The best way to decide when to wash the dog is to take a big whiff of air.

My research indicates the frequency of bathing a dog can be left very nicely to your olfactory organs — i.e. you can smell when it is time.

You bathe him when he smells like he needs it. Consensus among the ‘experts’ seems to be any where from four times a month to six times a year and any other time when he has been down rolling in ‘the you what’.

In the absence of any other measure that works for all instances I will suggest YOU LET YOUR NOSE DO THE WALKING

I have never come in contact with a strong, damaging dog shampoo. There may be some on the market. If you have personal experience and a product name that you can send me I’d love to hear it.

If you are using a commercial dog shampoo, let’s assume the shampoo is okay. I know of no correlation between the strength of the shampoo and how ofter we need to bath the dogs.

I know that there are some soaps and shampoos out there that do not require water. and I will someday devote some time to testing them and will report back you on the results. A dry shampoo would be ‘hands down’ easier to apply to a dog than a standard bath.

If you smoke you will have to make adjustments because your sense of smell may not be as acute as someone who does not.

This does not apply to my wife. She quit smoking but she amazes me because even though she just quit she smells better than I do.

Gee whiz…we both know that didn’t come out the way I mean it.

When she was a smoker her sense of smell was better than mine and I haven’t smoked in thirty five years.

Some time ago my wife instituted a routine of wiping their little rumps off with a non-scented wipe each time our mutts pooped. So at our present rate of concern about the dog’s bathing there should not be a problem with either odor or debris.

More frequent bathing will undoubtedly result in an extended time between bathing.

Dogs don’t have to be wet to smell unpleasant. In our case both of our Schnauzers are able methane producers and it is the smelly kind.

Our pups have never smelled of feces, partly because we attempt to wipe their south end off each time they eliminate.

However their flatulence equals that of humans and I am really surprised to smell that much offensive ‘wind’ coming from such small packages. However that is the topic of another article. I will address canine ‘methane generation’at a later date

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