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08-24-2005, 12:20 PM | #1 |
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| Bathing question When you bathe your baby, do you bathe their whole head as well? I only ask this cause I was always told you bathe from the neck behind and all and never put anything on their heads/faces and ears and all.. is this true? We've always bathed Daphne lik that as shes a pom and doesnt really need washing/bathing around her mouth, but Trixie of course has hair around there that gets kinda dirty and just in the food and water a lot.. is it okay to wash her around her mouth and ears? is this just a *saying*? Do you do your babies like that? And if so-does it burn them. I use J&J Baby Shampoo on the girls, so it shoudln't burn them if it happens to get in their eyes or whatever.. but just wondering if you guys wash their whole faces and all to keep it clean.
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08-24-2005, 12:25 PM | #2 |
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| I wash my dogs face. They always have eye junk I am trying to get off. I also brush Chachis hair with the conditioner on and it takes out all his matts. His hair goes from cottony to silky smooth.
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08-24-2005, 12:25 PM | #3 |
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| Cup some water in your hands and wet his face that way make sure it doesnt get in his ears .. thats how i do it ..
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08-24-2005, 12:36 PM | #4 | |
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08-24-2005, 12:37 PM | #5 | |
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08-24-2005, 02:11 PM | #6 |
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| I wash their faces, scrub their head hair and under the chin. I use a spray on conditioner every day when I brush them which seems NOT to make their hair greasy.
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08-24-2005, 02:15 PM | #7 |
I Love Thor Donating Member | Since J&J baby shampoo is probably tear-free, it probably won't burn their little eyes! Just out of curiosity, how often do you wash your babies? |
08-24-2005, 03:16 PM | #8 | |
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08-24-2005, 03:24 PM | #9 |
I Love Thor Donating Member | That cute babys smell is such a plus!!! I just wanted to make sure I wasn't a crazy washer or something, but I think I'm average in the bathing department. Thanks! |
08-26-2005, 07:15 PM | #10 |
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| Every morning I clean Crystals eyes and clean the "junk" that starts to collect under her eyes and in the evening I wash the hair under her chin that drops in the food dish BUT when I give a bath, I put cotton in her ears and wash that head and face really good which is every Saturday. I use dog shampoo but the J&J baby shampoo on her head and face and I mix it in a measuring glass so it's fairly weak and easy to rinse out. Even though it J&J you want to be careful of their eyes but water in their eyes is no problem.
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08-27-2005, 04:46 AM | #11 |
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| I bathe my dogs about every 10 days, but I have a problem with my little one, Scout. He has had 2 external ear infections-I think from getting water in his ears. I have tried putting cotton in his ears for bath and he shakes the cotton out immediately. I tried putting vaseline on the cotton, then putting it in his ears (to put an extra water barrier)-but he manages to shake that out too. Any of you guys who put cotton in their ears have any tips to keep it in???
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08-27-2005, 04:50 AM | #12 |
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| Another question... I have thought about getting some of those doggie face wipes (are they like baby wipes?) that I've heard others talking about, and just wash Scout's body in the bath, then keep his head and face clean with the wipes. Does anyone know if this gets them clean enough? Man, I just love getting their faces clean and pretty and fluffy, but I don't want him to keep getting ear infections!
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08-27-2005, 05:24 AM | #13 | |
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her bath so I don't have a wiggley dog but if you wash the body really well, condition it and rinse it (of course you will get a little run off once you start the face) but it's the head that bothers them the most. Then put cotton in ears not to large a piece BUT NOT TOO SMALL put your hand over the head so that you can hold the ears down while you wet the entire head - at that point let them shake cotton out because it will take awhile to wash the face with very weak J&J shampoo inotherwords mixed with water so it's just enough to make a tiny lather and will be easy to get out. I use a little soft brush to go around the face ( now you can't lather like you do on the body) then run a gentle stream of water, cotton back in, hold the ears down and you are finished. You've worked with the head last and then start drying the head first on gentle dry while the dog is in a wrap - towel best except for head. When drying, ears are very very sensitive to heat . so don't keep on that area too long at a time. I cover Crystals eyes alot while I am drying her also !! Good Luck!! For those of you with dogs with ear infections alot I would call your vet or vet tech and see if they think the whips might work.
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08-27-2005, 05:29 AM | #14 |
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| I can't believe I've never thought of holding his ears down! Sometimes the most obvious things you don't think of....geesh, I feel silly. I will definetely do that. Maybe inlist an extra set of hands. :-)
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08-27-2005, 05:49 AM | #15 | |
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