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: How often to you give them a bath?
: kbnewfjack November 11, 2008, 03:36:22 AM
Our puppy is now 11 weeks old and he got a bath before we picked him up when he was 8 weeks. I'd like to give him another bath soon, but I've heard you shouldn't bathe them too often, so I was just wondering what everone else does?

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: shangrila November 11, 2008, 05:19:40 AM
At that puppy stage when they are always getting into trouble, I bath whenever they have gotten into something gross. I just add a conditioner, since the reason you aren't supposed to bathe too often is that it strips the natural oils (and the conditioner helps replace that moisture). Besides the emergency grossness baths, we bathe every 3-4 months
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: Lyn November 11, 2008, 08:47:06 AM
I do the same.. every 3-4 months unless they have gotten into something yucky. Like Bubba rolling Lola into a pile of poop. GAG  :D Mud I just wait until it dries and brush it out with a slicker brush.
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: lookingfornewf November 11, 2008, 09:08:42 AM
Between 9 and 11 weeks Clifford got 2 baths, once nicely in the tub, the next time on the deck with the hose in freezing weather at 10 at night, both times were after he pooped in his crate and got it all over himself. I agree with everyone else, every approx 4 months or when too stinky to stand. I do brush him every day and occasionally use a damp wash cloth to wipe off whatever he has gotten into.
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: lins_saving_grace November 11, 2008, 03:40:48 PM
I bathed Grace every weekend or other weekend as a puppy to get her used to getting baths, which i knew would be difficult to do if she didn't like them after she got to be too heavy to lift.  Now, I'm lucky to get her in the tub once a month since it is such a hassel.  She fights it and wiggles and runs when she knows it time for a bath.  Luckily, she doesn't get into a lot of stinky stuff and isn't as smelly as she would get as a puppy.
dogs with long hair would be a serious chore with the drying and grooming involved.  I guess we do what we gotta do.
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: jabear November 11, 2008, 03:48:41 PM
I'm different than most because Bear gets a bath once a month. He stinks and feels gross so we do it. Our breeder and her handlers said it was fine. He has a beautiful coat that is shiny and strong.
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: lins_saving_grace November 11, 2008, 03:53:23 PM
I too wash the boys about every 3 months or so unless they play in mud or at the beach then I might rinse them down or bathe them. I definitely don't do it on a regular basis, their coats maintain themselves well and they aren't stinky. A healthy food will make a dog way less stinky coat and breath wise (can't promise rosey smelling gas! :D ) Both of my boys are great about baths they just hop in and let me wash them, I think they know that the more still they are the faster the bath goes.

I wish Grace would cooperate like that.  I try to calm her in the tub by singing the baffy song. 
You should hear me singing to her "Scrubby scrubby scrubby in the tubby tubby tubby and the puppy puppy puppy getting clean".  i have another little song that goes with baffy too.
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: Viking Lady November 11, 2008, 03:54:34 PM
I'm dying to give Luke another bath cuz he just looks so dirty. He doesn't smell but his elbows and tummy are filthy. It's gotten kinda cold here, in the 60's, and I have to bathe him outside.

I tried to introduce him to the hair dryer last time and he hated it. So it's towel drying for him. He does seem to be getting fond of the vacuum cleaner for some reason.
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: lins_saving_grace November 11, 2008, 03:56:14 PM
I'm dying to give Luke another bath cuz he just looks so dirty. He doesn't smell but his elbows and tummy are filthy. It's gotten kinda cold here, in the 60's, and I have to bathe him outside.

I tried to introduce him to the hair dryer last time and he hated it. So it's towel drying for him. He does seem to be getting fond of the vacuum cleaner for some reason.

Oh the vacuum.  I can say that word and Grace gets up on the couch and/or runs.  she's started to rush the vacuum and bark at it these last couple of months.  Not her favorite thing in the world.
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: Viking Lady November 11, 2008, 04:01:09 PM
That's what Luke did at first. The last two times he kept acting like he wanted to play with it. I vacuumed all the way down the hall with him going backwards and trying to paw it and sniff it. I hope he's not 'teched in the head cuz it was weird.
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: Viking Lady November 11, 2008, 04:11:47 PM
How do you rinse when you bathe her in the tub? Last time I did that Luke was small enough that I just rinsed him off with a big platic cup that I kept filling from the faucet about ten thousand times. I can't imagine getting him rinsed off now.....oh, and I need a song.

