Do your dogs like a bath?

borzoimom · 07-28-2007, 02:01 PM

Mine do. They look a little indignant but they do not mind it. I train my dogs to walk into the tub. I talk in praise the whole time calm and quiet, and of course- its " cookies all around" for all 4. This occurs to the point the other 3 will wait for us to get out to join in the " cookie festival". I have two that if I wash the other two, head back to the tub, and if the door is open, get in the tub for their " special bath"... lol
Do your dogs like their bath? And how do they act?

GreyhoundGirl · 07-28-2007, 02:07 PM

Jenny doesn't like baths, but my favourite character trait about her is that she's so tolerant. If it's me, she'll let me do anything. So she just stands shock-still in the bath and waits for it to be over, then she runs around the house like a lunatic going crazy with the after-bath-boogy.

rsculady · 07-28-2007, 03:00 PM

Angel is not a bath dog at all. Makita will tolerate it but hides afterwards and then we come to Fuzzybutt the Golden, anything with water and she is all over it! LOL I even made the mistake of starting the shower the other day and not shutting the shower door and when I got back into the bathroom, there she was in all her soaking wet glory, lapping at the drops and just having herself a good time. LOL

britishbandit · 07-28-2007, 03:38 PM

Mine love baths too. But they always get bathed outside with the hose. They love water, whether it's swimming, getting hosed, spritzed with a spray bottle...etc. They do love the shampoo now they realize it comes with a good old massage and rub down.

ilovemychihuahua · 07-28-2007, 03:43 PM

Belle, Shamu, and Willie, HATE Bath-Time. :-p When I turn on the Water, Belle runs fast like a Cheetah! Then I catch her and put her in the tub, while she's scrathcing and wiggling as if she's saying, "No! No! I won't! I refuse! Help!" Then after she's done she runs and, most of you know this, she whipes herself on the floor, beds, anything warm, LOL. Same with Shamu and Willie, but since they're big Dogs, boy, are THEY tough. :-p

~Necie & Belle~

Cheetah · 07-29-2007, 02:25 AM

Mine both dislike baths, but they stand there and take it, while making those pathetic faces lol..

Although, they DO still like to chase the hose in the yard - go figure!

Nikole1984 · 07-29-2007, 08:53 AM

Raven HATES baths. now that she's getting bigger we do it outside, and she spends the entire time barking and yelping and acting like I'm killing her lol. soon as the hose comes on she takes off running

Inga · 07-29-2007, 09:01 AM

All of my dogs have always tolerated baths. Most of them were trained to walk in also. Believe me, I would have a real hard time trying to lift them in. One of my dogs that I had about 10 years ago. A huge male Rottie about 130 pounds would growl like crazy and put on the brakes. I had to drag him in with someone else pushing like crazy. Once in the tub he seemed to enjoy the bath more then any of the other dogs I have ever owned. I think he enjoyed the game. He sounded horrible though and anyone that didn't know what a marshmallow he was would have thought us nuts to even try.

TheChinClique · 07-29-2007, 09:28 AM

Tank loves to take baths. It's almost like he knows he's a bit stinky and wants to get all nice and clean. All I have to do is say "get in the tub" and he JUMPS in...which is hard to do for a Bulldog

Henry despises taking a bath (so much for being a Japanese WATER Spaniel) and Beau will tolerate it to a point.

echo8287 · 07-30-2007, 12:20 AM

My 2 Mini Schnauzers do not seem to mind a bath at all. We all get in the shower and take one together. They seem to like it better together than individually. Sometimes we have my daughter's Yorkie in there too,she will tolerate a bath, but doesn't really like it. The Mini's also like to swim in the lake some, the Yorkie does not. David

squirt1968 · 07-30-2007, 12:45 AM

mine does not really enjoy it she stands still and whines. As a puppy she fought to get out of the tub. I think for the most part it depends on the breed. The Shih Tzu's, that's what mine is, I have known do not like water even a little from the sprinkler. I am happy she learned to tolerate even if not enjoy. My sons doxie will spend hours playing in the sprinkler and loves to go swimming.

poodleholic · 07-30-2007, 01:30 AM

Yes. Especially my female, whom I took in the shower with me from the age of 9 wks. She liked it so much, I had to lock the bathroom door if I wanted to shower alone! LOL They both love being groomed (Standard Poodles), which is a good thing since they're very high maintenance! LOL

Durbkat · 07-30-2007, 09:40 AM

Snoopy likes his baths except for when its time to dry off. He is so scared of the blow dryer that he starts climbing up me as if to say "save me!". lol

borzoimom · 07-30-2007, 11:42 AM

try this.. When holding him, without the dryer on just put the dryer against him for a minute so he realizes it wont hurt him.. Then put it on low blow and low heat and slowly lift the dryer in just one spot. Do not praise when he squeams but the second he relaxes, then praise..
Orrrrrrrrrrr you could try the zubin method with the vac.. lol.. Make friends with the blow dryer while its running on low before using it on him.. lol.

Durbkat · 07-30-2007, 11:44 AM

Ha ha, it may be tricky to take it for a walk though.

borzoimom · 07-30-2007, 12:04 PM

It was the craziest thing I ever tried, but it worked to get Zubin over a tramatic fear of the vac.. It worked! It was suggested to me from a poster on another forum... http://video.tinypic.com/player.php?v=4r74tpv absolute GENIUS!

Durbkat · 07-30-2007, 12:11 PM

Is that the vid of you petting the vac?

Snowshoe · 07-30-2007, 01:25 PM

Luckily for me, Orchid is very calm when it comes to bathing. She doesn't really enjoy it, but she doesn't fight me on it either.

Considering the amount of coat she has, I'm thankful for that. Plus, my HV dryer makes life much much easier!!

borzoimom · 07-30-2007, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Durbkat

Is that the vid of you petting the vac?

LOL! Yup!!! It worked! Ths whole story is in training section " retraining trama.."

howbout · 07-31-2007, 03:30 PM

Brandy has NO problem with baths. Right after we adopted her we had to bathe her - she was SO good, we put her in the kids' tub and she just stood there while we bathed her. Then we discovered she would willingly walk right into our shower (we have an oversized shower with two shower heads, one is a pull down). So now we just invite her in when one of us is in there and bathe her. Once she tried to get in when we didn't WANT her in so I guess she does enjoy it!