The first thing to consider about grooming a dog is your dog's physcial comfort and YOUR physcial comfort. Bathing a dog on a grooming table will prevent discomfort for you and will keep your dog at the optimum height to be bathed without you coming out of the experience with a bad back. But you do need to train the puppy to do this. An excerpt from the book "Dogshows 101" will help you... ... http://www.squidoo.com/training_dogs Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:37:26 -0600 FeedCreator 1.7.2 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:16:29 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/training_dogs The first thing to consider about grooming a dog is your dog's physcial comfort and YOUR physcial comfort. Bathing a dog on a grooming table will prevent discomfort for you and will keep your dog at the optimum height to be bathed without you coming out of the experience with a bad back. But you do need to train the puppy to do this. An excerpt from the book "Dogshows 101" will help you..."Train your dog to stand on the grooming table while you wet him down and suds him up. He will learn to enjoy the bath and will not be frightened of it if you use a spray nozzle and hold it DIRECTLY against his skin on the rump to start with, so that he is not “splashed” with water and won’t hear the noise of all the water coming out of the spray when it is held away from his body.  Use a good dog friendly shampoo. NOT a human shampoo, it has the wrong PH balance. Also do use a conditioner, again, one meant for a dog. Always protect the eyes from getting soap in them and wash the dog with your hands or a sponge, rinsing with the sprayer, or lacking all else, plenty of buckets of warm water. Just let the extra water run off on the ground or down the drain"   This book is on sale now, can be bought with Paypal, and is also available in ebook downloadable format at this site. Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:16:29 -0600