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: shangrila November 11, 2008, 04:33:31 PM
Don't
I'm different than most because Bear gets a bath once a month.
Don't worry, with the "yuck" factor, Penny probably gets a bath once a month too  :P Just not an all out regularly scheduled grooming.
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: lookingfornewf November 11, 2008, 05:54:11 PM
I wish Grace would cooperate like that.  I try to calm her in the tub by singing the baffy song. 
You should hear me singing to her "Scrubby scrubby scrubby in the tubby tubby tubby and the puppy puppy puppy getting clean".  i have another little song that goes with baffy too.
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I'm sorry, but I can't resist. Are you sure that maybe Grace doesn't like her bath because she doesn't appreciate your singing ::) ;D
I find it easier to bath Clifford in the bathtub than outside. In the bath we have a hand held shower head for wetting down and rinsing. Outside he has too much room to move around and thinks it's more of a game. He actually likes the blow dryer. We worked up to it slowly giving him lots of treats. I must admit when he first gets out of the tub and shakes I do end up drying the bathroom walls top to bottom.
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: lins_saving_grace November 12, 2008, 02:57:37 AM
I wish Grace would cooperate like that.  I try to calm her in the tub by singing the baffy song. 
You should hear me singing to her "Scrubby scrubby scrubby in the tubby tubby tubby and the puppy puppy puppy getting clean".  i have another little song that goes with baffy too.
I'm sorry, but I can't resist. Are you sure that maybe Grace doesn't like her bath because she doesn't appreciate your singing ::) ;D
I find it easier to bath Clifford in the bathtub than outside. In the bath we have a hand held shower head for wetting down and rinsing. Outside he has too much room to move around and thinks it's more of a game. He actually likes the blow dryer. We worked up to it slowly giving him lots of treats. I must admit when he first gets out of the tub and shakes I do end up drying the bathroom walls top to bottom.
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that might be it.  :)  i have one of those hand held shower things too.  Nothing about baths makes her happy.  I tried the outside bath once...and I didn't catch her for about 3 hours after the water went on.
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: Tonda November 12, 2008, 05:52:24 AM
I've got something similar that runs off the shower (you flip a knob to switch from shower to hose). Works great.
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: ZooCrew November 12, 2008, 09:25:20 AM
I must be weird b/c I really only bathe mine about 2-3 times a year unless someone gets into something.

keiko's hair sloughs off dirt rather easily and she never has a doggie odor.  Gunther will get a slight odor, but you have to actually take a whiff of him to smell it so it's barely noticeable.  Nigel and Posey have had baths more often b/c if they are sick they make big messes in their kennels.

Our bathtub is not convenient for baths or I might do it more often.  Tiny bathroom and sliding doors so I have to keep opening and closing one side or the other to do both ends of the dogs.......... ...lol.  Gunther barely fits in the bathroom at all once he's out of the tub.  :P
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: Tonda November 12, 2008, 09:28:46 AM
I must be weird b/c I really only bathe mine about 2-3 times a year unless someone gets into something.


Nope. I'm the same. Unless they're FILTHY or STINKY I don't bathe 'em (I do rinse them off after they've been in the ocean though).
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: kathryn November 12, 2008, 09:43:28 AM
I only do my pups about 1-2 times a year.  They get baths in the tub.  I have to join them in the tub.  I am going to have to look into the hose attachment.  I have done baths outside but once you turn Kaila loose to bath the other one she is rolling in the grass.
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: lins_saving_grace November 12, 2008, 09:56:15 AM
that's about how it is here too.  I get a bath after Grace does because she gets me all soggy and soapy with wiggling and shaking.
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: karateblossom November 12, 2008, 10:35:26 AM
Odin gets a bath once every 6 weeks during the summer and 3 months during the cooler months. We bathe him outside so that has everything to do with it.

Plus, when he goes through his twice a year hormone cycle thing (I equate it to a bitch in heat), I bathe him. :)

Oh, and anytime I can get the kids to contribute, well that helps.

As a puppy, we didn't bathe very often at all - didn't want to facilitate skin allergies. I think his first real bath was at a year.

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: CrazyLoveRosie November 12, 2008, 02:33:32 PM
Rosie gets a bath quarterly too. Since she's had such rough year with her back right leg (torn ACL and luxating patella ALL in a span of a year), we've timed her baths pre-surgery or when she's been well-recovered post-surgery.
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: Guardian Angel's White lightning November 13, 2008, 07:35:25 AM
Titan gets a bath every week when in show season...(or every show) he has not had one in several months now (since we are out) but he is fine. We actually took all the dogs to a dog wash expecting BLACK water, but to our shock , after 4 months of no baths, playing in mud and what not, the water was clear.  The dirt is repelled by their fur, and they literally sleep off the dirt.  (granted the crates and rooms may have dirt now...but we clean daily!)
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: lins_saving_grace November 13, 2008, 09:53:53 AM
Grace just got out of the tub.  She went outside and rolled on a rotten cracked open bird egg.  She wreeked.
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: CrazyLoveRosie November 13, 2008, 02:46:11 PM
How is it that you're able to bath your big paws in your tub? We have a regular tub and washed just Rosie's head in it once (after she rubbed her head in poop). And with just her head, she'd just about clogged our drain cover.
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: People Whisperer November 13, 2008, 02:58:34 PM
How is it that you're able to bath your big paws in your tub? We have a regular tub and washed just Rosie's head in it once (after she rubbed her head in poop). And with just her head, she'd just about clogged our drain cover.
I don't know  ??? I wash Lily in our shower for the past 2 years and it's fine...not a single clog  :-\ It's easy and convenient and I don't have to hold her as she can't get out  :) 
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: Akitamom08 November 13, 2008, 03:30:26 PM
:) I usually give my Dogs a bath once a month. And i give them a bath in my Bath tub in my Bathroom. "Mercedes" of course can fit in the tub nicely but "Porscha" is getting bigger and bigger. But yeah i just give my dogs a Bath once a month or every 2 months. Depending if they smell bad or their coats look dirty. :)
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: lins_saving_grace November 14, 2008, 11:46:36 AM
i just love that freshly cleaned smell and soft puppy fur feel.  Nothing like bath day.
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: GoldenPyrs November 14, 2008, 06:06:18 PM
We bathe our pups usually about every 3-4 months and we looooove the u-bathe facility at our local pet store.  Where they provide the elevated baths, towels, shampoo, etc.  It's easier on our backs & it's probably easier on the dogs, too.  Oh & we try and bathe them a week or so apart to give us time to recover in between.  LOL   :)  ;)