dog dry bath.?

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Let's start with the coat. Dogs have fur. Even those that are artificially bred to be "naked" have some fur. Some dogs have a very natural fur that is very similar to what the wolf has. Other dogs have developed a coat that has lost a lot of its natural properties - which causes some serious problems that need to find a solution through the owner's management. I will not go into any detail about that, because the variations depends on what exactly it is about the coat that isn't natural.

A natural dog coat is supposed to consist of two kinds of hairs: the longer cover hairs and the shorter (often curly) under wool. This is the visible part. Dogs are supposed to shed their coat twice a year, spring and fall - the summer coat being much thinner with much less under wool, the winter coat being thick and long with lots of under wool for insulation. (Some dogs, like poodles, have no cover hairs. Others, like Shi-tzus, have no under wool. Such breeds do not have the natural protection they should have - and if you have such a dog, you need to protect it from the weather. And when you meet one of those dogs, you have to quit laughing at the owner's attempt to dress up the dog! Those dogs need that protection!)

The non-visible part consists of the hair follicles. Those are small glands that are connected to the root of each individual hair. They produce a constant supply of grease that will "creep" up along the hairs, just as sugar does on a spoon you leave in the jam jar overnight. This grease will push all kinds of dirt and foreign objects from the base of the hair to the tip, in a matter of days. In the process, the grease reacts with oxygen in the air and hardens. It ends up as a fine dust when it reaches the tip of the hair - and leaves the dog's body together with whatever dirt it pushed along. You can see this when the dog shakes - and you might wonder where all that dust comes from! now you know. It is the dog's natural way of cleaning the coat, from inside out. Terribly, terribly smart invention from mother Nature's side!

Can you see how much damage you can do to this fine-tuned system by applying shampoo - or any other kind of detergent whose primary chemical/physical property is to dissolve fat and grease?

Dogs do not have sweat glands in their skin, except between the toes on the paws and on the tongue. Their skin does not get "greasy" from sweat, as our skin does. Our skin is grounds for a lot of bacteria that grow on our sweat - and create this typically unpleasant smell that causes us to bathe or use deodorants - or both. But for dogs, this is not an issue at all!

What happens when you bathe your dog is that those small glands get a message that the fat and grease they produce to keep the coat nice and clean have been removed. The natural reaction to that is an increased production to re-establish the natural balance! So, the more you bathe the dog, the more greasy the coat becomes! It is an impossible battle for you to win, because, the more you keep the dog's skin free of fat, the more problems you create for the skin. The dog gets itchy - and it get extremely vulnerable for infections and parasites!

Besides, this natural grease keeps the coat water repellant - and thus nice and warm, also in wet weather. When you shampoo the coat, it loses that ability to repel water - and the dog gets miserably cold when it gets wet...

What you do when the dog gets dirty? Rinse it with clean water - or let it take a swim. just keep shampoos and detergents off the coat.

And, a final comment about the coat: it insulates the dog's body very well. Because dogs do not depend on sweat glands in the skin to keep themselves cool in the summer heat, the coat insulates equally well against the heat as it does against the cold! This means that shaving the dog in the summer is not protecting it against the heat - it is making it more vulnerable!

Dog Dry Bath

It kind of depends on the dog, but I wouldn't. Talcum powder usually has scent or other ingredients which could cause an allergic reaction or skin problems. Also, if your dog has any kind of coat at all, you probably won't be able to get it all out.

There is such a thing as dry bath powder specifically for dogs. I tried it with my first dog many years ago, but ended up having to give her a bath anyway just to get all the powder out.

Dogs don't NEED baths really often unless they're very dirty or smelly (some breeds have oily coats and are smellier than others--basset hounds, for instance). If you feel your dog needs it and you don't have time to do it, you could take him to a groomer and ask for a bath only. Doesn't tend to be very expensive.

There are powder shampoos you can comb through the dog's hair.

You don't say how often you want to bathe your dog.

Talc and baby powder aren't geared towards removing dirt from dog's hair so get the dry shampoo that's made for dogs.

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dog dry bath.?

i was wondering.well sometimes i dont have enough time to bath my dog.i was wondering if i could put talc powder or baby powder on my dog to give her a bath without water

Your dog only needs a bath if he really stinks. For example, you might bath your dog if he rolls in something disgusting. Apart from that, most breeds of dog do not need regular bathing. It strips the coat of its natural oils. Over bathing can lead to skin problems.

so you havnt got time to bath him every 4 or 5 months ? inless he roles around in mud all day everyday !?

and i wouldnt put talc on my dog !

Paul Mitchell now carries a line of dog shampoo.they have one that i use on my dog.he hates the water and this one is great.it is called pet cleanse,and you don't need to use water.

i think that will dry out her skin