[yorkietalkjilly]

I would wait. She's just an infant really and still should be with her mommy for her best start in life until she is 12 week of age, most reputable breeders and those of expert credentials in the dog world tell us. Just the trauma of changing homes can be upsetting to these little things and baths are frequently so very scary to dogs just coming into a knowledge of what fear is. It is about this time that a puppy's brain begins to process fear if you read what the dog development experts tell us. I'd get some doggie dry shampoo or just wipe her off with a soapy(using doggie shampoo) washcloth and rinse, rinse, rinse to be no soap residue remains to sicken her if she licks her hair. But just now, I'd allow this very young baby dog to settle in some more before putting her through any significant stress. Breeders whom a puppy have known all its few weeks of life sometimes bathe their dogs before they let them go to a new home (though I would prefer mine not to do it) but typically the dog is at least 12 weeks at that time and much more mature, has dealt a bit with what is fearful and had her momma there to soothe, nurture and help her through it; and besides, a new puppy still at the birth home is familiar with the breeder and the surroundings. A bath from a new owner in a new home without the pup's birth mom nearby to comfort baby afterward could be too unsettling and cause her fear it could take a long, long time to overcome. Just be patient and when she knows you and the surroundings better, say in a few more weeks, then I'd bathe her. Until then, just a "spit" bath.