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12-14-2010, 01:49 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bellevue/Renton WA
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| when to take a bath for your new puppy first time? hey guys! so i already have snickers..and its been awhile (he's 4) and i dont quite remember when its okay for you to take a bath for your new 8 week puppy after you bring her/him home for the first time. ( i am getting morkie in a couple of weeks) and i dont quite remember when i started taking baths for snickers. I am freakishly scared of fleas.. they gross me out so much... and in a way i naturally just assume that all dogs have it unless they're treated with advantage or frontline (which snickers is) THANK GOD! does anyone know? is it okay to take a bath for your 8 week puppy? i even think i took a bath for snickers the first day i brought him home. not sure if that was okay though? he's completely healthy! i just dont wanna terrify or traumatize the little morkie!! she's too precious. Last edited by paulinanguyen2; 12-14-2010 at 01:50 PM. |
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12-14-2010, 01:53 PM | #2 |
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| I got Jackson at 9 weeks old and the following day, he had a bath! So I think it's okay. I don't think dogs naturally have fleas... atleast Jackson never did, and I didn't even get him from a good breeder. But I don't know.
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12-14-2010, 01:55 PM | #3 |
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| yeah its probably okay! i just dont want her to smell all funky and weird and be covered in dirt... ahah and its funny that you admit you didnt get jackson from a good breeder. snickers was my first puppy ever, and i bought him from a mom and pops pet store (organic of course) but still!! big risk taken there, he's perfectly healthy though.. and full of energy! |
12-14-2010, 01:58 PM | #4 |
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| I didn't know any better at the time. She was just a woman whose Yorkie dog had puppies, so he was raised in a home setting, but she was definitely not a breeder doing any health testing, or breeding to standard. I would never support a breeder like her again.
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12-14-2010, 02:06 PM | #5 |
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| yeah..i will never buy another dog from a pet store again! you never know where they got them from! scary, i guess we should just both be thankful that our babies are healthy! |
12-14-2010, 02:11 PM | #6 |
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| Definitely. But it's not just pet stores -- I wouldn't really support or trust someone who is breeding Morkies, either, to be honest. And I'm not against mixes, in any way, shape or form. I just think it's pointless to be purposely breeding them for nothing other than profit, you are not bettering any breed by mixing Maltese and Yorkies. If anything, you're combining all their health problems into one. Just my humble opinion
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12-14-2010, 03:08 PM | #8 |
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| i've been looking for a morkie for quite some now, and i went to visit the kennel today. it wasnt bad, conditions were clean. I of course analyzed everything to make sure the conditions were not dirty and unlivable for puppies, or anything and the breeder was actually very very nice! I have no problem with mixed breeds, i actually think they're just like any other dog that is a purebred. All my aunts and cousins have shihtzu/yorkie and they as healthy as can be. thanks for your humble opinion though!! |
12-15-2010, 06:26 AM | #9 |
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| I have bathed all mine soon after I brought them home, but with the little ones it is extremely important to make sure they are 1000 percent dry so that they don't get a chill. However, 8 weeks is very young to be bringing a baby home- so you may want to wait a little longer. |
12-15-2010, 06:33 AM | #11 |
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| I start bathing mine weekly at 6 weeks old. I use a puppy shampoo. If you wait until they are older they will be afraid and fight you. Mine get bathed, blow dried, nails trimmed and butt an ears trimmed at 6 weeks. By they time they go to their new homes at 10 weeks or later, they know the routine. |
12-15-2010, 09:38 PM | #12 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bellevue/Renton WA
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| awesome, thats what i figured..guess google isnt always right!!! i remember bathing snickers the first day i took him home.. he smelled funky. |
12-15-2010, 09:48 PM | #13 |
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| Yes, I too think it's ok to bathe your new baby at 8 weeks....just be careful not to get water in her ears. Congratulations!! You'll love having a Morkie.
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12-16-2010, 12:21 PM | #14 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bellevue/Renton WA
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| thank you! i've been searching for one for awhile now! I already have a yorkie, thought it would be more interesting to have a mixed breed this time. Plus she is the most adorable thing you've ever seen. and yes.. A BIG NO NO to water in the ears, snickers absolutely hates that too! |
12-16-2010, 01:26 PM | #15 |
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| I do recall taking a bath the day we got Carlo, and the day we got maxine. I am not sure how soon after we got them that they were bathed. |
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