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In article <30F7299D.2FB2@ucc.su.oz.au>, Dink <jkplai@ucc.su.oz.au> writes:
|> I've got two fully grown dogs - a golden retriever and a collie. Does 
|> anyone bath their dogs regularly? Mine start to have an odour only 2-3 
|> days after a bath. I want to clean them regularly, but I heard that it's 
|> unhealthy for the dogs. Is this true? 

Yes, it washes the natural oil out of the coat.  Don't bath them more than
once a fortnight to three weeks.  I have a goldie and normally bath him in 
the bath (since he hates is) using one of those hand held showers ($5 from 
hardware stores) which push on to the fawcett.  If your dogs are developing
an odour that soon, perhaps you need to rethink your shampoo.  Talk to 
your local vet outlet.   You might also keep an eye out for dags around 
their backsides as these create an unpleasant odour, my retriever just 
had a bath to remove this problem.

In summer you can of course bath them using the hose outside which cools 
them down and saves a messy bathroom.  You may not like the idea of using 
the bath as the dog's claws could leave scratches.  A rubber mat placed in
the bath should stop this though.  

|> And does anyone have a good method of bathing their dogs? Mine are quite 
|> large, and tends to struggle a lot when we clean him.

See above

regards

Tosca

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