Ah yeah though the site that I saw clearly had a picture of a Basenji representing the breed! Your link, they look nothing like Bs
Note To Self:
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EL D will tolerate getting a bath - but it definitely takes some skill and the bathroom door must be closed during the experience of course. I pretty much have to strip down to bare essentials because once done you'd think there was a rainshower in the bathroom - water everywhere! I'll have to remeber the warm towels for next time though that sounds like a great idea.
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That towel thing does sound good. And I am totally jealous of anyone whos pup will willingly take a bath
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Ha! You inspired me, last night I took jack and gave him a bath. It is the first time we've done that in the new house, and we now have a handheld shower thingy, so I used that to spray him down, (Jack looking at me ever so plaintively "why are you doing this to me?") used the shampoo…..he seemed to like that part okay, then sprayed him down again and dried him off. He spent the next two hours trying to lick all of the water off of his legs.
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Mine both behave very well in the bathtub, but they do look miserable the whole time. Jazzy just stands there; Keoki wanders a bit around the tub, hoping I can't reach him, I'm sure.
I bathe them one at a time, and they both try to hide when they see me go into the bathroom with the "dog towels".
They get tiny nibbles of chicken strips at different stages of the bath – in the tub/tiny nibble, sprayed with water/tiny nibble, all soaped up/tiny nibble, rinsed off/tiny nibble. Then I put a bigger piece on a towel on the floor and they jump out to get it.After their baths I rub them down with a towel and open the bathroom door and they take off on a Basenji 500.
It's not a problem bathing them, except I have to spend so much time bending over the edge of the tub and that gets to my back!
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I know it sounds a little silly but I found that the best way to give Beegin a bath is for me to take a shower with him. He really hates standing in the water in the tub and will fight and fight to get out. However he always sticks his nose in to investigate when I take a shower. So one day I thought well let's just try the shower. He will stand still and let me bathe him no problem. He still doesn't seem to love it but he tolerates the shower whereas the bath option made my bathroom look like a tsunami hit it.
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I think there are a few people here who chose that option. You are not alone!
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We save baths for a day when Jackpot has gone to daycare all day and he's super tired when he gets home. When he's that tired, he tends to cooperate very well
We've tried to bathe him when he's not tuckered out and its exhausting for us! LOLI love the towel in the dryer idea…will have to try that next time!
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My wife puts on a bathing suit and gets in the tub with the dog being bathed and I hold them from the outside of the tub. It is hte only way we can do it. Even then, we still get soaked.
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Awh! I just gave Shango a bath last night.
He does NOT like it at all, but he cooperates. It's just like he looks at me and says "Hurry, please!"
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Bathing a basenji is like bathing a cat…
IMO.
I use baby wipes myself.
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Congo gets a bath about once every 3-5 months unless he gets very dirty. Most of the time I use doggy wipes and they condition his coat so its shiny too. This summer he had hives so I had to give him oatmeal baths more often.
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Ewww! Oatmeal and Dog Hair in the bathtub! LOL:D
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No the mess was bad but we did it in our guest bathroom. Thats the only thing that works for him besides giving him benadryl which sedates him so I only give that to him at night.
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Poor guy - do you know what causes his allergies?
I haven't been brave enough to bathe mine yet, just did them with Baby Wipes for the first time yesterday and was suprised that they seemed ok with that. Also used Adams Flea and Tick mist because they seem to be picking up fleas at the dog park - and they were oddly ok with that too. I figured a squirt bottle would raise flags, but they were fine.
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Bathing a basenji is like bathing a cat…
IMO.
I use baby wipes myself.
Makes us all happyLOL, I don't know.. My two B's do just fine, but when I had to bathe my previous cat due to a tangle with a skunk, THAT was hell!! I made it out alive, but was actually bleeding! :eek:
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I BET you were bleeding!
Oh, heavens, what a mess that must have been.
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I give kiro a bath every month….. in the shower with me.... with special doggie shampoo and conditioner... and then she gets wrapped up in her princess robe.
so adorable.... she is spoiled BIG time.
I bathe her before i apply her monthly advantix.
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I don't bathe Ruby or Brando unless they get into something.
Both my b kids are great walking in the rain, and I figure that happens often enough that they are getting a bath each time. This summer, it has rained so much (nearly every day) and they have actually been out in major downpours (those aren't their favourite, but they'll still go for a walk in it). They don't put up any fuss at all about the rain. Their coats are beautiful and they smell good so I figure, why bathe them.
When Ru was sick last fall, I had to bathe her to get poo off her…she was fine with the bath though. I found it was much easier to do it with a large pitcher of water instead of running the water.
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I never bathe Tosca either…we have had her an year and a half and she has only had one "real" bath. I brought her in to get her nails trimmed and had it done. Anything else has just been a rubbing down of her legs and underside if we go on a walk and she gets a bit muddy. It is very hard to get her in the bath to do even that, so I can't imagine how a real bath would go!
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Scarlett gets about 10 baths a year. Most of those are once a month from March to October…what can i say the deep south only as two seasons and the other 2 are around the holidays, before long trips. The summer baths are in a wash tub in the yard with watering can and hose...she loves these because she watches the other dogs get one first. The winter baths are a bit rougher, the bathroom is horrible after those. But luckily these only happen twice one before driving to my parents house and one before coming home. Definitely don't want to be stuck in a small space with a smelly dog for long trips!
