We’ve all seen those videos where the owner says ‘bath time’ and the dog runs a mile. There’s no avoiding the fact that most dogs do not enjoy being bathed, but is this down to their natural instinct or the owner?

If you were to start a grooming session with a bath each and every month, you’ll help them familiarise themselves with the tub, and if you were to give them treats throughout the course of ‘bath time’ you may find that they actually start to enjoy it and behave a bit better. You do need to be careful when you’re bathing a dog, as you would a baby, because you don’t want to burn them, irritate their skin or scare them, so keeping the water lukewarm, shallow and using dog only products is a good start. They will then need to be dried straight after, not with a blow dryer because this will irritate them, but with a towel. Try these tricks and you may find your dog starts to enjoy their bath.