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Cocker Specific Discussion => Grooming => Topic started by: brumbie on April 26, 2008, 06:09:29 PM
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I hope this doesn't sound too silly but I need advice. :-\
When Mily needs a bath, is it ok to hose her down in the yard with cold water? :o
She swims in the local river (which must be freezing) but I bath her in warm water!! ::) To be honest, it would be so much easier to hose her down, shampoo, rinse her and then bring her in to dry her. :luv:
Any advice gratefully received!
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I always bath mine in the shower with warm water but I'm soft :luv:
They love the river too :luv:
Wouldn't like my babies to get cold :blink: I have been attacked by my son with the hose it was freezing and painful :-\
Warm water and conditioner all the way here :blink:
Jo
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We've recently had a new bathroom fitted and Hurley isn't allowed upstairs ::)
So now he gets hosed down in the garden, he does whimper a bit but he doesnt cry when he goes swimming in the freezing pond so Im sure he's fine.
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Apart from the comfort of the dog, I'm not sure that the shampoo would be as effective with cold water??
I've never had the heart to hose mine down...... softeeeeeeeeeee ::)
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Mine get a quick rinse with the hose on their legs and bellies after muddy walks and wallowing sessions no matter what time of year it is but generally if they need a full bath I take them into the bathroom and use the shower attachment and warm water although seeing as they break the ice on the reservoir in the winter so they can swim in it I think their hangdog performance when they get hosed outside is a bit of an act :005: For special events like yesterday's whale rolling session they get shampooed outside, there was no danger they were getting in the house with decomposed whale goo dripping off them ph34r :005:
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For a quick rinse off if they are muddy then cold hose would be fine if its a warm day but if its for the purpose of porper cleaning and getting rid of the grime and dirt and grease then it has to be warm water. I wouldnt wash my own hair with cold water so wouldnt do my dog with it either
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Mine get hosed down in the garden after walks then straight into their dry bag, but have a warm bath if they need shampooing.
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If I am doing proper shampooing, I use warm water but if it is just a rinse after a walk and the weather is not tooooo cold, I often use the hose. Coco is not to keen on that though - she has been spoiled with the warm shower ::) :005:
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I hose and shampoo mine outside with cold water - unless it is really cold & windy in the middle of winter. :-\
Neither of them like it much, and it can't be very comfortable for them; but it doesn't do any harm and is no more distressing for them than the alternative; our home layout and room sizes make taking them upstairs and using the bathroom a logistical nightmare :-\
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Mine would be horrified :005:
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barkley has always been washed off outside with cold water. he tolerates it. :005: i always make sure he can dry off quickly in the warmth indoors afterwards. he swims in far colder water, and then happily pootles about absolutely soaking wet, when he's out on walks.
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I think it depends on the dog too.... Jarvis is an "ice breaker" ::) and swims in any weather so i wouldn't hesitate to bath him outside, whereas Rudy :luv: tiptoes around water, and has only swam once, by accident, when he followed a duck into a pond. :lol2: So i'd probably bath him inside. :-\
(Lucy gets bathed in the sink, 'cos she's a midget. :luv: :005:)
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When my girls get that mucky, I filled two watering cans with warm water and wash them off outside, I must be a softee too :005:
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If Honey gets too muddy then it is the hosepipe for her - she is getting used to it. I did try a tub of warm water, as I felt guilty about the temperature, but she was worse with that, and the water got everywhere - I hate to think what state our house would be in if we tried to bath her!!!!
At least with the hosepipe, it's over quickly, and she gets dried straight off and I always put the fire on so she can snuggle up and get warm quickly!
;)
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I use a cold water on hose on all the daycare dogs. Feel a bit mean as they certainly dont enjoy it but all of them will happily jump into freezing cold water on walks so they obviously dont feel the cold like we do! If I had warm water I'd use it but its not an option and neither is sending them home filthy! My own lot get put in the bath after walks as I dont have a tap outside.
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It's cold water outside for mine - they pull miserable faces but as they've usually just been swimming in the stream or the sea I think its an act ::).
I wouldn't be able to get them upstairs to the bathroom without getting mud all over the house or all over me. They need washing pretty much every time we go out as well, and I wouldn't want to have to clean the whole bathroom every day either.
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I bought a hose to do mine on the tap outside after muddly walks as I figured if they could go in icy streams thenthe hose wouldn't be a problem.......how wrong can one person be, first time I put it on them the next door neighbour came round to see what was happening. The noise was terrible, needless to say they have been enjoying the comfort of a nice warm bath ever since, another big softee here too. ::)
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I have only done it once and Jenny hated it so if shes not to bad we wash her legs in the sink if not it warm shower and blow dry.
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Mean mummy here.......our dogs are always hosed outside regardless!! (http://www.invision.smileyville.net/smilies/ill (3).gif)
I've never actually shampoo'd their entire bodies; I washed the end of Domino's ears the other day & on that occasion did use warm water. ;)
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I couldn't hose my 2 down in cold water.... I wouldn't have a cold shower myself and wouldn't dream of doing it to my dogs. We've actually bought a shower mixer which my OH is going to fit outside so they can be washed in warm water.
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I put the hose on Quincys feet at the stables once only and his little face and the uncomfortable shifting about made it obvious he wasnt happy atall! hell always get a warm shower and towel dry some times a a blow dry which he finds highly amusing! after muddy walks, but like others say maybe im a softy with him but im assuming standing still in the bath like he does means he much more prefers that to the stables experience!
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I wouldn't have a cold shower myself and wouldn't dream of doing it to my dogs.
But would you launch yourself in a freezing cold pond :005:
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Ok Im going to confess all - we have had both a cold and hot water tap put in outside with a mixer to we can bath the girls outside. Not that we do yet as we still have to find an old tin bath!
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Ok Im going to confess all - we have had both a cold and hot water tap put in outside with a mixer to we can bath the girls outside. Not that we do yet as we still have to find an old tin bath!
Have you tried your local freecycle? ;)
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I wouldn't have a cold shower myself and wouldn't dream of doing it to my dogs.
But would you launch yourself in a freezing cold pond :005:
my thoughts exactly.... :005:
Jarv makes less fuss with the cold water from a hose or a rinse off in a freezing stream than he does in nice warm bath...figure that one out ::)
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...we just had a new bathroom fitted too....I've already starting sneaking Bracken up for an odd bath, even tho other half still thinks I hose her down in the garden ;)
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...we just had a new bathroom fitted too....I've already starting sneaking Bracken up for an odd bath, even tho other half still thinks I hose her down in the garden ;)
you'll have to give me some tips Lesley!!! ;)
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Mine would be horrified :005:
Same here. I think my 2 would leave home if they didn't get their bubbles and toys in the bath ph34r
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Ok Im going to confess all - we have had both a cold and hot water tap put in outside with a mixer to we can bath the girls outside. Not that we do yet as we still have to find an old tin bath!
thats exactly what i want to do in my new house when i move! brilliant idea x