Mike J Schoonbrood Webboard User Reg: 04-30-2005
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My GSD just doesn't seem to need it, he doesn't smell bad, and the few times I have thrown him in the shower (like after he's been rolling in the dirt for an hour n the dust just keeps brushing out endlessly) I get him to walk into the shower, close the shower door, n soap him down with this stuff I grabbed at petco a while ago that supposedly contains oils n stuff to try and replenish the natural oils I just washed out. He shakes himself out, then I towel dry him as best I can, he shakes himself out some more, I grab the brush or rake and get all his hair lookin purdy n let him dry up wherever he chooses, usually outside if the sun's out so he doesn't have issues with the a/c blowing on his wet hair.
GSD's just seem to be very self maintaining, brush them daily with a rake and even the shedding becomes less of an issue. Ofcourse... that's never completely solved, I swear I could brush him for 12 hours straight n still pull out just as much hair as when I started.
My GSD puppies have a serious problem! Their coat is waxy and they smell bad! I gave them a bath last weekend!!!
Then this morning i realised why!!
Apparently, while feeding ( raw chicken ) they tend to NOT eat straight out of the bowl, rather pick up the chicken piece and eat it off the kennel floor!
Then flush the water out of the water bowl with their paws and wet the kennel floor ( which mixes with the greasy chicken juice )
Then decide to play "roll over and play dead" on it!!!
What a bummer <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />
Dennis Jones Webboard User Reg: 06-13-2004
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If the Kingdom of Bahrain is like I remembered, it is VERY hot this time of year. My Puppy was doing the same thing until I got her a small plastic child's pool to play in. She pretty much stopped slopping her drinking water around and playing in it. I'm also using a stainless steel cooking pot which is much more difficult to paw at splash the water out. hope that helps
If the Kingdom of Bahrain is like I remembered, it is VERY hot this time of year. My Puppy was doing the same thing until I got her a small plastic child's pool to play in. She pretty much stopped slopping her drinking water around and playing in it. I'm also using a stainless steel cooking pot which is much more difficult to paw at splash the water out. hope that helps
You're absolutely right! I will need to get myself one of those... however... i got two pups and will be seperating them soon... which probably means two pools!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />
This is what I always did with Aussie. Oh, I have a raised pet tub that I think Pet Edge carries sitting in my bathroom next to the other tub. I would give Aussie a warm bath, found an oatmeal shampoo didn't dry out the skin as much. Then I would use a conditioner and would leave that on for about 25 - 20 minutes. After that was rinsed out I would wrap her in big towels. Starting from the rear, I would then use the big blow dryer (air force) to dry her off the rest of the way and this would also blow out a lot of dead hair. After that I would do a brush out using an undercoat rake, slicker bursh, a comb, and a #40 blade (No I didn't shave her) the 40 held in your had and pulled toward you with the grain of the hair will pull out a lot of dead hair too, if you take a close look at the new grooming tool called the Furminator, it is a clipper blade held in a nice handle for grooming. Hope this can help someone <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Cindy Reed Webboard User Reg: 09-26-2006
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Hi I'm a new user and I would like to know what kind of shampoo she "groomer" uses? I live in louisiana and we get lots of rain and mud and a bath is almost every wk. because of my mud puppies 8mth. and 1yr love to get dirty <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />
I just started using Eqyss Micro-Tek shampoo for itchy skin. It solved that problem fast, and leaves his coat soft. They have other products you could consider.
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