As humans, especially in southern China, it is only natural to take a bath every day, and taking a shower becomes a necessary part of the day; especially if you have sweated a lot that day, it is painful to take a bath and feel comfortable all over your body.

But as a dog, they don't seem to have such worries in their lives, and they don't care how bad they smell, some dogs may even enjoy carrying some scent on their bodies. But when the dog becomes a member of our family, hygiene and health have become one of the indicators of whether we take good care of the dog, especially if the dog's skin condition is poor, it needs to be cleaned more carefully.

So basically, all dogs in the home need to be bathed, especially if they have been outdoors for a lot of time.

I. The benefits of bathing your dog

Cleaning your dog's coat and giving them a bath is not just about making them clean and hygienic, this bathing process is also an opportunity for us to learn more about your dog's condition. Because the dog's coat is wet, its skin is easier for us to check to see if there are any bulges or scars, scabs or lumps, etc. If and when these are really found, we can take the dog to the hospital for examination as soon as possible; instead of not looking at it for months, the dog's long hair completely obscures the condition of the skin.

1: Can prevent the dog's hair from tangling
The benefit of this point, girls may know a little more. Because the girls if you leave a long hair, then their hair, it will be easy to knot. But after washing your hair and combing it, it will be much smoother. Dogs are actually the same way, their hair is tangled, which will make them very uncomfortable. The purpose of bathing your dog is to make it easier to take care of your dog's hair.

II. How often to give your dog a bath

After Gully has adapted to home life, most dogs accept the bath (even if reluctantly, but not very resistant), after all, they are still uncomfortable if they are covered in dirt. Generally speaking, we will keep the frequency of 1-2 weeks to give the dog a bath is more appropriate, the dog's coat will not become rough and fragile because of too frequent rinsing.

But not that all dogs must follow this frequency, the specific also needs to look at the dog's coat and skin condition.

a. If the dog is oily skin (seborrhea), which is a medical condition, we can use medicated baths to help alleviate this symptom; in this state, the frequency of dog bathing can consult the advice of the vet.

b. If the dog's skin is dry and the hair is a bit flaky, then the frequency of bathing the dog should also be reduced, which can be once every 2 or 3 weeks.

c. If the dog is using topical medication to remove fleas and ticks, then do not allow the dog to be bathed for 72 hours.
At the same time, although the dog has a special shampoo, these substances and the dog's skin contact time are also more important, do not let the shampoo stay on the dog for a long time.
2: Be able to wash off the hair that has fallen off the dog
To know, the dog the time of hair loss, then every day will fall a lot of hair, these hairs will fall on the ground, but then, some will also stick to the dog's body. Then with the dog playing and running, and floating into the air. So, give your dog a bath, it is possible to wash off the hair that has fallen off the dog's body, after washing off, the dog will also feel particularly comfortable.
3: Can find skin diseases
Many pet owners will not take the initiative to pick up the dog's hair to see its skin. But the bath time is different, many pet owners are in the bath time to find the skin disease on the dog.
4: Preventing worms from appearing on your body
Dogs are not able to clean the worms off their bodies because they can't touch them. So it's time to rely on our owners to help, and giving your dog a bath is the best way to be able to clean up the bugs on your dog.

Three: What if your dog won't take a bath?

1. Massage and comb your dog's coat before bathing
The first thing you need to do is to make sure that you have a good idea of what you are doing.

2, choose a less noisy hairdryer
Many dogs are afraid of the sound of the hairdryer, but after giving the dog a bath will give the dog blowing hair, the noise from the hairdryer for the dog, which is possible that the noise is relatively large, will make the dog feel afraid. So we can start from this point, choose some less noisy hairdryer, that can to a certain extent relieve the dog's fear.

3, how to let the dog adapt to the bath
Bathing this thing, from the dog itself is not like, so we need to teach the dog to accept the bath, and even let some dogs love it. If it is a trained dog, they will not refuse to bathe this for them equivalent to care, if it is not trained, then follow the steps step by step.
We need to let the dog get used to wet hair and head hair, especially in the bath puppies, if they show very scared, we do not force it, let it slowly adapt, you can feed it something in the shower room so that it feels that this place is a good place; then let the water slowly flow out, debug the temperature, slowly approach the dog, so that it is gradually wet.

4, after the bath the dog reward
This one thing is very important, we must remember to do. After giving the dog a bath, give it a little snack (chicken jerky) or pet as a reward, so that it realizes that the bath can be rewarded. After a few cycles, the dog will run inside the bathroom and wait on its own without the pet owner having to say anything.

Fourth, what is important to know about bathing your dog?

The dog should not be bathed too many times.
1. Not too many baths
The skin of dogs is much thinner than human skin and cannot be bathed every day. Too many baths will wash away the oil layer on the dog's skin, resulting in a decrease in the dog's skin defenses and making it more susceptible to skin diseases. Therefore, pet owners must pay attention to the dog bathing and can not give the dog excessive bathing.

2, the need to use special shampoo for pets
The skin pH of dogs and humans is not the same, so when you give your dog a bath, be sure to prepare a special shampoo for dogs, or use human body wash, it will make the dog's skin and hair damage, resulting in poor dog hair, the skin will also become very sensitive.

3, first comb the hair, the water temperature should be appropriate
Before giving the dog a bath, the pet owner should first help the dog comb the hair, the hair combed smooth so that when you help the dog bath, it will not tear the dog's hair. And also pay attention to the dog bath water temperature to be appropriate, preferably at 37-38 degrees, too cold or too hot water, is harmful to dogs, before washing, you can take the dog's feet to try the water temperature.

4, timely blow-dry
After giving the dog a bath, pet owners must blow-dry the dog in time to avoid the dog catching a cold. When blowing dry the dog's hair, it is best to choose a blow dryer with a small sound, so that the dog can reduce the emotion of fear, in addition to blowing, try not to blow on a certain part all the time, the dog will feel uncomfortable.

5, prepare snacks to do rewards
After the dog blow-dry hair, pet owners can appropriately reward the dog for some snacks, because many dogs themselves are afraid of bathing, so after the bath may leave a shadow on it. In order to let the dog next time not resist the bath, the pet owner is required to let the dog know that after the bath will be rewarded, and after that will not be so resistant.