[paula bedard]

I always wash outside with a hose too, but I use a baby pool for Ike to stand in. Keeps him corralled and the water from creating a mud puddle. We have well water and when the water is very cold, I keep a 2 gallon watering can filled with warm water to add some warmth to the process. When I'm done, I use the soapy water left in the pool to water the potted plants around the yard. They've never minded a bit of soap.

Ranger sure seemed to enjoy his first hose bath.

 

[Bob-N-Tash]

This last photo is too funny... Ranger's expression is just great.

 

[2DogsN3Cats]

I have to use the hose to wash Max. If I even try and get him into the bathroom he freezes and turns into a statue that is IMPOSSIBLE to move. He has gotten a bath atleast once a week since he has been here so he is getting used to hose baths. Today he is getting one as as soon as it warms up a bit more. I brush him before and after and then sit in my porch swing while he bakes in the sun to dry off. I dont let him in the house right away because we keep it pretty cold in here and I dont want him to get a chill.

 

[Mssjnnfer]

I'm glad this thread was posted! Using our tub for three dogs right now is pretty much impossible. I'm so achy after doing just one... So I wanted to bathe them all outside.

It's a freaking heatwave around here now (will get up to 100 degrees) so it's okay to have the icy water from the hose? I'm just afraid it will be too cold for them. LOL. Especially Sadie, since she doesn't have the longer coat.

I trust you all though, and I think I might use Paula's warm watering can idea too.

Wish me luck!

 

[Our3dogs]

99.9% of the time I bath the dogs outside. Years ago we picked up an onyx shower pan at a close out sale. We were going to use if for a remodel and never did. I had my husband build a raised platform for it and started using it for the dogs. For years I hooked up a hose to the garage sink and would stretch it out the door to the shower pan. Then during a remodel we did 2 years ago, I mentioned to my DH it would be nice to have faucets at the bath stand. My wish was granted, during the plumbing portion he ran the plumbing for hot/cold right to the stand. I think we are the only people around with hot/cold running water with a showerpan in their backyard. I hooked a piece of flexible hose to the drain so I can direct the water away from me. Plus the great thing - I don't have to bend over to wash the dogs.

 

[Ranger]

Our3dogs - that is quite the set up! Especially compared to me yesterday...I had shorts, flip flops, cookies, shampoo, hose and a leashed dog!

Thanks everyone for the compliments on Ranger! He was pretty happy after his bath yesterday and zoomed around the yard a few times before he got his Looney Tunes towel draped over him like a cape. Anyone else's dog do that weird shake where they go from head to tail? The last few seconds Ranger's just shaking his bum and tail - it makes me laugh all the time!

I see what some of you said about the cold water not doing as great a job of warm. I can feel he's not quite as clean or shiny as he was after his last (warm) bath, but he still feels better plus I got the mud and river smell off him! I couldn't stop petting him last night, he felt so soft!

Here's a pic of Ranger in his after-bath glory:

 

[Florabora22]

I hose bathe Flora 3x a week (she swims in dirty water a lot and it keeps the fleas off her), and god do I love it. The water is never icy cold b/c it's so freakin' hot here all the time, so I feel like she gets pretty clean. There's a nice fence right along our yard, so I generally tie her to the fence, and she stands perfectly still while I scrub her down and rinse her off with the spray hose. Then when we're done she goes crazy and immediately runs inside and lays down on my bed. :doh:

...That reminds me, I need to order some more micro-tek.

 

[Rhapsody in Gold]

I'm glad this thread was posted! Using our tub for three dogs right now is pretty much impossible. I'm so achy after doing just one... So I wanted to bathe them all outside.

It's a freaking heatwave around here now (will get up to 100 degrees) so it's okay to have the icy water from the hose? I'm just afraid it will be too cold for them. LOL. Especially Sadie, since she doesn't have the longer coat.

I trust you all though, and I think I might use Paula's warm watering can idea too.

