How do poodles take baths?

Answer 1

Even though poodles are water dogs they probably will not enjoy taking a bath too much.

The first step of any bath is to wet the dog. Depending on the amount of hair the poodle has it maybe difficult to wet the dog to the skin, poodles were bred to repel water. For the body of a small dog it maybe be easy enough to dunk it in water and massage it until it's wet (do not push it's head underwater!) but for most dogs the easiest way is to spray or pour water onto them. Try not to get water into the eyes, nose and especially the ears of the poodle you are washing. Dampness in floppy ears can cause infection.

Next, soap the dog with a dog or puppy shampoo starting from the head. For longer hair you will really have to work it in, otherwise the dog may not be all the way clean.

Like wetting,rinsing will likely be easiest by pouring or spraying water onto the poodle. On a long haired dog this will take a long time, be sure to get all the soap out.

If they haven't already your dog is likely to shake to dry off. of you are washing your dog in the bathroom you may want to take precautions; water can get everywhere