How to wash a dog – Australian Shepherd Style
hey everybody so today’s video it’s
going to address how to give your
Australian Shepherd a bath because if
you have one you probably are already
aware of how thick their coat is they
have a double coat which means they’ve
got an undercoat and their outer coat
and it’s not as simple as a chihuahua
say that you wet them down scrub them up
rinse them off if you’ve tried it with
your dog maybe you’re successful I
certainly am NOT
troopers able to become dry like that
and oftentimes the water isn’t even even
get to the undercoat so I have a very
quick method I use to wash them and I’m
gonna walk you through that today first
thing you want to do is how to pick up
your dog which you hopefully do this
well already did for their benefit but
I’ll demonstrate it just in case trooper
alright so troopers about 45 pounds so I
always go he knows what’s coming I gotta
get the collar off
supers very big on the front he’s a lot
of weight right here so hers on the
support in here and support his bottom
and just keep him so I’m not crunching
his spine that carry him always lift
with your legs and then you can tell
he’s not totally uncomfortable he’s been
receiving this treatment since he was a
puppy
there we all are I’ve used a couple
different shampoos on trooper
specifically because he has edgy skin so
I’ve always looked for things that are
natural that have some kind of soothing
ingredient like oatmeal or avocado or
something else that just helps soothe
irritated scanning especially in allergy
season I first there’s another brand I
use I’m gonna have on me right now when
I switched into a poder I use the skin
and coat formula in which troopers
locked in the shower Stowe says it helps
relieve itching rich and lather and
there’s this one which I’m using now
oatmeal formula and as soothing formula
calms irritated skin so essentially by
marketing they’re kind of their purpose
is the same but from experience I can
tell you this one is awful in terms of
its lather ability it does not spread
well so I find I waste a lot or I have
to use a lot more my hand to get him all
soaked up and to spread the soap
otherwise I can’t move it around on his
hair
this one is creamier and lathers up
really nicely so soon as I’m done with
this I’ll switch back to this one bath
time if you have shower doors it’s
easier to shut yourself in here with the
dog and they can’t go anywhere I used to
not have shower door so I had to sit on
the edge which is great you know use
your knees to block them it works fine
unless you have a really big Aussie you
might need an assistant I’ve usually
been fine
no trooper and I are a good team you
want to do the head last if you can
because as soon as I get water near
their ears and their eyes and they feel
like they’re really in the bath that’s
when they start to shake and they get
more upset okay so one mistake I made
was I usually like to run the water to
the right temperature before I bring the
dog in that just reduces the amount of
time they’re saving here anxiously
awaiting this horrible torture but I
forgot to do that say so we’re going
today right now I have to run my fingers
through his coat as I wait because
otherwise the undercoat does not get wet
at all so it’s actually wet now
and I have to stay focused in one area
as I mentioned on the introduction it’ll
dry right away so I go alright that’s a
good boy and remember the goal here is
getting soapy we want the soap to stay
on his body and as you move to the next
zone you can spread your new soap into
your zones of old soap joints oh wow
nice job every now that I take a break
from moving on to a new zone and
massaging scratching feels really good
for his itchy skin that’s the nose as a
boggart experience good job
trooper good boy so I get the soap up to
like kind of the point where his ears
are I don’t like to put soap on top of
his head even though I’m sure it’s dirty
I just rinse it i rinse his head with
water and i scrub like this and I try to
break up the dirt and I call that good
neither true nor Sydney are show dogs
everything I do for them I do just to
keep them happy and healthy and for my
own amusement alright so now we’re on
the real scrub part in his neck is
getting so white he’s such a good boy it
is chest his belly right did his belly
his farm is pretty much done in his legs
I did a couple times as we were working
forward as I rinsed out I also scrubbed
the stove out so he gets kind of like a
an additional wash down at that point
and now instead of zones going like this
we’re gonna do some ones going top to
bottom so we’re going to rinse this open
the top and let it go down make sure you
rinse them really really well cuz I have
two cokes they’re gonna be soaked still
be on your coat
you wouldn’t even be aware of it and and
they could be itchy and miserable and
you could be applying free medicine for
something that’s not even blood related
just Sophie irritated skin even though
if it’s to help irritated skin if it’s
left on after a bath it’s not helping
anybody I just did this side of his body
i rinsed it off and kept him you tell
this is dry hair this is like totally
dry hair it’s insane I just soaked him
you can see these patches it’s dry he
didn’t even shake look at this
alright here comes the head back thank
you so I get him wet a scrub it
tonight game again they only try to do
it this way from that rinse his eyes
something I’ve learned with grooming
trooper is he seems to hold this as an
exaggeration he seems to hold like 95%
of his water in his feet so if you feel
like okay I’m gonna dry off the body the
body is the biggest part ride ride ride
ride ride
try the head draft chest and throw him
outside I find him
yes still tracks water all over
in fact his body’s dry he’s just shaking
off but if you look at his feet which
we’ll do in a second he’s some plenty
wet his feet had these puddles of water
that stay with him due to the surface
tension of the water I guess and they’re
coming out of his feet look at this it’s
so crazy so I can’t wring him out like a
can of towel oh here’s a great example
sweet pick him up it’s insane so I just
lightly dry off the exposed parts of his
ears put anything in his ears and I tell
him you can get out I don’t want to get
out on a release like you this game I’ll
make sure I do it
Sydney’s much easier it’s crazy with ten
pounds to do she’s a little she’s
lighter but she’s not the behavior will
be easier so she will act like a crazy
beast and so I hold her really tight and
so I put her down so she doesn’t hurt
herself now very super she’s a dirty
even she will never speak he sucks you
can find she will paint the town red
with nastiness girl do I never estimate
the power of talking sweetly to your dog
when they’re stressed out it really
helps with Sydney some places online
I’ve read okay that you should wash and
rinse in your direction of hair growth
that I’d be going like this I don’t want
to see the point of that because when
you go like this you expose their skin
better then you get the soap in the
center and I don’t follow that is like
either of them have suffered because of
it
there’s an Australian Shepherd right
here
