At what age can i bathe my puppies?

Question

I have two 4 week old beagles, there mother rejected them. The mother was just a puppy her-self, (less than a year). Well i have been using wash clothes and wiping them off, but water really doesn't do the trick, is it possible to bathe them at 4 weeks??

Answer 1

yes they can be bathed at this age i almost always bath my 4 week old pups with diluted puppy shampoo about onc a week with the washcloth treatment inbetween. YOu should blow dry them as others have said at this age they still don't have the ability to keep their temp . so they can get chilled and get sick very easily.
I don't know if you know but it's at this age that you should start them on moistened dry food.
I ususally start with moistening Purina puppy show with water but you can use formula if you have it. make the food like a soup consitency. Try to feed this to them 3-4 times a day and follow up with a bottle for teh fluid.
at 5 weeks make it a little thicker, at 6 weeks start making it even thicker and add a small amount of dry hard food so they can start munching, also now you can start to leave the water down. at 7 weeks it should be barely moist and I leave a bown of hard food down so they can pick at it by 8 weeks they should be on solid food.
Also it is goo to give them a wormer from the vet at 2,4 ,6 and 8 weeks old and especially since thye don't have immunity from mom they should get their first vaccine at 6 weeks old.

Answer 2

Bathing Puppies

Answer 3

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At what age can i bathe my puppies?
I have two 4 week old beagles, there mother rejected them. The mother was just a puppy her-self, (less than a year). Well i have been using wash clothes and wiping them off, but water really doesn't do the trick, is it possible to bathe them at 4 weeks??

Answer 4

you can bathe them now but I would just wash them from the neck down for now since they are so young. Get a good puppy shampoo (most dog shampoos can't be used on pups under 6 or 8 wks of age). I like to dilute the shampoo in an empty dish detergent bottle; I put about 3/4 inch of shampoo in and then fill the rest of the bottle up with lukewarm water.

Gently wash each pup and dry them off completely, I like to use a hairdryer set on warm. Keep them away from any open windows or other drafty places until they are completely dry.

Answer 5

4 weeks is a bit young, wait until they are at least 8 weeks.

If the puppy is very young, you can bathe him in the kitchen sink.
Place a clean wet wash cloth on the bottom of the sink so the pup won't slip.

Buy a dog shampoo from a Pet store.
Human shampoo is NOT acceptable or desirable for bathing puppies or dogs because
the Ph (acid/alkaline balance) of dog skin is different from the human Ph.level.

Dogs feel heat more strongly than we do, so make the bath water about 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
Test it the way you would a baby formula using your wrist or elbow. If it feels warm, it's too hot!

This is my method for bathing a dog.

Gently immerse a puppy into the sink, keeping his head above the water, but getting his body wet all over.
You will wash his head last.

Pour the shampoo into your cupped hand and drizzle it over the pup's wet coat and work it in with your fingers and palms.
Don't forget to wash the tail!

When you have got the body all soaped up and worked into the coat, drain out the soapy water and refill the sink with clean water to rinse away the soap.
Drain the sink again and fill the sink and rinse one more time.
It is very important that all the soap is removed from the coat.

Remove the pup from the basin and wrap him well in a towel, leaving the head exposed.

Gently pour warm water from a cup over his head, from behind the skull, tipping his nose down so that the water runs down and away from his nose and eyes.
Put a small amount of shampoo onto his skull and work it around his ears and neck and under his chin, keeping the soap out of his eyes and mouth.

Rinse his head twice with warm water from the cup, again pouring from back to front, as before.
Now with another small towel dry his head and face. Remove the cotton from the ears.

The reason we wash the head last is because water on the head results in automatic shaking of the whole body.
Since the pup is secured in a towel while you wash the head, you avoid having water sprayed all over the house when the head gets wet.

You can dry the puppy with your hand-held hair dryer set on low, never medium or hot in an area away from the sink and wet floor.

Keep the air flow about 16-18 inches away from the puppy, remembering his sensitivity to heat.
It is very easy to burn a puppy with a hair dryer so be careful.

Don't bathe the puppy unless he is dirty or very smelly.
Too much bathing strips the protecive oils from the coat.
Don't be surprised if you see 'dandruff' while you dry and brush.
Dandruff is a normal reaction to a stressful situation and means nothing, so don't panic!

Now you've done your first Puppy Bath, and you're only a little bit wet and hardly stressed!

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At what age can i bathe my puppies?
I have two 4 week old beagles, there mother rejected them. The mother was just a puppy her-self, (less than a year). Well i have been using wash clothes and wiping them off, but water really doesn't do the trick, is it possible to bathe them at 4 weeks??

Answer 7

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Answer 8

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I have never considered sending my dog away for training. I guess I haven't found that much of a problem with him to even think about it.

Again, it may also have to do with the level of training you are looking for etc. No idea lol. I'm not a trainer. I think a first time dog owner needs to learn simple commands and how to handle their dog themselves as well.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

I wouldn't really adivse it, they are so fragile at thet age, especially without the immunities from mums' milk, and could easily catch a chill. Keep doing what your doing, and that'll suffice for now. Now get off here and go catch an hours sleep before your next feeding session! lol Good luck =)