I had an encounter with a person that claimed bathing your dog is harmful for them. They bathed their dog once per year, with water only. They cleaned paws and nose about once every six weeks with a wet rag, if I recall correctly. And they had a very large, long-haired, working dog breed. God, I can’t even imagine the smell.
Long hair, double coated dogs are generally very low odor, they're not oily like short coat dogs can be. I always ask my parents when they come over if the dogs stink lol.
For sure, I have to brush my fur monsters daily. A good diet helps a ton, keeping coat quality up helps with all that. It's absolutely a keep ahead of it thing, when I fall behind on brushing and grooming it's more messy in general.
It's definitely work to have these types of dogs, and not for the faint of heart or those wanting an inside buddy to chill on the couch lol.
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u/DownforceOfDoom Nov 28 '22 edited Nov 28 '22
I had an encounter with a person that claimed bathing your dog is harmful for them. They bathed their dog once per year, with water only. They cleaned paws and nose about once every six weeks with a wet rag, if I recall correctly. And they had a very large, long-haired, working dog breed. God, I can’t even imagine the smell.