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Sink or tub?? We've always bathed the dogs in the sink. My bf will hold one in the sink while i do all the shampooing and conditioning. Then repeat with the next pup. My bf hates bath day!!! I'm thinking about trying it by myself in the tub. Any suggestions?? Do you bathe your yorkie in the sink or the tub?? |
I do all the bathing of Jada and Bogie by myself. I give their baths in the sink and have my drying station set up on the kitchen counter. I used to use the tub....but OMG my aching back at the end of two baths. |
Sink! So much easier. Its up higher so I don't have to bend over and it's got a sprayer-thing that makes it easier to wash him. |
I like the sink, but Brody and Sophia always try to make a run for it!!! So i don't trust using the sink by myself!! |
lol.. the bigger guys in the tub. I don't think Bailey would fit into a sink. I have a few relatives that are so grossed out by bathing a dog in the sink. I clean with bleach when I am so.. so it is not dirty. stupid relatives:mad: I have tried the sink, the tub, the shower. I think (except for bailey... oh my aching back:() the sink is best. In our house we have a very large tub in the master bath.. tried that .. horrible:thumbdown |
We use the sink with a rubber mat with holes placed on the bottom. I agree with others, it's easier for me than bending over the tub. To make sure no one jumps, I block the dog with my body and always keep one hand on the dog while I reach for products and tools. My favorite method was having dad wash the dogs, lol, but he quit. |
I should say that I keep one hand on the dog at all times because they shake occasionally and nearly shake themselves right out of the sink. :p |
OK.... so I tried bathing Sophia in the sink by myself. That was a no go. She was SO squirmy I relocated to the tub. She was an ANGEL in the tub!!! I would never have guessed it was the same dog. Brody kept trying to DRINK the tub water... and he laid down in it. I guess it's the tub from now on. Now I have to wait til the BF gets home..... I'm going to be in trouble for bathing his little girl without him there!!! |
I do the sink by myself. I think if I tried it in the tub it'd be like one of those greased pig contests. As long as I keep a hand on him, talk softly, and have treats, he'll reluctantly hold still for me. Those sprayer things come in handy. |
I give my Luci a bath in the sink, cause she is so little and it's high up. Now Willow and Allie go to the groomer every week for a bath and brush out, but if it was an emergency they woud have to be done in the tub. |
I do my girls baths in the sink all by myself. Mikki was terrible when I first got her. But I guess she is used to the bath now. She is much better. Rosie is a doll when being bathed. :) |
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I probably go through more bleach around my kitchen/house, than ANY of my relatives....and when several heard I bathed "those dirty dogs in my kitchen sink, where I prepare food on the counters....OMG!!!!!" My mentor has a WONDERFUL huge laundry room with a HUGE deep sink where she can do her dogs...and a long counter to dry and groom them on....I am sooooo jealous! |
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AWWWW I wish I had what your Mentor has, then I wouldn't have to take Willow and Allie to the groomer every week for a bath and brush out. I can't lean over the tub it would kill my back. |
There are 5 small dogs here. I use the sink and dry in my bathroom,I have a stool that I sit on. I try not to do more than one a day or I will brush out,trim nails and trim hair one evening when they are less active and then bath then next morning. Sometimes I will do the grooming and washing and my DD will dry for me. |
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I do not understand the freak out over washing a dog in the kitchen sink,maybe its just me. The dishes that are rinsed off there have food on them (food poisoning?),your hands are washed there (just think of all of the things that they touch),used to wash my children in the sink and they poop too. Maybe I amm just missing something. |
I have always used the sink for Louie, it is soo much easier than the tub, no bending over. |
Jilly hated, hated, hated the tub so I haven't tried it with Tibbe. Tibbe does so well in the sink, I hate to change a thing for fear he would lose his calm love of the whole process. It really zones him out to have a bath. Course he's a wild man afterward, rolling all around, wallowing on the towels to dry and running, running, running outside but during his bath, it's like he's had a shot of tranquilizer or something. Closes his little eyes & just leans like he's so relaxed he can't stand up. Wish my hurried showers did that for me!!! So I'm scared to change a thing. |
I washed my morkie in the tub. I have a showerhead that is also a sprayer. I don't think he would fit in the sink. He was well behaved. Since it was his first bath with us, and I was nervous the tub was best. Yea my back ache a little, but no more than it does when I wash my kiddos at bath time. |
I have a baby bathtub that I use in the big bathtub. This helps to keep the mess down in the big tub at least but I hate the bending over and after 2 baths and groomings, I'm in pain. I keep saying that I'm going to try the laundry room sink but I've always got laundry and stuff all around it. lol I also have everything set up in the guest bathroom as far as for grooming so it's just easier to do it all in there. |
I use the sink for all of mine. They all stand perfect and I do not have to hold them. And I agree no bending down. I to have people that think it's gross. But I always clean my sink well. And my dishes usually all go in the dishwasher. I think the more you do it the better they get. Sounds like Brody loves the water if he is laying down in it :) |
Some ideas for bathing in the tub. Get a long hose with a sprayer, and attach it to your shower head. They sell them in the pet stores. Now do what show folks do; you can place upside down a large portable tub, which raises the height and place a non slip mat on it. then your dog. You won't have to bend so much. I also use old towels along the floor as I can inadvertently splash water over them. Luckily I have a nice laundry sink, very deep, but still I raise up with a portable tub so I don't have to bend so far for Razzle Until I get my pro bathing tub installed in the laundry room; here is how I wash Magic in our bath tub. I climb in with him, and to do his legs I sit down, spray wet him, shampoo and wash legs, I to his back and rear standing. With a Yorkie you can place him between your legs and wash, rinse, condition, etc. Shouldn't be too hard on your back I'm thinking. I also have of course a slip free mat down in the tub. Happy washings! |
Tub! Toki is too tall for our sink although I miss the spray nozzle. We just had a bath this morning and for the first time ever, she just stood in the tub and let me shampoo and condition her without trying to claw her way up my arm and out of the tub! Woohoo!!! She is 10 months and I had been giving her a bath every week/other week as needed which was just a miserable time for both of us. When she just stood still today, we finished so much more quickly (less stress on both of us) and my clothes were not completely soaked and I didn't have to call for back up! Anyway, definitely we prefer the tub just because of Toki's size...I gotta look into getting a shower head attachment or something though! Easier than using a little plastic cup to rinse her! |
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