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0 Jul 26,2025
How to bathe a German Shepherd? Before bathing the German Shepherd, comb the hair on the German Shepherd's body and cut off stubborn knots. Before bathing, plug the German Shepherd's ears with cotton slivers to prevent water from entering. Apply Apply ointment on the eyes to prevent detergent and dirty water from entering; let the German Shepherd stand in the bathtub, and then slowly wet the body with water to prepare for the bath.
1. Clean up German Shepherd body debris
Before taking a bath, brush the hair all over your body to prevent tangled hair from getting worse. Stubborn knots can be cut off with scissors. Clean leaves, debris, etc. from your body.
2. Make preparations
Before bathing your German Shepherd, put a collar on it so that you can control it more easily during the bath. Use cotton swabs or tampons (do not use cotton balls, otherwise the washing process will be half-way. As soon as the German Shepherd shakes his head, the cotton balls will fall off) vertically plug the T-shaped ear canal, and use chlortetracycline or chlortetracycline. Apply KY ointment or KY ointment on both eyes to prevent detergent and dirty water from entering.
3. Let the German Shepherd adapt to bathing first
Let the German Shepherd stand firm in the special bathtub, first wet the whole body with water of appropriate temperature, and gently comb the hair on the German Shepherd's body to make the German Shepherd feel comfortable and calm down and ready for a bath.
4. Drop shampoo
First apply shampoo on the back, rub from the back to the buttocks, and rub the whole body to create foam. Finally, wash the German Shepherd’s head, ears, soles of feet, chin, and around the anus. Be careful not to get the foam into your German Shepherd’s eyes. While scrubbing gently, hold the German Shepherd's collar with one hand to prevent the German Shepherd from jumping out or getting water everywhere.
5. Start flushing
The direction of flushing is to clean the German Shepherd’s head first, and then clean the German Shepherd’s body. Start from the head and gradually flush backward. Do not grab it head-over-face. Be sure to rinse the detergent thoroughly after washing to make sure that you have completely washed away the remaining detergent on the German Shepherd. It is recommended that you use conditioner every time. The acid-base balance is conducive to thoroughly washing off the remaining detergent on the German Shepherd. agent. These things remaining on the German Shepherd's body will cause skin itching. During the scratching process, the German Shepherd can easily cause inflammation and infection.
6. Dry with a towel and blow dry
Dry the German Shepherd with an absorbent towel specially designed for pet German Shepherd bathing. Absorbent towels are generally sold in pet stores. Remove the cotton balls from the German Shepherd’s ears and wipe them clean. Wipe it with a towel first, and then blow dry it with a hair dryer. Be sure to dry it. Moist skin can easily cause German Shepherd skin diseases.
7. Blow-dry and comb
After drying, comb the German Shepherd’s hair and pay attention to whether there are any skin diseases on the German Shepherd’s body. Finally, use toilet paper to clean the German Shepherd’s eyes and ears.