I have a BC puppy who loves to jump in the horse trough, then when she is good and wet she rolls in the dirt until she is completely covered in dirt!
Besides baths( can’t bathe her all the time), what are your favorite products for cleaning dogs.
Extra points if it is natural, but clean is the main goal!
i edited this because I was really interested in cleaning products that did not involve getting my puppy wet !
How about some loose clean straw with a play toy (squeaky) hidden in it …at the end of the day …
I use an empty stall and insert dirty, wet :eek: smelly dog …for a play visit before heading to the house 
- Works for someone I know and LOVE ! :lol:
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We have a B.C. too who loves water and dirt. I have a small puppy pool (plastic kids wading pool - very cheap) that I use for our dog. She gets into the pool on her own and loves to just collapse in the water. It’s one of her favorite places to be!
When she’s muddy, I just get her into the pool and rub and splash water on her. It helps a lot. I don’t use soap a lot, just rub and rinse off. And then I use towels to dry her off if she needs to come into the house.
We have a younger B. C. who doesn’t get dirty at all. Wet from rain or dew but she leaves the dirt alone. She’s actually scared of the puppy pool. Can’t figure that out at all!
Water.
Really there is no need to bathe just to get dirt off a dog, but without at least rinsing you have to wait for them to dry completely and then brush it out.
I have a dog wash station in my mudroom and my dogs get rinsed at least 2x a day this time of year.
Although, that is from exercise that I am choosing for them (running off lead), it’s just muddy this time of year. I am not sure I would continue a situation that allowed the dog to get into a water trough and roll in the dirt any time they want. I’d probably make the trough inaccessible.
I have an AussiexBernese. If she decides to get herself gross than she’s stuck outside or in the entrance until she dries, than gets brushed.
She rarely gets a bath, maybe a few times per year. We hover at or below freezing for 6 months of the year. Chilly for a bath, not too chilly for running through the mud…
Dirt and grime won’t stick to a healthy coat, so the smell doesn’t stick either.
My old instructor used to use one of the grooming block things on her Lab. Such as one of the Slick N’ Easy grooming blocks. Worked pretty well for dirt and helped with shedding. Dog seemed to like it to. I swear he started getting dirty just to be cleaned off with it. Lol
Thanks, I’ll try that, somehow it didn’t occur to me to check my horse grooming supplies!
Well, there is no magic bullet, really. Just like for horses. If the horse is wet and rolls in dirt, the best options are hose it off, or wait for it to dry and brush.
Depending on the length of the hair, a grooming block might help, but I can’t imagine it would do a lot for getting dirt out of longer haired dogs. (Maybe for very short/slick coated dogs like Viszlas or Great Danes it would work.)
I would try a pin brush or even a human hairbrush so that you can get into the coat, and not just the surface. But you will want to let the dog dry off before trying or it’s not going to work.
