Bath time!

Hi everyone!

Who baths their puppies and if you do what is the shampoo do you use?
Someone recommended baby Johnson's.
I think Mr Winston is having an reaction to something because he has a red blotchy patch on his neck (under head)

Thnx
Sue

We use a hyper allergenic oatmeal shampoo from Pets at Home Sue

teatree gets used on mia going to buy her oatmeal tho as shes a sensitive wee soul. could it be a reaction to the dogs collar

I was told not to use any kind of human shampoo so def not johnsons baby

We use the pet head one from pets at home it has the tea tree in it or they have the natural oatmeal one

We have some Malaseb stuff from the vets and just a dog shampoo from the pet shop. You don't have to bath them often though as they have such short coats

How often is it ideal to bath a puppy? Mine seems to start smelling after about a week so is once a week ok?

I've been advised for a staffy try to keep it to every 3-4 weeks unless they get really dirty from rolling in mid or swimming or something.

We have oatmeal shampoo and he's bathed prob once every 2 mths roughly.

JacqueSchidt wrote:How often is it ideal to bath a puppy? Mine seems to start smelling after about a week so is once a week ok?

Once a week is too much for a puppy I would say. Washing them removes all of the natural oil in their fur which they need to maintain a healthy shiny coat. Bane is washed maybe once every two months and my parents staff...I don't remember the last time he had a bath! But he doesn't smell

Puppys do smell more than older dogs and it should be something he would grow out of but no matter how often you wash him it will still come back

Do you brush him at all? Do you feed a decent quality dog food?

Thanks for the advice. I'll bath her only every couple of months then. I feed her dry food. Greenacres Turkey & rice puppy food and a carrot a day.

i usually only bath once a year unless they roll in fox pooh. us a pets at home shampoo if i need too. as pups i left them bee

Just give Iza a shower when she needs one like 2 days ago after a good roll in the mud just normal dog stuff nothing fancy. She's had about 3 showers in 11 month.

Eccles is nearly 6 months and I've never given him a bath. He's definitely a bit whiffy now though so will have to bite the bullet, dread it!
He has a sore paw at the moment. Vet said it might be some mite Staffys are prone to, he is on antibiotics so will have to get an very mild shampoo.