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How often do you bath your dog?
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Mine seems to start smelling really "doggy" after a couple of weeks at the most even though he's short haired ( please don't point out he's meant to smell like a dog!)
Just worried that if I bathed him too often it wouldn't do his skin or hair any good, even though I use a gentle puppy shampoo.
He's my first dog so I'm a novice at this, but I'm sure my parents only bathed theirs every few months, maybe I just have a particularly smelly dog!
Just worried that if I bathed him too often it wouldn't do his skin or hair any good, even though I use a gentle puppy shampoo.
He's my first dog so I'm a novice at this, but I'm sure my parents only bathed theirs every few months, maybe I just have a particularly smelly dog!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.He gets groomed...but if he whiffs he gets bathed with baby shampoo! Also have a leave in spray that smells of apples!! Got it from pets at home! :0) pabs also geta dirty alot under his wee belly cos hes short so
If its raining sometime i have to carry him in front door and straaaight upstairs no mucky paws on mums cream carpet LOL x
If its raining sometime i have to carry him in front door and straaaight upstairs no mucky paws on mums cream carpet LOL x
There's only one smell nicer than that of a dog, and that's the smell of a wet dog!
(I love doggy smells; there's something wonderfully 'homely' about them).
I've not got a dog but every dog care programme I've ever seen on the telly has suggested that you shouldn't wash a dog unless it's REALLY necessary (e.g. if Fido has rolled in something particularly nasty!)
Chris
(I love doggy smells; there's something wonderfully 'homely' about them).
I've not got a dog but every dog care programme I've ever seen on the telly has suggested that you shouldn't wash a dog unless it's REALLY necessary (e.g. if Fido has rolled in something particularly nasty!)
Chris
When we got our bichon from an old couple they had been bathing him once a week which is why he had such a bad skin complaint. Bathing them too often washes out the natural oils. We used to bath him once every six to eight weeks and use tea tree oil shampoo and lotion and his skin cleared up really well.
An all over bath once a year, but only when moulting for my lot. I wash their legs, bibs and bums before a show, and go over the rest of their body with grooming wipes (baby wipes do a similar job). I also use a fresh baby cologne powder on them, it doubles up as an air freshener as once the dogs are sprayed with it the whole house smells of baby powder. One bottle lasts me 12 months, so a good investment.
http://www.petcetera....er-cologne-500ml.html
http://www.petcetera....er-cologne-500ml.html
I agree with Chris....nothing nicer than a clean dog smell. I have Danes so they only get bathed when it's really hot in the garden and then I only do this to help the moult. My Yorkies are bathed maybe twice a year, again usually in the summer to get all the old coat out.
As long as you feed a decent diet and groom them regularly they shouldn't smell unless they've rolled in something!
Lisa x
As long as you feed a decent diet and groom them regularly they shouldn't smell unless they've rolled in something!
Lisa x