Deciding when and how to bathe your dog is often difficult. This is because your dogs bathing frequency depends on a list of factors: your dogs breed, how much time they spend outdoors, your dog's age, as well as any existing medical conditions, just to name a few.

Simply, when and how you bathe your dog will change throughout the year as well as throughout the dog's life. Below is a list of reasons that your dog may need a bath, as well as some pointers to help you along the way:

1. Your dog encountered something and smells.
This is the #1 reason that your dog is bathed. If your pal is like ours and has a way of finding something smelly to roll in, then he