How Often Do You Wash Your Dog?

[becks]

I can't answer the poll as my dogs are washed every 3 or 4 months (apart from the show dogs, who just have legs and face washed before a show or trimming)

[First Time Puppy Owner]

Weekly due to allergies.

[Kirislin]

the only time I wash my whippets is when they roll in something stinky, and even then it's often only the stinky area. My whippets sleep in my bed and it doesn't stink of dog..............................at least, I cant smell it. Their skin and coats are healthy.

If I was showing them I'd wash them a day or two before the show.

[benny123]

I just had to check the date on the photos taken when my two had their last bath.... 4 September 2007, two days before their 1st birthday. They'll be three this September.

After that bath their coats were no longer shiny, their skin seemed irritated and they were scratching like crazy, so no bath since.

Their coats are now super shiny, their skin is great and they don't smell at all. They do swim a lot in summer and if they get a bit muddy, they're wiped down with a damp towel. They get brushed weekly.

Oh, and they live in the house and sleep on the bed. The below pics were taken a week or two ago of my unwashed mutts.

Beanie on the dog bed in the home office

Spud at the top of the stairs

[TerraNik]

I ticked monthly, though for my keeshond he gets a bath only every couple of months.

Ahsoka gets bathed more often for showing, but when we aren't showing she gets a bath about as much as Jedi.