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Posted : 9/16/2011 8:16:37 AM

I must be a horrendous Papillon mom. Well at least compaired to some of my Pap friends that is. They'd get to the groomer once every 3 - 4 months with the occassional butt baths. They really are fairly love maintenance dogs. Grady gets maybe 2 baths a year and that's not because he stinks it's because I know he LOVES our groomer. She makes him purr. And it really is all about what they like, isn't it?? :)

Cita

Posted : 9/16/2011 8:26:59 AM

I bathe Rascal every 1-2 months, because I don't like to have him on my lap/bed if he smells funky. Also, with him being low to the ground and fuzzy, he picks up a lot of crud in our yard. That said, I just use my own shampoo/conditioner on him. He gets dry skin, I get dry hair, so whatever I'm using on me seems to work very well on him. Of course I rinse, rinse, rinse, rinse, rinse, rinse, rinse to make sure none of it is left on his fur for him to eat, but.... specialized doggie shampoo? Naaaaah. There's not much of him to wash, so I think it would take a while to go through a bottle :)

mrstjohnson

Posted : 9/16/2011 3:29:52 PM

Charlie maybe gets two baths a year. He honestly doesn't smell at all. I ask my mom because she's hyper sensitive and she says no. He doesn't roll in anything, doesn't go swimming in water/lake/ocean, etc.

Don't feel bad Karen, I don't even own dog shampoo. I just use Johnson and Johnson baby shampoo. It works and I stick with it.

willowchow

Posted : 9/16/2011 4:12:22 PM

My goodness a bottle here lasts 2 baths, if that.

keithandrea

Posted : 9/30/2011 1:52:40 AM

Hi, I just dropped by to say hi, I have read these conversation and hey I can relate with you.,I often bath my dog.,maybe once or twice a week.,I bought him bottle of shampoo last 2008 and until its still alive.,lol

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lorib

Posted : 10/5/2011 2:24:17 AM

I bathe Gypsy and Radar once a week. I HATE doggy smell and Gypsy gets that way after a week or so. Also she is WHITE (about 80%) so she looks dirty very quickly. Radar gets it just as often since he's allowed on the furniture.

happybooker1

Posted : 10/10/2011 11:00:45 AM

I have dog shampoo, but most often I just grab the Dawn dish soap! It's cheap, Eco friendly, mild, and always handy-- LOL!

miranadobe

Posted : 10/11/2011 6:19:01 PM

Most of us with short-coated, very healthy dogs can brag about how seldom we bathe the dogs because dirt just falls off them once it's dried up and flakes off of a healthy coat.

Our DoberBesties had the exact same problem last week - went to wash the dog for Nationals, realized the only dog shampoo was from when she was young, let the dog sniff the "boysenberry" scented black-coat shampoo - the dog recoiled from the perfumey smell. So she opted to wash her with human shampoo and conditioner and she was shiny and soft. :)

Not a bad dog mom. lol

kpwlee

Posted : 10/11/2011 8:01:17 PM

:)

perhaps next bath I'll use some manly shampoo on the Beast lol I think once you get used to the ultra-low maintenance coat it would be very hard to go to a higher maintenance coat, at least it would for me!

Am I a bad dog mom? (kpwlee)