Is it neglect to not wash your dog?
Nina Gulgowski
2025-05-25 13:33:41
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Dogs have sensitive skin and cleaning them too often can really dry out their coat and can cause skin irritation. Unless they get dirty or roll in something a bit gross, it’s best to leave the natural oils in their coat do all the hard work – they’re pretty great at self-cleaning. If you use drop on flea and worming treatment, this will also be washed away every time you bathe them. Dogs are better left without being washed for as long as possible.
Oscar Harber
2025-05-25 12:32:35
Count answers: 2
If your dog is happy and healthy then there is no reason you couldn’t just carry on as you have been. Washing your dog can flag up anomalies that you may not have noticed in the past. As a groomer, I have noticed all sorts of things on short-coated dogs that owners hadn’t noticed for themselves. It’s also really good for your dog’s skin and coat, provided good products are used. You never know – after her bath, you may realise that she was a little smellier than you first thought. Professional groomers have their hands on dogs all day, every day and anomalies in anatomy are very obvious to them and are easily flagged up, so even short-coated dogs can benefit from a professional groom. Obviously, no groomer would diagnose, but flagging up a problem has been known to save lives.
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