How often do dogs need a bath?
The answer to this question depends on a number of variables such as the type of coat your dog has, lifestyle and environmental differentiations, climate and geography and the owner’s tolerance for dander. Your dog’s coat is a perfect indication of how often it should be bathed. Dogs with a fine, smooth coat need not be washed more than once every two months, unless they get particularly dirty. You don’t want to over-bathe smooth coated dogs because it can tamper with the oils they produce as a natural waterproof for protection of their skin. The other extreme belongs to dogs that have long silky coats. In order to preserve the shine on these coats consider a bath at least once a month; reduce that time period down to every three weeks for outside dogs. Curly-coated dogs that don’t shed can wait as long as two months between washings. While a silky coat requires more frequent bathing than a smooth coat, a Jack Russell Terrier that spends its days outdoors will probably need to be bathe
