Petco has "self wash" dog washes, but it's $10 per use. $10?!! I'm not cheap or anything, but come on people!

Its $23 here (16 euros for big dog). Quitcha complainin

It had to be more expensive over here Mike
I would have been shocked had it been cheaper
With our Pups i take them to the front of the house and fix the leash to the fence and start brushing, they cannot get away, and they seldom try to

I have had some issues with Dante trying to wrestle with me while I am brushing him. I used a clicker and treats, and reward good behavior and a verbal negative for mouthing me or the brush. If your dog understands the clicker 'game' then they quickly become cooperative.

I use very high value treats for things like this, to make it more meaningful to the dog.

I believe Ed added a segment on grooming in the new pack structure dvd as well. http://leerburg.com/308.htm

While grooming my pup who is 4 months old also gives me fits. lol. I don't think she doesn't like it, she just focuses on the brush because she thinks it's something else to chew. I am sure as she gets older she will come to love it. My last dog did and my cat likes it too.

I think TIME & Consistency will be the Biggest Factors. My pup started out not liking the bath (not getting into the water), now he LOVES to play in the Water.

He does the same thing when I go to brush him ... I start out with just a leash on his collar and if he starts getting silly then I put his muzzle on him. He doesn't LIKE the muzzle, but he doesn't resist my putting it on him at all, and I know longer use treats to put it on him. I put him into a sit, and a say MUZZLE and then put it on. Then I brush him.

I start at the head and work my way down. He actually does like being brushed and the attention, he just focuses on the brush and frankly I'm not going to FIGHT HIM. When I do the butt and the tail, I hold the hair, just the same as I do for myself if there are snarls to be combed out.

There were a couple of tangles that in the end I just cut out. Let me tell you that when scissors are involved, he is wearing a muzzle and my son will assist in holding him still. He HATES the sight and sound of scissors, but his reaction to them is the biggest danger of all.

We brush 2x/week in winter, and almost daily in spring/summer/fall. If I don't brush the dog, then I have to brush and vaccuum everything else. :-)

Sneaking in a quick post on Christmas Day

Kori, what helped my pup to stop grabbing the brush was to give him a favorite small toy to hold in his mouth while being brushed. If he dropped the toy to grab the brush, I would reach down, take the toy, toss it a ways for him to get it, then call him to me. That kept him holding the toy.

The way I got him to stand still while brushing (while having a toy in his mouth) was to put my free hand on his belly right where the top of his hind leg meets the body, so my hand was touching both his belly and the top of his hind leg. There's something about touching a dog there that keeps them still for a while.

Then I started adding a stay command. It was a progression of course but now he will let me brush him without protest. He's grown to like it.