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Teri

Thanks Lani

Great advice

Hugs Lani

1) You could do a Sponge bath and with older pets this is a good method. Take the dog outside and scrape the mud and dirt off with a comb or brush. Indoors, spread several towels on a bare floor, Apply a damp cloth soaked with Chamomile Tea all over the body, starting at the head and work your way down to the tail.
Pat the damp cloth down to the skin to get the dander and rinse off
with warm water sponges. This will pretty well saturate and clean the messy stinkiness away. Rub vigorously with a towel until damp or semi dry. Use a hair dryer to dry the rest, or let the dog sit in the sun to dry off.

2) Try a dry shampoo product sold in most stores you could order some by going to my home page, and click on the : Health Link on the lower right hand side, and do a search for : Dry Dog Shampoos. Several brands will come up for you.

3) A true dry natural shampoo you can make at home especially if your dog has allergies like mine consists of:
4) 1 part cornmeal
5) 1 part cornstarch
6) 1 part baking soda
Make sure again you have towels down, for this method.
Make sure the dog is really dry and rub into the fur down to the skin from nose to tail.
Let sit for 5 minutes or so, by the time you reach the tail it should be absorbing Odors, dander and dirt.
Brush out with a good brush starting at the head until its all removed.
After each of these methods you can sprinkle some essiential oil of your choice over its back, like lavender, Rose, or Lemongrass, for a clean smelling dog.
Have fun with Casey and the gang….lolol

Teri

I have a question for you regarding bathing in cool weather

Where I live in the country, some folks keep their dogs in kennels (most being beagles that are used for hunting) and some let them roam…like us with Casey..he doesn’t go far but our land is not fenced so the alternative would be to tie him up and I won’t do that. He has buddies that come over to play usually in the mornings..they all come by for a treat and have lots of room to frolic together..it’s such an important part of Casey’s day to socialize with his pals.

Casey is mostly lab mixed with retriever a beautiful bronze color. He has the best nature of any dog I’ve ever known. He’s about seven years old. He loves going into the woods exploring and quite often comes home very stinky…lol…I’ve seen him roll around on some very disgusting ’stuff’

My question is this: it’s fine during the summer to bathe him outdoors which we do a lot but once the cool weather arrives…what do we do?….he’s too big to get into a tub and there is no one in this town that grooms dogs. Can you recommend a dry shampoo or some alternative we can use when he is stinky?

Thanks Lani