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Dink <jkplai@ucc.su.oz.au> wrote:

>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? 
>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.
Barbara Maple (barbaram@melbpc.org.au) wrote

We have a golden labrador.  He is a big dog weighs about 30kg.
The method we use for him is to stand him outside on some paving
stones outside the laundry door and wash him there.
A couple of years ago we had a smaller dog that my husband used
to wash in the bath,  One day Toby slipped as my husband hadn't put a
mat down.   A couple of months later we had to get him put down and a
lump was discovered on his spine,  Whether it was used by this or
not I do not know.  Another idea would be the following:
To keep your eyes open in Op shops or somewhere and see if you
could get one of those old metal baths that used to be around,
Then you could get the dog to stand up in this.

Good luck
Barbara Maple