[nagdu] how often to bathe dog?

[Jack Rupert]

I my dog a bath around the same time his nails need to be clipped. During
winter months I will take him to the groomer and Petco has a pack deal where
they
Do bath, ears and nail for  one price's. Otherwise my wife usually gives him
a bath about every other month, unless we have a speaking engagement or
going to 
A special meeting. I have a yellow lab/golden retriever and his hair is
shorter that my black lab had. 


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From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Julie J. via
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] how often to bathe dog?

I've done a lot of different things over the years.  I used to bathe Belle
weekly.  she's a short/medium haird dog and tends to smell more than other
dogs I've had.  I don't bather nearly so much now that she doesn't do
anything but sleep all day.  I try not to bathe much over the winter months
so they don't get cold.  the first thing they all want to do after a bath is
run in the backyard.  I do all my bathing at home btw.

Right now I probably bathe Monty and Jetta every 3 months or so.  I have
these wipe things that I use sometimes.  also sometimes I wipe them down
with a wet washcloth in the kitchen.  Monty and Jetta are both very short
coated dogs with sensitive skin.  If they get bathed too much they will look
like they rolled in a snow drift.  they are black dogs so it looks
particularly bad.

Monty will start smelling very doggy if he needs a bath.  Jetta really
doesn't have much of a dog smell.  She smells sort of earthy.  I don't know
how to describe it.  It's not an unpleasant odor and I'm not the only one to
have noticed she smells different.  She's super into staying clean though! 
She doesn't like to get her feet wet or muddy.  she won't walk in puddles or
snow drifts.  She's a bit of a princess!

Julie
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