When to bathe or not bathe a pregnant dog? - Page 1

Is is a ole wives tale or true? If you bathe a pregnant dog at a week before her whelp , you can cause her to have the litter early...

Bath her if she rolls in cow poo - don't bathe her if she doesn't smell.  Just like any other dog.

molly

LOL

Speaking of stinky!  I've got a couple of those myself.  It's bath day!  Although I think mine are smelly from rolling in cat poo!

Molly: I dont have any cows..........just

16 DAYS OF RAIN AND MUD AND SHE IS GETTING IN CREEK AND COMING OUT VERY STINK AND DIRTY.....WIPES WONT GET HER CLEAN  BUT I DONT WANT PUPS A WEEK EARLY.... and Im not yelling.....the caps key gets in the way......she is due July 6,7,8 or so.....I just keep hearing that rumor and no one here knows for sure, just heard that.......  Ill bathe her next week, hopefully before she whelps....

bathing her won't make her whelp early - won't hurt or change anything, unless she is completely stressed out by bathing, I would do it if she needs it, and don't do it if she doesn't smell.  Personally my dogs just get hosed off unless they need shampoo to really get rid of something gross they rolled in.

molly

yellowrose,

eichenluft is 100%, the bath isnt going to cause labor early unless your female is completely afraid of the bath and you have to put a ton of pressure (mentally) on her to make her calm down.  Now, i guess there might be some crazy chemical in some crazy shampoo that might, just might cause something to happen in some crazy dog, but the chances are very slim.

for the sake of your dogs skin I would wait and bathe after the pups as it will be needed at that point (trust me!).

Douglife:  Your right , pretty clean babies and a nasty mom , I know all of this, I just introduced the question , is it rumor or not...I havent got a female on my property that couldnt take a bath   , I just never bathe them before the whelp, so I wouldnt know if a real warm bath ever did cause someones dog to have an early birth.....I use Dawn ,the same thing the Bird association uses when birds get in an  oil spill, and use Head and shoulders on adult dogs , during these crazy dog days of summer,,,,itchy skin and hot weather and bugs....  

I guess all my dogs think the creek is a bathtub, with no shampoo though,,,during nursing sometimes a bitch will sneak around me and go to the creek and I have to shampoo as you do not know what is in the creek someone else dumped in it, way down the road as it comes for miles accross my property.......

I just wanted to know if anyone had this happen to them....or is it a myth   Ive heard it for years.....never worried about it,,,mine carry theres till the last minute as long as they can,,,,,like they dont want to give them up...