoo on his body, tearless puppy shampoo on his face/ears, and whitening shampoo on everything else that's white, then I use the cream rinse (brush with that on, it really releases the loose hair) and also we have an espree remoisterizer I use sometimes as well. I love the milk shampoo, it makes him so soft plus the smell lingers for weeks. If he gets wet at all I smell milk shampoo again lol it reminds me of vanilla ice cream. I use the force dryer on him which works wonders for shedding dogs like huskies! After he's dry I spray "The Stuff" coat conditioner on him it makes his coat very smooth. I agree, though I bathe several dogs every day it's fun to give Nebo a bath!

I only take Reggie and Sydney to work for a bath when they also need a haircut. Nebo is excellent at work, he's so quiet, just sleeps...very good boy. Reggie and Sydney, well, they like to make a pain out of themselves (nonstop barking) so I don't like to take them much. I don't like stinky dogs either so I bathe them at home in between haircuts. I have some Tomlyn tearless puppy shampoo I use on them, usually they get a bath every 2-4 weeks.

[cali]

I bathe them when needed(BCs have teflon coats so thats not often) and I use a shampoo make I made myself, basicly a mix of dish soap, any pro-V conditioner, rasberry bath milk, a little human shampoo, diluted in water. it works great, the pro-v conditioner fixes any damaged hair plus makes the coat easy to brush, and the dogs come out smelling like rasberrys my moms dogs get around 2 baths a year, my girls are a little more adventurous so they need a little more, basicly if they roll is something stinky, or go swimming in the creek they get a bath, mud is no reason for a bath for a BC, if its sunny I just tie them out of the deck(to keep them out of more mud) and let the sun dry up the mud, when the mud is dry it will just fall off and the gals will look like they just came home from a groomers lol if its not sunny, I just crate them till the mud dries.

[Muddy4paws]

My jack russell gets bathed at home because shes too noisy when she comes into work with me! My lab meg, she comes in to work with me because shes too heavy to lift into my bath and we have a huge hydro bath for the bigger dogs that come in for a bath, shes is a perfect dog in the bath she does exactly what shes told! She loves it when she gets dried with the blaster at work and she sheds soo much for a lab it helps ALOT! I normally just use the shampoo's we use at work because they smell gorgeous and they get the dogs really clean and shiny!

Does anyone else use oil on their dogs coats?

[DogLover9501]

I bathe the pups myself once a month