[nagdu] How Often to Bathe Your Dog was Re: AT PILOT :)

[Larry D. Keeler]

I've read that about the oils as well.  But, they now have dog shampoos for 
just about everything!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 8:10 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] How Often to Bathe Your Dog was Re: AT PILOT :)


> Ben hasn't had a bath in at least 2 years, but he gets brushed every day.
> He is clean and shiny, and I can only smell him if I bury my nose in his
> fur.
> On the other hand, Echo's fur got oilier as she got older, and she needed
> a bath every 3 or 4 months.  She needs one now, because she sometimes pees
> on herself, but she can't stand in one position for long enough to get it
> done.
>
> I think too frequent bathing would strip the natural oils from the coat
> and lead to itchiness, but I don't have any scientific evidence for that.
> No gold thingamajig (with oakleaf palm) for me.
> Tracy
>
>> JMHO, how often a dog needs to be bathed depends on a combination of
>> different factors, including the dog, what the dog does, where the dog
>> goes
>> (both to get dirty and to be around certain people), and what time of 
>> year
>> it is, just to name a few. As a general rule of thumb, though, a dog
>> should
>> probably be bathed every 4 to 6 weeks, 8 weeks/2 months being the longest
>> length of time.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Larry D. Keeler" <lkeeler at comcast.net>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 9:00 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] AT PILOT :)
>>
>>
>>> It may be the trainers prefference and I think the last bath may have
>>> been
>>> optional.  Didn't bother me.  Holly smelled and looked pretty good when
>>> she came home!
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "loriandleo" <loriandleo at ohiohills.com>
>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 11:24 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] AT PILOT :)
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Larry,
>>>>
>>>> I know once you recieve your dog at Pilot one of the first thing the
>>>> student
>>>> will do is to bathe their dog.And I also knowby bathing your dog you
>>>> are
>>>> starting the bonding process bwtween dog and handler. But you also said
>>>> that
>>>> you bathe the dog right before going home. So you bathe the dog twice
>>>> while
>>>> in class?
>>>>
>>>> I know when I went to Pilot we only bathed the dog once when we
>>>> recieved
>>>> our
>>>> dog. Take care.
>>>>
>>>> Lori and theGipper
>>>>
>>>>
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