asking if I have to bathe my dog is one of the questions I hear most often having a white dog who jumps in anything wet. I always say I never have to do anything and he magically cleans himself and he has been referred to as the 'teflon dog' since he never stays dirty.
Well....in reality, dirt goes somewhere and I do have to clean something!

Wow that looks like my floor everyday. Kerian loves to play in the dirty and it drys and falls off her leaveing a dirt pile to sweep up.

People ask me that ALL the time at the dog part with Nicky! I tell them the same thing, I never have to give them a bath. I love having self cleaning dogs

Our yard is basically all dirt this time of year so you can imagine what my floors look like daily! The pups come in with black paws/faces and the next day they're back to white They are getting a bath tomorrow, but it's been months!

So far I've only had to dip Karli's paws in water (they were muddy and I had to go to work lol) and spray her with the hose once (which she tried to drink the water out of. ) Its nice to not have to bathe her and sweeping the floor after is not that big of a deal!

The back of my car looked like that last night!

I have to give Pippa a bath more than I'd like to though. She is TERRIBLE about playing in th mud at the dog park and with her recall still as terrible as it is, there isn't much I can do. So she gets a bath every few weeks.

When she just a little muddy I usually just brush it off of her after is dries, but sometimes the mud gets too far into her undercoat and I have to wash her off.

I bathe Koda once per a shed cycle, Ro I bathe every 2-3 weeks because she has weird thick fur that holds dirt and crap in it.

The back of my car looks like that after going to the dog park or hikes, thank god I have seat covers. But usually I'll get Thane groomed every 6-8 weeks more or less because he smells really bad at that point.

xredrainx wrote:

The back of my car looks like that after going to the dog park or hikes, thank god I have seat covers. But usually I'll get Thane groomed every 6-8 weeks more or less because he smells really bad at that point.

I know exactly what you mean! My pups have their own dog park in my car! We just bought a Rover so the dog's would have more room in the back and can keep their dog park back there and we can have our half of the car clean.

Thank god I have sandy soil and not dirt! I as well would much rather vaccum then wash the dogs, they get one every 3months or so, when my hand starts being dirty from petting them I know its time. They really do look whiter after a bath but it never last more then a day or so.

Not really. I usually bathe her about once every other month! She usually isn't dirty when I bathe her, but I do it anyways just to give her a clean scrub.

I bathe Bodhi about once a season.
Most of the time, a rub down with a towel when he's wet or a brushing takes care of it.
He does not smell even when it's been a long time between baths.

jalepeno wrote:

I bathe Bodhi about once a season.
Most of the time, a rub down with a towel when he's wet or a brushing takes care of it.
He does not smell even when it's been a long time between baths.

This sums up Brewer and our bathing schedule.

He does an exceptional job of cleaning himself, though his preferred time of 6:00am is most unfortunate!

MicroBrewer wrote:

jalepeno wrote:

I bathe Bodhi about once a season.
Most of the time, a rub down with a towel when he's wet or a brushing takes care of it.
He does not smell even when it's been a long time between baths.

This sums up Brewer and our bathing schedule.

He does an exceptional job of cleaning himself, though his preferred time of 6:00am is most unfortunate!

Kody "cleans himself" at 6am too! I actually gave the 3 nuts a bath earlier and the minute they went in the yard to potty their paws were full of dirty again I told Mya that if she didn't clean herself by tomorrow morning that I would put the muzzle on her and babywipe her down! She's a b**ch and doesn't let me clean her paws. At least she lets me while bathing her though!