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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. |
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. |
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! |
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. |
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! :) |
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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!! |
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. |
I think Poppy was 8 or 10 weeks old when I first bathed her. |
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. |
awesome, thats what i figured..guess google isnt always right!!! :D i remember bathing snickers the first day i took him home.. he smelled funky. |
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. :) |
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! :rolleyes: |
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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