dpack
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dog washinga handy hint is to put a rug or towel in the bath so as the tiny toes dont slip
another is you cant have enough shampoo with a newfie shepherd wolf ,it took a pot and a bit to wet him through and lather him up
third is shower hose works well
fourth is a drop of water in the ear gets the hound to self dry when job done
i dont wash mutts often but the things in ron's trews were fierce ,really fierce ,i found a dead ladybird 
a carding type brush is good for combing out once dry
shampoo and conditioner loosens tangles
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bring me sunshine
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I take mine to the sea!!!
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JohnB
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I used to put two bath mats, those plastic ones covered in suckers, in the bath.
Another useful trick is to get an extension for the shower hose. There's no way the devious little so and so can escape to the other end of the bath to escape being sprayed then  .
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yummersetter
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when we built the new workshop we put a floor drain in the equipment & dog washing room and a good long shower hose
Just now and again it's really, really useful
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Ixy
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ron has hair like tina turner - i'm not surprised it took a lot! Kaiser wasn't too bad - he hated being washed, it was one of those times when he got close to losing his temper with me, but at least with short hair it didn't take long.
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dpack
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he does look rather like ms turner but i recon she has less "things" 
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Ixy
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hey, you never know!
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emmac
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Take one muddy puppy...
Wash with hosepipe in the yard...
Or in Reading, he gets a regular swim in the Thames fetching sticks
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Jenna
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watering cans outside here. We're softies, and even put warm water in the cans . saves flooding the bathroom anyway, hehehe. If you want the mutt not to 'self dry' before you're done, a firm hand on the back of the neck will usually stop them shaking  .
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mochyn
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When our youngest cat was a kitten (perhaps 3 months) she decided the paing I was mixing looked interesting and got all 4 paws in it. Grey & white kitten with pale blue feet...
The old chap managed to get her washed under the outdoor tap, but she wasn't best pleased.
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mousjoos
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We once took Wonder Dog to the local canine beauty parlour....
the upshot was he wrought havoc, lady looked as if she'd had the water treatment instead of him! Needless to say we've not been back.
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Treacodactyl
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| JohnB wrote: | | There's no way the devious little so and so can escape to the other end of the bath to escape being sprayed then . |
Escape? When I take a shower I have to be careful our dog doesn't jump in with me.
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bring me sunshine
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| mousjoos wrote: | We once took Wonder Dog to the local canine beauty parlour....
the upshot was he wrought havoc, lady looked as if she'd had the water treatment instead of him! Needless to say we've not been back. |
My Cairn was asked to leave and never return 
| Treacodactyl wrote: | | When I take a shower I have to be careful our dog doesn't jump in with me. |
Mine likes to "guard" the bathroom when I take a shower. She feels the bath mat is the best place to protect me from whatever demons she's conjured up. I wish that either she'd learn to move when the water stops running, or that I'd remember before getting out 
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wellington womble
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We have hot and cold water and a complex array of hozelock fittings, making an outdoor shower. And we taught them to shake on command (now that was a useful trick. Much more useful than giving paws)
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Nanny
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fortunately geyhounds need little bathing...merlin is keen on the hair dryer if he goes out in the rain though....
sky the sheepdog, on the other hand, could have a bath every day if i was so inclined....on days when she has been rolling in something inappropriate i am afraid that it is a hose pipe in the yard for her...doubt if she can feel the cold water anyway...
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emmac
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I feel the need to explain that our mucky pup, Jack, tends to seek out a mud bath when he is hot, and that pic was taken early September, on a rather warm day, and he took great pleasure in snapping at the water jet!!
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dpack
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after a good undreading with a carding comb style brush he is very sleek and fluffy ,he smells nice but he gets 3 times the attention from strangers which is a bit like shopping with an x factor "star"
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lowri
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Thank goodness for Jack Russells! You can always see when they have rolled in something frightful before they get too near! I have a dog lead attached permanently to the water butt, Pixie almost goes there automatically, a good going-over with the dairy brush and all's well.
With Tasha the brown terrier it's a different ball game - it simply doesn't show, you have to use your nose first!! I can't think of a polite word to describe the smell of fox poo!
(Delicious????)
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wellington womble
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OUrs once rolled in fox poo in a friends garden, and we had to spend two hours in the car with them on the way home. It's not a journey I am likely to forget in a hurry.
Ours have been showered today. It's raining.
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dpack
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another advantage of cleaning the dog is the oppertunity to check the vet stuff up close
my lad has developed a lump i dont think is a limpoma ,time for second opinion
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dpack
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booked for ten to five
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mochyn
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Good luck with that, dpack.
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dpack
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thanks
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bring me sunshine
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| mochyn wrote: | | Good luck with that, dpack. |
Ditto
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dpack
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my canine oncology was incorrect ,limpoma ,fairly harmless and he has the bonus of a flu jab and some wormpills
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bring me sunshine
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I'm sure he's very grateful for the jab and the pills!
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mochyn
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Excellent news, dpack.
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sueshells
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See this dog here? To the left. Yes - the blonde one. Straight into a dried up pond last week - well I say dried up, the water was gone and there was green slime on the top she obviously mistook for grass and under that there was about 18" of thick, black, slimy mud. When a cream poodle meets black slime she turns green for some reason. Blacky-green plus a bit of extra slime green.. And we had the other three with us and two of them followed her in and we were 5 miles from home and had driven to the walk. And we had to put them in the car then get them home and into the bath and wash them one at a time. Dear me - I still shudder at the memory - and the smell - which still pervades the car.
The serious bit of this is that she nearly went under - I was so relieved to get her back in one piece. I would have had to go in after her and I had on my new walking boots.
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GENT
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For Rex, our old collie (some of you know him...) we put the tin bath out in the yard and fill it with nice hot water (pleasant hot, not hot hot)-we think its good for his old bones...
we put him in and he stands there with a look of utter horror on his face for the first bit, then it gradually dawns on him that this is actually rather pleasant... he slowly lets his legs sink from underneath him, then he sits down, and then he lies down.
We have had it before where he was so relaxed we had to hold his head above the water- that is one happy puppy!
when he is in that state, it is the perfect opportunity as dpack says to do the full medical, and to trim his tail fluff.
Smudge on the other hand (Jack Russell) HATES anything of the sort; one person has to hold, the other quickly scrubs. I can’t hold her for more than about 40 seconds before she escapes and invariably finds the best bit of dry earth or other such substance that clings to wet dogs to roll in ferociously. (we rarely bother…)
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