[sam b]

Hi Guys, it is so cool to read the different posts in this thread.

I bathe Mel (chocolate lab) about once a month. Under the cold power shower in the yard, with local coconut soap (here in Brazil people use it to wash everything, from clothes, to people to dogs.) Mel loves swimming but she hates the shower (anyone else find this with labradors?). So I get really wet and covered in soap too.

Sol, the yorkie, gets different treatment: She goes under the warm shower every two weeks with dog shampoo and conditioner, followed by grooming with blow dryer and brush. She gets way dirtier way more quickly than Mel.

[Addison]

I take Addison to petsmart for a bath every other month to help controll her shedding.

[Breona]

I give Tito a bath 2-3 times a month.... He does fine with them. He doesn't try to get out or anything but he is pretty small and hard to control...

[nlkeple]

Lady gets a bath every Friday night. She is an inside lap dog so I try really hard to keep the doggie smell to a minimum. If my nose wasn't so sensitive I don't think I would do it as often. My tub and shower are separate but I got a water sprayer that attaches to the tub faucet (it was like 10 bucks) so I could have a nozzle that sprays for rinsing. I like doing it in the night because after her bath she only has 1 more walk for the evening and if I can keep her from rolling, by the next day she has forgotten and doesn't remember to roll.

[battlemonkey]

I don't bathe Jesse as often as I read on the boards. I bathe her maybe once every 2 months, and I usually do so at the local dog washing parlor. We have a u-wash place that have very large tubs so the dog can't get out easily but have ramps for the older dogs to get up without difficulty.

She's an inside dog but doesn't have a smell. I've heard that some dogs do emit an odor, but I have never noticed with my dog.

[RonE]

Your supposed to bath your dog?

[Chikadee]

My lab only gets a bath maybe once or twice a year so her oils in her coat don't get ruined, but she gets brushed daily.
My plott hound gets a bath once a month cause he's a puppy that likes to play in mud, dirt, dead things, you name it
And my Shepherd usually gets a bath every 3-4 months but she definately gets brushed once or twice a day cause of all the hair!!!

[dane&cockermom]

buddy the cocker gets groomed about once a month. in the summer, it's more like, every 2 weeks cause he's black and it gets too hot for him. he's like velvet...thick and hot. gwen, the dane, she gets done about every 6 weeks. because work at a grooming salon, i can do them there any time i want for free, so i like to keep them looking ggood, especially since i can do it for free!