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Topic Dog Boards / General / Booster bath
- By tooolz Date 11.03.15 16:15 UTC
The blue one with legs, open one end.
Anyone got one, see one first hand?

I'm unable to bend over a domestic bath any more and wondered how these work.
- By Goldmali Date 11.03.15 17:17 UTC Upvotes 1
I was looking at these about 3 years ago as my back can't take the bending and there's so much bathing with the Papillons. (One day I bathed 3 dogs and my back went and I had to crawl out of the bathroom on my hands and knees with nobody to help me.) They are not all that easy to find now but I ended up buying a baby bath on a stand and it's the best buy I've ever made. Cost about £40. It sits in my bath, I use the shower, there is a plug hole in it so the water runs straight into the bath, the height is perfect, and I can bath all the dogs now in one go without hurting my back. The booster baths did not look practical to me.
- By tooolz Date 11.03.15 18:49 UTC
Great feedback Marianne, many thanks.
- By corgilover [gb] Date 12.03.15 16:20 UTC
I use a baby bath on a grooming table in the kitchen the baths you mentioned have to be plumbed in, I bought my bath from a boot sale for a pound
- By Nikita [gb] Date 15.03.15 10:41 UTC
One of the at-home grooms I do uses a baby bath on a stand as they have a little dog and a wet room, so I'd be washing him on the floor otherwise!  No good for me and my back.  The baby bath isn't perfect, still a bit low for me personally but it does the trick for that one dog.
- By Pedlee Date 15.03.15 11:02 UTC
I have the booster bath and have found them very good. When I first looked into them I thought they seemed incredibly flimsy but they are in fact quite stable.

I had a large one in my previous house and that coped well with even quite large dogs (think overweight labs). I initially had a plug-on-to-taps shower attachment in my utility room and put the drainage hose out of the back door. I then transferred it to a garage with a proper shower and drainage.

My current set up is that large dogs are bathed in a "human" double shower (it does involve bending) and with smaller dogs I use the booster bath which I bring in to the shower room and plonk on top of the shower tray. Works well for me.

I guess it depends on your set up.
- By tooolz Date 15.03.15 11:43 UTC
Thanks!
I've tried several permutations as I have lots of bathrooms, all, so far, have involved bending which is now a no-no.

I'm going to give Mariannes baby bath on stand a go first then see how I fare, many thanks for the suggestions.

When we move I'm definitely going for the purpose built deep sink option but I will  have to muddle through til then.
- By Debs46 [gb] Date 28.04.15 04:07 UTC Upvotes 1
I've got one of these booster baths as like you I struggle with bending down for too long.  I don't actually use the legs and feet on it thought.  What I have done is to get a couple of bath boards that sit across the bath and I put the booster on those with rubber matting underneath to stop any slipping.  I can then use my normal shower to bath the dogs and the water just drains out of the plug hole in the booster straight into the bath and away.  Perfect height, no bending at all.
Topic Dog Boards / General / Booster bath

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