Do you bath your dogs everyday?

My husband, who's raised dogs all his life, whose grandmother bred purebred collies, said: Dogs are predators. In the wild, their scent needs to blend with the surroundings. A dog won't roll around in dog poop; but he'll roll around in cow patties -- all to mask his scent. If you let your dogs outside, this may be what they're doing. On the question on shampooing your dogs, you are bathing them way too much. Dog hair follicles excrete sebum, just like ours does, and it has various substances to protect the dog's skin from becoming sunburnt. Unless your dogs are lapdogs, and you can dress them up in protective sunwear, don't bathe them any more often than 6 weeks. If you have problems with odor, you can always purchase a nice boar's hair bristle brush and use one of the dry or wet spray-on in-between bath products. And personally, I'd start feeding him garlic. Lots of it. Can't hurt. Good luck with your puppies :D.

I have a degree in Veterinary Technology, and I can tell you that it is okay to bathe your dogs, but not too much. If you bathe them too much, it dries up all their natural oils. Then they have dry skin and all kinds of other problems. If they stink, bathe them, but you really only need to do it a couple of times a month. It is okay to shampoo them, but you must make sure you're using a shampoo for dogs, not people. People shampoo is too harsh for your animals.

Hello pinkberryzz welcome to mylot! By your current ratings I can see that you are fairly new to this site. So I would like to extend my hand in a offer of freindship. I have a chihuahua puppy, even though he is a year old and it starting to get sort of messy I do not bathe him everyday. On average he probably gets 3 to 5 baths throughout the month. I mean dogs do lick there selves so they honestly don't need to be bathe so frequently. Well with that said pinkberryzz I hope everything is going great in your life. And until next time NakitaLikely3617 is out! Take care and be safe!

I have two puppies. I bath them once a week. I do not know which is right whether to bath them once or twice in a week or in a month. But usually when they smell already, I bath them. When its also summer and the sun is quite hot, then I bath them often.

It's unhealthy to bathe your dogs daily, as they can lose their natural oils. Even Vets will tell you this. Twice a week is probably ok, but not more frequently than that. Sometimes I use pet shampoo, other times I use gentle human soap, the type that's good enough for a baby's skin. My furbabies do get bum baths more often as they're both maltese x shih tzus, and poo will get stuck to their bottom on occasion, so they get a quick bum bath in the sink so they're bottoms are always clean, and they don't seem to mind that. Occasionally too, I lightly mist water over them on hot days, as we currently have a lot of hot days here.

I think I end up shampooing my dog about once a month. Shes an indoor dog but she also needs to be groomed regularly to keep her hair from matting. So I usually give her a hair cut about every two months and a bath every month. Or if she finds something really juicey to roll around in then she gets one earlier!

I don't give my dog a bath every single day but I give him a bath about once a month or more often if he needs it. they says its not good to give your dog a bath every day because just like humans you can strip their skin of the natural oils. i think its different for certain breeds. some you can wash more often and others you are only suppose to do when needed so about every couple of weeks. if hes an inside door..i use oatmeal shampoo for my dog. he's got sensitive skin and he'll get flakey if i do it too often or don't use good shampoo.

It is not good to bathe a dog that often. Usually every two weeks is the earliest recommended. It is not good for their skin to be bathed so often. especially with shampoo. It is ok to get them wet or for them to swim if it is hot out. But bathing with shampoo dries their skin too much.

It is probably ok to bathe them once per week, but every day is not good. If you bathe dogs too often supposedly they can get sick.

we have 4 dogs at home. one delivered 4 puppies last week, making a total of 4. it is burdensome to bathe them daily. our house helper bathes them twice a week. my daughter helps in bathing. we have a dog soap/shampoo that we use for them.

Hi pinkberryzz. It is recommended that you shouldn't bathe your dog/puppy too often as it strips them of the natural serum and oils that protect the fur and skin from disease and the cold. When my dog was a puppy we used a shampoo especially for puppies that had evening primrose in it. He is 5 now and he gets a 'proper' shampoo bath about 3 times a year, he gets hosed down a lot more often than that though as he likes to roll in the really smelly things he finds in the park :)

Hello there fellow pet lover. I suggest you don't bath you puppy everyday. It is advised that you only bath your puppy one a week or if the weather is hot you can do it twice a week. I also bath my dog twice a week because the weather is so hot here. I shampoo her too but only once a week. shadow41

nope,cause the circumstance where i live in is too dirty to bath in time,it's one of the worst environments for people living?too dust in the air?

In summer I bath my dog everyday as it very hot here. And in winter thrice a week. Yes I shampoo the dog too but not everyday. It also depends on what kind of shampoo you are using. Some shampoo has chemicals which can harm the hair of the dog. So if you are using such shampoo be cautious. I use Ayurvedic shampoo which is not harmful at all.

You shouldn't bathe your dogs more than once a month . It can cause skin problems. Check with any vet..

i bathe my dogs twice in a week or once a week... i shampoo them too...

I have two mature dogs I give them a bath once a month. One of the dogs does not like to take his bath. I shampoo them. The other dog loves it.

Hi,pinkberryzz. Obviously,you don't need to bath them everyday,it's harmful to dog's fur and body,because i know there is something secrete by dog's body to prevent themselves from catching skin disease.

it's not a good idea pink to shower your dog 3x a week, if each dog is once a week is ok, they might get sick coz they are still puppy..wait for them to grow up then you can shower them as often as you want..ayt!

were same pink i bath may dog every day cause she sleep with me, so i want her to smell good but as you said f i dont bath her its smell bad. I only only know now that its bad to take a bath your dog every day and they became weaker and sickly and dont shampoo your dog with human shampoo except dog shampoo. You wipe ur dog f smell bad with wet towel in their face and skin at brash their teeth also.