How To Bath A Dog - The Five Essential Steps

Dogs love to roll in smelly things! This can be other animal droppings

, rotting carcases, whatever. A quick hose down may help immediately but a proper bath is the best thing to sort the problem. Medicated shampoos may also help to control parasites and help with skin infections which some breeds of dog are prone to. So, what is the best way to proceed?

First of all, get yourself organised. Make sure you have enough towels to dry the dog before he shakes himself all over your house. Closing the bathroom door helps with this as well! Make sure you have water at a suitable temperature. Luke warm is best. A rubber bath mat may be useful to prevent the dog slipping and hurting himself.

Use a shower if you have one and wet the dogs body, leaving the head until last. Add the shampoo and lather up. With a medicated shampoo, you may have to leave it for a few minutes before you rinse.

Rinse thoroughly. Shampoo residue can be very irritating for your pet and will prevent the squeaky clean feel you want from his coat.

When you are satisfied that his body is clean, especially his bottom and paws, gently wet and shampoo his head. Make sure that no shampoo goes in his nose, eyes or ears. You can hold is ears closed as you shampoo round them, or you could use cotton wool to make sure none goes in.

When the whole dog is washed and rinsed, throw a big towel over him straight away. He will want to shake as soon as he can and this will prevent too much water being sprayed about. Rub him thoroughly with the towel, removing as much water as possible.

He will want to shake and rub against the furniture to dry himself. If you have towelled off most of the wet, though, this shouldnt be too much of a problem.

by: Keith X Smith

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