Bath time: In the tub or with the hose?

I tried the inside the house baths with my large dogs...just doesn't work for me.  I even got the utility bathroom all set up with a bath mat, the shower attachment and everything.  That all worked....what didn't work was the obligatory shake when they step out.  LOL  I even tried covering with a towel to keep the fur from flying.  No go.  I end up with fur wallpaper.

So, its outside with the hose.  Of course, I live in SE Texas so its likely a bit warmer than some places.  And, I don't typically bathe them a lot....just when absolutely necessary.  Sometimes they get sponge baths with just a wash cloth...usually just their faces, when need be.

I've been known to fill up buckets with warm water (yeah, thats a pain) if its still too cool outside for hose baths.

If I had small dogs, it would be entirely different.

lilys_mum07

I've already opened the package and cannot take it back so I'm stuck with the useless thing.

Which one is it? I've been wanting one :) so I might buy it from you, if you wanted to sell it!

Back ON topic, I do Pirate's bath in the bathtub with a cup, but he's little. My mom's dog gets bathed outside and has survived. Can you find a do-it-yourself dog wash around? We have an awesome one by my work. I've never been, but if I had a big dog I'd totally do it!

I have the hose attachment in both of my bathrooms -- can't live without it on a personal level.   lol

Kaiser gets his baths in my bathtub.  He got hosed off at the barn once with cold water (after rolling in cow poo) and BOY did he SCREAM.

I don't feel it's exactly "nice" to give cold water baths unless it's 90 degrees outside, so I take Luke to a local do-it-yourself dog washing place for $6.  That way I don't get 10lbs of hair going down MY drain and it's much easier to clean up using their stuff.  They also have a blow dryer, so it doesn't take four towels to dry him off.

Unless it's freezing out, Apollo is rinsed off with the hose. If he needs a real bath I bring him to Petco and for $10 I use their shampoo, tub, towels, and dryer. The mess and hair stays there, so $10 is well worth it to me!

I just looked through our local paper and there is a do it yourself wash in the same town as our vet. It's only $10 including the shampoo.

Meg, I don't remember the brand name, but I got it in the pet section at walmart. I tried one of people ones because it was cheaper, but couldn't get the shower head to come off and the hose was shorter. So I bought the one from the pet section because it was longer hoping I could connect it from the sick and reach the tub, but it wouldn't screw onto the faucet.

The one I have has an 8 foot hose and little bristles on the end. I can't find it on walmarts website, so I'll take a picture of it for you.

There's no point in me keeping it because the new home has a stand up shower and whirlpool tub and there's no way I can give her a bath in either of those.

As long as the weather is good I just do outside with a hose. My dogs are fairly large and double coated.

 In the winter I give the dogs baths inside or I take them to the washers at the local pet supply store. In the summer they get baths outside with the hose.

My Vizsla did not like being hosed at first but since it has been 80+ this week here he has learned the hose is a nice thing on a hot day.

Jewlieee

My dogs will go swimming when its 30 degrees and the lake is frozen over. If they find a non frozen part, they are in it. So, they can certainly tolerate a hose bath. They hate it but too bad :p

See, that's what I'm thinking. She loves to swim and has been in the pond here since ice-out. What I find funny is that she hates to have a bath. She likes to swim, but not in the tub! lol I imagine it's probably the confines of the tub? I think the next time it's warm out w/o a breeze I'll try the hose. It'll save me a trip out of town and the hassle of dragging her into the groomers (not the first time I'm sure, but the 2nd time she will remember). I can just hook her up and wash her down with the hose. My parents never allowed us to bathe our old dog in the house due to the amount of hair he had, so he tolerated the hose....

OUTSIDE ALWAYS!  Even during the winter if we get a really sunny day and its not horribly cold...I hook up my hose to the landryroom sink....( bought an attachment for the faucet for a screw on hose ) so they get hosed with warm water.  I move closer to the garage so not too much wind or air gets on him....and give him a nice quick bath.  

Of course Bubby used to go flying and do her SHAKES after.....standing in the snow!!!  lol!

Jewlieee

Btw, I use the baby pool outside as my "tub"

I thought of that as well. Like a cow troth or something deep enough to get her underside. That's where I have the most trouble and I can fill it with warm water.

my dogs go swimming daily multiple times in the streams and creeks that surround the farm ...........

rather it is zero degrees or 100 degrees or anything in between ..............

my dogs are cold weather mixed mutts of st bernard/newfoundland/lab/flat coated retriever/chow/tibetan mastiff

except for chingching the pug/chi mix ...... she drinks out of the creeks and streams but does not like bitter cold water     ....

bur since it has gotten hot here the last 2 days even chingching is cooling off in the streams and creeks ............

 her kind of weather to keep pace w the big dogs ..........

i hose them if they need it .................

Depends on the weather.  In the summer, unless it's raining, Caleb gets a bath outside.  Honestly, I'm done by the time the water from the hose is cold enough to worry about.  Plus, Caleb loves to play with the hose in the summer, so the cold water doesn't really bother him.  My husband bought an awesome hand held shower head for our downstairs bathroom just so it would be easier for me to give the dog a bath.