Hi everyone, so basically I am having trouble bathing my dog (10 month old kelpie) he just really hates it. He just stands there trembling.
I've tried giving him lots of treats/praise/toys etc but nothing seems to work.
I try to keep bathing to a minimum, only when he rolls in something especially gross, but obviously thats not ideal since he is an inside dog and sleeps on my bed! I really want to be able to bath him every couple of months.
At the moment I use luke warm water and sponge it onto the offending patch of fur avoiding face/ear areas. But this seems to upsett him no less that bathing, as soon as the water gets to the skin he doesn't like it.
He doesn't have any skin conditions or anything so I think it's just that he's scared.
I haven't had this problem before, our older dog (german shepherd) loves water.
Any ideas?
