How do you bath your dogs and where?

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I love Lark to bits but draw the line at giving her a bath in my posh bathroom. So where to bath her? We used the utility room sink last time but now she is far to big. If I buy a dog bath that's fine but where to put it down without flooding the floor that's the question. Outside is the obvious answer but she will get cold and how can I rinse her off with warm water - or should I use cold? Gosh ponies are much easier to bath as you can dry them and rug them as you go and they don't wriggle or have mad fits shaking themselves everywhere. All suggestions most welcome as she is getting very smelly.
 
Outside, with the hose. I don't need to do it much in winter, but if they find a fox poo to smear into their coats, then outside with a bucket of warm water like a pony followed by a towel dry and then locked in the kitchen until fully dry!

My dogs don't really smell so don't need to bathe often. They do get brushed semi-regularly. Might be worth investigating why she is smelly if it's not just the usual rolling in poop game.
 
In the bathroom, we don't have a bath so in the shower with her. She squeals if the shower isn't warm enough so I can't imagine the noise she would make if I used the hose!
 
Outside with a hose and a shower puff :p I only really do it if he's exceptionally smelly (he gets pretty ripe after a three week road trip) or if we have a show.
 
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We have a plasterers bath in the garden. We take some hot water from the house if we need to and have an outside tap. It's been great for summer.

If i want to do a proper bath I take them to the bathroom, it's pretty easy clean :-)
 
I don't really bath my dogs unless they have in rolling in poo .
I use the horse shower before that I used a hose and buckets .
 
Either in the human bath (with overhead shower) or in the garden with buckets of warm water. I only give my dogs a bath about once a year (if that) and only when it is warm weather.
 
In the bath! I put a doggie towel on the bottom of the bath so they don't scratch it and use the overhead shower. I don't do it often though they are whippets so don't get too muddy/smelly!
 
If mine has had a good roll in some poo or a swim in the pond, he then gets a treat in the horses wash bay. Hes always thoroughly disgusted :D
 
I rinse my cockers off all the time - not because they smell but because they get covered in mud (and I'm soft and let them on the sofas :p ). So unless there's a river/pond at the end of our walk or it's exceptionally dry then they end up having a rinse most days. I just chuck them in the downstairs shower which is right next to the front door.

You could buy one of these things https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001ULC...TF8&colid=1YSWGW2T1F7XC&coliid=I2WCT7PVYEN3O1 and fill it up with warm tap water to wash her outside.
 
Mine get bathed frequently especially prior to a champ show. So I the human bath under the shower. Towel in the bath to protect it from nail scratches. Then towel dry and up on the grooming table with the hair dryer. When mostly dry then towelling coat on until 100% dry. Next bath night is Friday prior to Darlington show.
 
i have a downstairs shower room with a lovely big disabled shower. A half height shower screen round it. and its 1.5 m long by 1 m wide. Both dogs go in, and I can lean over the screen and shower them :) perfect. I can also leave them in there to dry off a bit as its all tiled, so they can shake and its easy to clean off. In winter then normally get a full shower with shampoo at least once a week, but can daily be rinsed off with just water ( has to be warm).
 
I washed mine twice a year. In the winter he was washed in the bath then had a blow dry. in the summer just cold water with the hosepipe and left to dry in the sun.

If you want to use warm water you could wash with a bucket of warm water, or you can buy doggy shower attachments for your kitchen/bathroom taps and pass the hose through the window if that's possible?

Or try doggy dry shampoo or deodoriser for the smell!
 
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All fantastic advice - thank you. Problem solved - I have found a wonderful and very kind dog groomer at our local garden centre so while we are having coffee and cakes Lark will be having a makeover.
 
In the bath in the bathroom. She loves it... She's a lakeland so not too hard to lift in and out.

I use three of my old square baby towels to dry her then she gets her equafleece jumper on...

Fiona
 
Mine are done weekly - but with poodles, unless they're shaved short, it's kind of necessary to keep on top of them so they don't mat up. I had my hubby replace our old 1 1/2 bowl sink with a very large Belfast sink, and the tap now has a shower hose/head attached. I also have a wall mounted blaster and wall mounted fluff dryer, so in fact a fully functioning salon in my utility room lol

However, there are lots of solutions one can try - for example the free standing plastic baths that you can buy fairly cheaply which would do up to Labrador size ok. The dog can be tethered in to it and as water either hosed or jugged over to do the job -- saves the mess in the house if you do outside, (or in a shed, as you can use a waste pipe to keep the water going outside in to drainage rather than on the floor). It also saves your back.

Some areas are doing DIY bathing shops, and for a fee you can go in and use the facilities which are set up for customer use.

Or you just ask your groomer, as you have done :)
 
PucciNPoni said:
Mine are done weekly - but with poodles, unless they're shaved short, it's kind of necessary to keep on top of them so they don't mat up. I had my hubby replace our old 1 1/2 bowl sink with a very large Belfast sink, and the tap now has a shower hose/head attached. I also have a wall mounted blaster and wall mounted fluff dryer, so in fact a fully functioning salon in my utility room lol

However, there are lots of solutions one can try - for example the free standing plastic baths that you can buy fairly cheaply which would do up to Labrador size ok. The dog can be tethered in to it and as water either hosed or jugged over to do the job -- saves the mess in the house if you do outside, (or in a shed, as you can use a waste pipe to keep the water going outside in to drainage rather than on the floor). It also saves your back.

Some areas are doing DIY bathing shops, and for a fee you can go in and use the facilities which are set up for customer use.

Or you just ask your groomer, as you have done :)
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Thanks - very helpful. The problem is that I have a 'back' that doesn't like lifting so I think as she is growing fast and getting quite heavy now the groomer is going to be the answer
 
Patchworkpony said:
Thanks - very helpful. The problem is that I have a 'back' that doesn't like lifting so I think as she is growing fast and getting quite heavy now the groomer is going to be the answer
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Yes, I don't blame you. I've been grooming 15 years and my back doesn't like lifting bigger dogs either. The plastic baths I was talking about have a ramp too. Not that i'm trying dissuade you from going to a groomer, but it's also a good thread for anyone who might not want to pay a groomer


https://www.petplanet.co.uk/product...MIqNqplKGk1gIVZbXtCh06XwBuEAQYASABEgJWvvD_BwE
 
I'm a groomer & have a salon at home. After I have cleaned & disinfected there is not a hope of getting in after their walks. They get the hose on their underbellies & legs & come into their crates beside the radiators with vetbed to dry off. Even in the midst of winter they know it's the only access route back in!
 
Kennelgate pet shops have a self service dog wash. They provide everything including towels. Bath has a ramp for dog to walk into , shower with temperature control and a blaster. I think it is £5 for 15 mins. Always a queue at our local branch
 
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