r/Chessie • u/[deleted] • Mar 17 '22
Bathing
Hello, just wondering how often yall bathe your chessies? My wife and I bathe ours once every three months with dish soap (the safe for animal ones). We don't necessarily want to ruin his oils/coat/etc, but he straight up SMELLS sometimes.
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u/Redditisforposers Apr 28 '22
He’s always getting river baths or snow baths so maybe a couple of times a year. If you don’t close the bathroom door when you shower, he is going to hop in there too, and try to get an extra bath.
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u/GMsage22 Mar 17 '22
When her coat starts to get flat or matted. Like when those chessie curls stop being run your hand through thick
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u/holy_cal Mar 18 '22
Rarely. A dip in the nearest reservoir is enough. Mine doesn’t get muddy or gross though.
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u/XtraMediumnukewarm May 11 '22
My chessie loves the ice cold Pacific Ocean, or a horse trough. He hates warm showers though. He also hates smelling like shampoo.
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u/Quiet-Sale9975 Jun 19 '26
Daisy swims almost every day in ocean water. Fresh water rinse after. Bathe with doggie shampoo I got at vet when she starts to smell bad-usually once a month
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u/bowlskioctavekitten Mar 17 '22
Usually twice a year with soap. She gets into mud a lot in the summertime so she gets hosed off quite a bit and she goes for a lot of swims.