Tips on bathing your chow?

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Samorrathis
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Tips on bathing your chow?

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It's been 15 years sence we have owned chows for that matter any dog, so i need some bathing advice. Nanuk is almost 6 months and we have been bringing him to the groomer every 2-4 weeks. This last time we went it was quite more expensive and she said the price will go up to $50 :shock: by the time he is full grown!

He rather sleep outside, so in order to keep my alergies under control I would like to keep him as clean as possible. Brushing alone isn't enough. I would like to try a self serve salon where they supply everything bath, shampoo etc for $15. Well the problem is I read all these horor stories about making sure to rinse very very well as well as making sure they are completely dry or you may cause hot spots. I think I am ready to try this bathing thing myself ( he absolutly loves the water) just conserned of not doing it correctly. Can you please share any bathing tips with me?

Thanks in advance!

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I've got two Chows that both love water and enjoy there baths. I have also been told about the drying but don't believe that it is much of a factor. Rinsing is very important though. You can hardly rinse enough, it takes a long time to get all the soap out thoroughly. I can dry my two as much as I want and they will be straight back into the water, ie: pool, sprinklers, lake, rain or whatever other source is available, sometimes they would be in the Kiddie pool 6 or 8 times a day when it's warm and once or twice even when it's quite cold out. I certainly don't dry them every time that they get wet and have started only towel drying them after baths with no ill results at all. I have noticed excessive itching/scratching a couple of times and found that it was simply a poor rinse job and the soap dried and irritated them. I hope this might help???
I've also had an outside tap put onto my hot water heater pipe so that i can use a "y" connectorin order to mix hot and cold water so they can have a nice warm bath even when it's cold out and it seems to help with the rinsing also, warm water, that is. Good luck.

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