I take Sadie to the dog park almost every day.  Because she doesn't seem to realize that she is little, she plays rough with the big dogs and gets filthy in the process.  She also shares their fleas.

I got sick and tired of the dirt in my bed and the constant scratching, so I started bathing Sadie daily.

I use very gentle soap with high oil content.  When I first started this, I went crazy buying soaps.  My favorites are Tea Tree Oil Soap and Castile with Eucalyptus Oil (Eucalyptus is a natural insect repellent)  I also like Pine Tar Soap (Great for dry skin and dandruff).

I have found that bar soap is easier to use than liquid soap because I just have to run it all over her body and I don't wind up using more than I need.

So far, Sadie has stopped scratching so much and isn't showing any signs of flakes.

What do ya'll think?

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Personally, I don't think I would bathe Sadie very often.  Your own vet will tell you that more than once a week, no matter what kind of soap you are using, will remove most of the lanolin from the skin and coat.  Then, flaky, dry dandruff and itching will start to be a problem for Sadie.  In fact, most vets will tell you only to bathe a short-haired dog when they get real muddy or smell bad from something they have rolled in.  That's the only time I bathe my girls (and once during shedding season), and believe me, they do not look or smell bad, EVER.  Most dirt, if dry,  just sloughs/brushes right off a short-haired dog's fur.  In all honesty, baths are a human hang up. 

Now if I lived in the country where cow patties and other stinky stuff were "readily available" to roll in, I would probably have to bathe my dogs more often.  But in the city, mine just don't get very dirty except after a muddy rainy spell.  And even then, I usually just stick their feet under the kitchen spigot and wash feet only.