Some dog breeders consider that it is impossible to bathe puppies. Others, on the contrary, are sure that the earlier to begin to bathe the kid, the quicker he will be accustomed to holding water procedures. But where truth?
The main rule of bathing says: if the puppy was strongly soiled, then he needs to be washed. At the same time to a puppy there can be both 6 months, and 2-3 weeks. That bathing did much harm to a puppy, it is necessary to follow the basic rules of bathing.
Basic rules of bathing of puppies
On a question of that how often it is necessary to bathe a puppy with shampoo, there is no uniform and exact answer. Many veterinarians advise to bathe a puppy with special detergents only in process of his pollution. Manufacturers wash the puppies with use of shampoos and conditioners before each exhibition to give them a luster. And owners of watchdogs wash only them in the summer and not every year.
As the puppy organism did not get stronger yet, it is recommended to follow the following rules during bathing:
- It is possible to wash a puppy only in the warm room. It is also important to avoid drafts, otherwise the puppy can catch a cold;
- For bathing it is recommended to use only warm water which temperature is equal to the body temperature of the person or is more warmish;
- Use of special shampoo for puppies, but only in the diluted look is allowed. The recommended proportion: 1 part of shampoo on 3 parts of water. Use of special anti-parasitic shampoos for daily bathing is not allowed;
- During bathing it is important to watch that water and shampoo did not get into eyes and ears of a puppy;
- After washing by special shampoo it is necessary to rinse carefully a puppy warm water. Owners of puppies of long-haired breeds for convenience of combing can use the conditioner, but, as well as shampoo, it is necessary to part it in the same proportion.
- After bathing of a puppy it is necessary to get wet with a towel and to dry up carefully the hair dryer. Even if it seems to the owner that indoors hot, you should not refuse drying by the hair dryer. Wet wool promotes cooling of an organism of a puppy that can lead to cold.
Whether it is possible to wash puppies after each walk?
If after walk the puppy has no strong pollution, then optimum will be to wash his paws and a stomach with warm water without shampoo use. But also after such bathing of a puppy it is recommended to dry up the hair dryer.
If after each walk on paws of a dog a lot of dirt accumulates, then it is possible to use special liquid soap or shampoo for washing of paws. At puppies of "bearded" breeds it is necessary to wash out after each walk not only paws and a stomach, but also their fine beard as on it various microbes, reagents, dust and dirt accumulate.
If the puppy has short smooth wool, then will be to wipe him with a damp rag enough.
When it is impossible to bathe puppies?
It is not recommended to bathe puppies if they experience increased loads on immunity. An example of such loadings − various diseases, the postoperative period, injuries, the rehabilitation period, a quarantine after vaccination, processing from parasites and a severe stress.
Thus, it is not necessary to wait when to a dog year is executed properly to expiate her with shampoo. If to follow all rules, then bathing will not do much harm to a puppy even if he is not a month old yet.