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10-01-2006, 05:55 AM | #1 |
Donating YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Central Ohio
Posts: 463
| When do you give the puppies their first bath? Or do you do a sponge bath if they need it? If so what age do you start that? Thank You |
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10-01-2006, 09:03 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 4,347
| I only wipe off very young ones when needed. I'd say a first "real" bath probably not until 6 weeks old. When you do, make sure you dry them completely and don't let them get a chill. Also make sure you don't hold the blow dryer too close and unknowingly burn their skin. In addition, make sure it isn't too far back and blowing cooler air on them. Extremely important that they don't catch a chill. |
10-02-2006, 04:46 AM | #3 |
Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Alabama
Posts: 11,432
| Try an unscented baby wipe...works like a charm. I believe I bathed our last litter at about 4 or 5 weeks and immediately wrapped them in a warm (not hot) towel from the dryer, rubbed them down good, and they were dry in minutes. |
10-02-2006, 05:51 AM | #4 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: El Paso, Texas
Posts: 3,065
| I wait until about six weeks and am very careful not to get any water into their ears and then make sure they are completely dry and then cuddle with them on a heating pad until they stop shivering. |
10-03-2006, 12:38 PM | #5 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 19
| I wait until mine are about 6 weeks old. Especially when they start eating "real food" because they can tend to be "little piggies" and get it all over.... I also make sure that they are completely dry and run my fingers through their hair to make sure that they are dry next to the skin. Alot of times they look dry on the top of their coat but when you run your fingers through their hair, it feels damp at the base of the hair. Jan |
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