This is way to much bathing for a chi. It would be much better to use wipes to wipe the chi clean.
As for breath, no their breath is not bad because of a small mouth. Their breath can be bad for several reasons, sickness, bad teeth, bad food, ect., but not because they have a small mouth. Brushing is a very wise thing to do....unfortunately I have not been very good in that area. Marsha Do not tell God how big your storm is. Tell the storm how big your God is. ----- Original Message ----- From: Teacher Bunny To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 9:12 PM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Bathing / Brushing their Teeth But they do stink in a day or two -- mine does. Maybe because we live in a really humid and tropical country. But we do use airconditioning but still... Not extremely stinky, it's more like they smell like their dog food especially near their scalp. His body coat doesn't stink though until when it's almost time for his scheduled Thursday bath. Or maybe it's their breath. The vet assistant said that it's because chis have small mouths so their breath stinks. Is that true? Which is why I feed him Breath Busters, but I just give barely half a cookie. I don't know if it works though. Who brushes their chi's teeth? How necessary is it? On Oct 7, 2007, at 1:25 AM, Leigh Ann Dickey wrote: hello, i do not bathe my Chi unless he is drity, visibly, or stinks. that is the rule i follow. otherwise, they tend to have skin issues if you bathe them too frequent. i use oatmeal shampoo. leigh ann
