How often do you bathe your dog?

[Deleted]

Typically once a week, but our dog has severe allergies and will scratch herself raw without the bath. Foster dogs every 3-4 weeks, but the current one we have is just as bad as our own dog so he's on a weekly schedule too.

[MWOS]

quarterly unless he rolls in his own shit. or something else's shit.

his skin is so sensitive. poor pooch

[Dusky]

Whenever she seems stinky which seems to be once every one or two months unless she's been more of a troublemaker than usual.

[eb777888]

When she starts to stink.

[lucky513]

when I pet her and I see dust coming off of her

[bania]

We try to every week but it usually turns to once every two weeks.

[nomad100]

In the winter, maybe every 4-6 weeks. In the summer, every other week.

There seems to be so much more stinky stuff to roll in during the summer, this the more frequent baths.

[Deleted]

Twice a year?

It's not really recommended with smooth coat dachshunds, though.

[glassofsyrah]

Oct 11, 2013 15:55:29 GMT -5 eb777888 said:

When she starts to stink.

This and she gets bathed when she gets groomed (approximately 3 times a year).

[janegold]

Basically never, unless there's some sort of disaster. She goes to the groomer twice a year and is bathed there, but her coat is self-cleaning (which means she sheds a TON) and her breed's skin doesn't do well with frequent bathing.

[LeggsBenedict]

all. the. damn. time.

but it's because we have to. before we had to, once every month, maybe?

[falada45]

Ours both go to the groomer every 6 to 8 weeks. We only bath them in between grooming visits if they have a run-in with something stinky.

[speckledfrog]

When he gets groomed, ever 8-12ish weeks.

[TC]

Every 3 - 6 weeks depending on daycare activities and our own allergies. We never really NEED to bathe him because everything just sheds out of husky coats, but he is allowed on all furniture and sleeps in our bed so we feel better doing a regular bath. He gets thoroughly brushed out and wiped down with a shampoo'd wash cloth once a week.

[orangello]

Very infrequently - I've noticed the more I bathe them, the worse they smell. So now I only do it when it's super hot and they get oily (yeeeuch), or as someone upthread said, when I see dust.

[Deleted]

Quarterly. Little to no dog odor is another awesome greyhound trait.

[birdistheword]

Two or three times a year. She is inside about 80% of the time. She doesn't really get smelly unless she rolls in something, which isn't terribly often.

[pitterwoo]

For my short haired, non stinky dog, every 5 or 6 months unless he gets really dirty at the park. My cousin once commented how she hates dog smell and wondered how often I must bathe my dog to keep my house from smelling doggy at all. I just got lucky!

[orangeblossom]

Not a lot of running and activity, about once/month. More activity, like when he's at the boarder or going to daycare a lot about every two weeks.

At a minimum, once/month, because that's when we put his flea/tick medicine on.

[Jalapeñomel]

On e a month for the corgi, every two weeks for the mutt. If you bathe too often, their skin gets super dry and itchy.

[thinklikeajellyfish]

Usually once every 1-2 months.  Sooner if he rubs in something nasty and smells like death.  He just doesn't need it any more than that.

[joshlyman]

Once very two or three months? Short hair and not generally messy/stinky so I don't feel the need to do it more often.

[Norticprincess]

When she gets muddy or steps in something. She does get a mild deodorant spray once a week when I do a full brush on her. She gets the brush run over her back area at least every other day. Her skin is sensitive with too often baths. She has short hair. she hates swimming so dont have to de icky water smell her like i had to with my last long haied and i never met water i didnt want to be in dog. Her ears get cleaned with stuff from the vet.

[Yankees21]

Very rarely.

[laurack]

It has been so many weeks and he smells bad. This weekend for sure!

[buddysmom]

When they start to smell like Frito chips.

Or if they go camping, because then the big one is naaaaastaaaay and the little one smells like smoke. Although he hasn't gone for a while.

[maryjane]

Oct 11, 2013 16:00:06 GMT -5 bania said:

We try to every week but it usually turns to once every two weeks.

this is us too.


bania, do you groom your yorkies? i'm looking for better clippers. the dog ones i find are huge & loud. i've been using men's bead trimmers, but they only last so long- the motors burn out on them.

[bornbaker]

Depends.

In the summer at least once a month, they stink more. They also get brushed more and our lab gets hair cuts.

In the winter/fall/spring (September to May) they maybe get two baths total. Still get brushed once a week or so.

[bania]

Oct 11, 2013 16:38:36 GMT -5 maryjane said:

Oct 11, 2013 16:00:06 GMT -5 bania said:

We try to every week but it usually turns to once every two weeks.

this is us too.


bania, do you groom your yorkies? i'm looking for better clippers. the dog ones i find are huge & loud. i've been using men's bead trimmers, but they only last so long- the motors burn out on them.

We take them to groomers but we do have a pair of tiny clippers (men's moustache ones I think) to touch up their faces between appointments. They're pretty quiet.

[feistypants]

Three times a week right now because of a skin infection. Usually monthly.