For the second day in a row our puppies are mucky!  Obviously they are beginning to poo without being licked by mum and when they are all wrapped together in cosy piles, one decides to "go" and messes over the rest of them!

Yesterday I bathed them because they were getting it everywhere and mum wasn't too fussed about clearing it up.  The same thing has happened today too.

I guess it isn't a good idea to bathe little puppies three times a day so what does everyone else do?  It's a bit smelly and yellow (typical milk fed baby styleeee) and mum doesn't like the fly that is attracted to it!

Don`t know how old yours are, mine are 5+bit wks. I have a bowl of water with those blue/yellow J cloths only for pups,ring out well & wipe pup all over few times a day :) Mined mine don`t do many poops, but enough puddles to have bath in I`ve no need to bathe them as urine is still clear & not really smelly....yet!

Christine, Spain.

Baby wipes.

The few weeks up to puppies arriving I watch the super market and pick them up when on a buy one get one free and buy maybe 6. They smell quite nice also :-)

well i good advantage is there getting used to it we hasve 4 min pups and they pee like crazy the papper is soaked in a day
bye for now fiona

Hi Jacky, if Mum is not doing a thorough job I use baby wipes - better than soaking tiny babes several timmes per day, and very effective.
bye
Gwen

baby wipes here as well , my pups are nealy 5 weeks and mum still cleans up when she gets the chance ;(

You can actually get doggie wipes, but baby wipes will be cheaper.

Mitch

Baby bath liquid in a bowl of water and then sponge them doen or use a cloth works well.  As it doesn't need rinsing off a baby's skin I think it is safe to use wityhout rinsing.

I often use it in wet weather when people come to xee pups to clean feet.  Puppies feet get very smelly when running around outsdie, and of course when people pick up those lovely pups they get a mouthful of smelly feet :D

Thank you everyone.  I wouldn't have thought of baby wipes but will certainly give it a go.  I've just been to fetch them in from the kennel and they have started the day all sparkly, clean and sweet smelling - let's just hope they stay that way all day!