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Permalink Reply by Chris West on October 10, 2011 at 2:57pm

We bath Frosty whenever he gets stinky... which is usually about once a month. I have bathed him more frequently during times he repeatedly got into something gross (who doesn't love rolling in animal poop every other day or so??) and I have never found that more often bathing affected his skin in any way. Here are some past discussions on the subject:

http://www.mycorgi.com/forum/topics/1150197:Topic:36926

http://www.mycorgi.com/forum/topics/1150197:Topic:83289

http://www.mycorgi.com/forum/topics/1150197:Topic:115512

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Permalink Reply by Rebecca Marie O'Bryan on October 10, 2011 at 3:00pm

I wash teddys once a month. I apply the k9advantix on the first and then on the 30th he gets a bath. He goes swimming all the time and lake water can get nasty but he enjoys it so I can't help but take him. Plus he gets really bad dandruff so washing him in a vet prescribed shampoo really helps:)

There has actually been times that he has asked to take a bathe. He gets into the tub and wont come out until I give him one

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Permalink Reply by Chelsea and Wyatt on October 30, 2011 at 1:26pm

"There has acutally been times that he has asked to take a bath, He gets into the tub and won't come out until I give hime one."

 

That is way too cute!

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Permalink Reply by Peggy Woods on October 30, 2011 at 3:12pm

my dog will come running if he hears me running the tap!! He loves the tub - I just let him play in there.

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Permalink Reply by FredG and Dixie on October 31, 2011 at 12:50am

How do I get Dixie to do this?

 

When I put her in the bath tub she wants to jump out :(

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Permalink Reply by Peggy Woods on October 31, 2011 at 11:04am

he jumps in when he hears the tap! (or asks for a boost in)

It started when he was a pup - he was very curious: "why do the people go in there?" So I would pick him up & let him play in there after I was down in the shower. He likes to bite at the stream coming out of the tap. so to him the tub is FUN!! this dog also loves to swim...

In this picture I just ran the tub for him to play in (see he's biting at the water stream)

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Permalink Reply by FredG and Dixie on October 10, 2011 at 3:50pm

I bathe Dixie once a week because she goes to day care 2-3x weekly and ends up smelling like the cleaner they use on the mats. Also, that cleaner leaves a residue you can feel on your hand after touching her.

 

Plus, she hates bathing so I am trying to make bathing a non-issue by making it a weekly thing. I mean who doesn't love a corgi that smells like baby shampoo?

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Permalink Reply by Potus on October 10, 2011 at 7:10pm

I use much the same checklist as Jennifer, although if he's walked through a mud puddle with his low riding belly then I'll usually just wash his belly with just water, just to get most of the dirt out. Everyone comments on how clean Potus is and tells us he must be well groomed and washed, when in reality he only gets brushed once a month (he can't stand it, you have to catch him on a good day) and dirt mostly just falls off him. In the morning his paws can be filthy and by the afternoon they're back to being pure white as its all just fallen off. I would go by the rule of thumb 'don't wash unless you have to'. If your Corgi smells/has something smelly or dirty stuck in their fur then wash away.

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Permalink Reply by Joelle Soupe on October 11, 2011 at 10:05am

I wipe my corgi often with those target up&up brand antibacterial hand wipes (they have aloe and vitamin E too I think; they clean but are gentle on skin); note they are HAND wipes, not lysol-type wipes. 

 

I only bathe him when he has gotten unbearably stinky. 

 

It is best not to bathe more than once every 2 weeks; their skin can dry out and get irritated = lots of scratching. 

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Permalink Reply by John Wolff on October 31, 2011 at 12:27am

6 months.

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Permalink Reply by Donald Till on October 31, 2011 at 2:09am

We have 4 Corgis ranging in age from 2 to 4, and each has got at least one bath but we are pretty sure none of them have gotten more than 3, in their lifetime.  We take them in the pool in the summer but unless they smell bad we don't bath them.  Sure they smell like dogs - it's pretty subtle at worst.  My thinking is that the dog hair falls out before it gets a chance to smell bad - if only there was a market for that stuff we would be rich. 

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