Wish me luck!

I think if Sadie is cold, she will shiver. We live in a Chicago suburb. We have had to hose our three Golden's feet, tummys, tails, and bottoms outside with cold water in a November drizzle after a muddy romp - - - they can handle it - - - they're Goldens : )

 

[MILLIESMOM]

I bathe my dogs outside all the time. I have bathed them in fifty degree weather if it is sunny. I have plenty of towels around and dry them as best as I can then put them in their crates until they are all dry.

It has been very hot here. Yesterday we returned from North Carolina. We were there for ten days visiting my son and daughter in law. I boarded Brie and Pearl at their vets. I picked them up today, pee yew stinky puppers. When I go them home John was waiting with the hose ready. We use a sprayer that is adjustable to a light spray. It is 81 degrees out and sunny. I stopped and bought the shampoo on the way home. I use Saint Ives body wash. Oatmeal and shea butter. It does a beautiful job on their coats and is very gentle. It was 1.99 a bottle, the pet shampoo is 7.00. It suds up well no matter what the water temp is.
I am telling ya, those two stood there like they were in heaven. We didn't even have to hold onto the leash. Afterward, they ran and rolled in the grass. We have two acres 1/4 is E Fence. There is plenty of of grass for them to roll in. Right now they are sleeping very soundly. They missed their cushy beds, Mom & Dad.
For the bad weather I have a stock tank in the basement near the laundry. I have it setting up on an old coffee table. It is just the right height for the dogs to get into. It is made out of heavy rubber. John cut out the end so the dogs could get in and out easily. I run the hose from the faucet in the laundry tub. He put a drain in it so the water runs out. It is deep enough that when the dogs shake it does not go all over. I lay down an old blanket that they can stand on when they get out. When they shake it goes on the blanket what doesn't I just mop up. It works out great.

 

[jenlaur]

I bathed Riley inside in the shower up until we got Jaxson. His coat is so thick and he takes so long to bathe I thought outside would be easier. I do them separately and I do it in the driveway to avoid the rolling the dirt thing. I use the training leash (the one that works like a choker) and attach it to my boat hitch. This acts a great anchor to keep the dogs in place.

 

[Debles]

Consider the fact that Goldens were bred to be in cold water for duck hunting. They have an undercoat to protect them.

You can get a plastic baby pool and if you fill it up a day or two before it will be nice and warm. Plus the water in our hose in the summer is sometimes really too hot at first! So I run it in the pool until it's a safe temp.

I use the Microtek too.. it's the safest for Gunner's allergy prone skin.

 

[Dakota's Pal]

Can you buy mats to put on your lawn or something when bathing out side?

 

[MikaTallulah]

Buddy gets bathed outdoors most of the time!

 

[Molly's Mum]

Molly gets a shower outside. Hubby has installed a hot water tap outside so we can get warm water for Molly by using a mixer connection that uses the hot and cold tap. She loves her outside shower now that it's warm water especially with the colder weather arriving

 

[shallwemichele]

I've tried three ways (not including using the kitchen sink when Arthur was little . Outside with a hose is fine, but since we live in a condo, it's in a courtyard where cars might come, and I don't want to leash him because he needs his collar off to wash that mangy ruff around his neck. In the bathroom with a tub, things went well, though getting in and out was a hassle, and yes, it made a big mess. My favorite way is to take him in to the stand up closed shower staff, after I've had a shower. It has a hand held sprayer that can be taken off the wall. He can't get away, and just stood patiently. I could use a nice temperature, rinse with the hand held sprayer, and then let him shake inside the stall. Then dry him and open the door (and rinse myself . Clean, quick, easy.

 

[jimla]

I finally gave up bathing our dogs outside in a child's pool. It was really hard on my back. We got a shower head on a long hose for the bathtub and it works great! I give Elliot a weekly bath before we go on therapy dog visits. He climbs into the tub eagerly. He seems to know we will be visiting the hospital in the morning.