My question concerns what to do after your dog has been in the water and will now return to living inside the house. I have a chocolate lab male puppy that loves the water and we live in a neighborhood with five small lakes so swimming has become almost a daily routine. Just concerned that I should be doing something to clean his coat from the lake water but don't want to irritate his skin. Any suggestions ?
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My question concerns what to do after your dog has been in the water and will now return to living inside the house. I have a chocolate lab male puppy that loves the water and we live in a neighborhood with five small lakes so swimming has become almost a daily routine. Just concerned that I should be doing something to clean his coat from the lake water but don't want to irritate his skin. Any suggestions ?
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My personal preference/opinion is that you rely upon the simple wonders of evaporation. Let him shake off the excess water outside the house. By the time you bring him indoors, he's damp. Either cut him loose and consider it the end of the issue, or crate him for a while 'til he's dry.
Even if he's got some sediment/mud on his coat, for the most part it will dry and drop off on the floor of his crate.
Life's too short to give a dog too many baths.
Consider yourself and your dog fortunate that you live in such a neighborhood! Many folks have to travel a good distance to swim their dogs!
Have fun! Chris
Even if he's got some sediment/mud on his coat, for the most part it will dry and drop off on the floor of his crate.
Life's too short to give a dog too many baths.
Consider yourself and your dog fortunate that you live in such a neighborhood! Many folks have to travel a good distance to swim their dogs!
Have fun! Chris
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I have had my pup back from the trainer since April and she has been in some nasty stinky water and the closest thing she has had to a bath is rolling around in the wet grass in the mornings. I say this because I had some friends over and a young lady commented on how good she smelled for a dog. but I do take an old towel when we get home from playing in the water and giver her a good rub down before she comes into the house.
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We have 3 ponds on our farm so all the Chesapeakes swim regularly. A couple shakes and quick wipe w/an old towel and they're dry enough to come inside. Proper retriever coats should be mostly dry after a couple of good shakes; the towel is more to wipe wet feet to keep them from tracking too much stuff inside. The genius we bought the house from tiled the entries, hallway and kitchen with bright white tiles that show every pawprint....
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My dog swims almost daily as well. I just wait until he is close to dry and give him a good brushing. Helps cut down on sheding in the house too.
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our pup does not get to swim much (unfortunately there is not much water/ open ponds around us) but I am concerned about hot spots and therefore I towel dry before getting back into the car and then rinse and towel dry again when we get home.
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I'm a fan of misting the pups with a solution of Listerine and water, then towel dry them with an absorber towel.
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The Listerine is an antiseptic and helps remove the "pond funk" smell. The Absorber towel can be wrung out and placed back in it's container or ziplock bag.
The Listerine is an antiseptic and helps remove the "pond funk" smell. The Absorber towel can be wrung out and placed back in it's container or ziplock bag.
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Bingo!!! Those shamwow type towels are the ticket.....all dogs get dried off before going back into truck (really helps with humidity).
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We live on a river so my dogs swim daily. After a swim I rinse them down with a garden hose to limit any skin irritation and give them a bath with medicated shampoo once or twice a month.
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Never have I bathed my dogs after swimming and never had any issues at all. They are put in the fenced back yard to dry. As far as the hair, why do you think they call it FURniture.
I'm a ******* and once a week I break out the leaf blower, blow the hair into a corner and shop vac it up and if you come to my house, remember they live here and you don't, they are my four legged kids and if you look at them funny an azz whooping my commence. LOL
I don't have a maid and we both work hard and the house has some hair and dust and with that said WE are HAPPY and so are our dogs.
I'm a ******* and once a week I break out the leaf blower, blow the hair into a corner and shop vac it up and if you come to my house, remember they live here and you don't, they are my four legged kids and if you look at them funny an azz whooping my commence. LOL
I don't have a maid and we both work hard and the house has some hair and dust and with that said WE are HAPPY and so are our dogs.
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When mine are done swimming in the pond, lake or from hunting, they get a rinse and towel dry. I leave them in the kitched or dining room with some clean towels on the floor and they usually just lay there on them.
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I agree with this. My dogs a bath about 2 times a year, plus when ever he gets wet picking up ducks. He keeps himself really clean with no help from me. A few times a year, he gets the furminator put on him also.My personal preference/opinion is that you rely upon the simple wonders of evaporation. Let him shake off the excess water outside the house. By the time you bring him indoors, he's damp. Either cut him loose and consider it the end of the issue, or crate him for a while 'til he's dry.
Even if he's got some sediment/mud on his coat, for the most part it will dry and drop off on the floor of his crate.
Life's too short to give a dog too many baths.
Consider yourself and your dog fortunate that you live in such a neighborhood! Many folks have to travel a good distance to swim their dogs!
Have fun! Chris
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