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Frenchie sensitive-skin bath
The sensitive-skin bath for a french bulldog, and when to see a vet instead.
A bath will not cure frenchie skin problems. The right bath helps prevent them: a gentle shampoo, cool water, every fold opened, cleaned, and dried. This page is what that visit does, step by step, and the signs that mean your dog needs a vet before it needs a wash.
What a bath can and cannot do
Frenchie skin, in four lines.
Skin
Fold-heavy and allergy-prone
Face folds, the nose rope, and the tail pocket trap moisture, and frenchies run high rates of environmental allergy.
What a bath can do
Clean, rinse, and dry
Lift debris and allergens off the coat and out of the folds, then leave every fold dry. That is prevention, not treatment.
What a bath cannot do
Treat an infection
Fold dermatitis, yeast, and bacterial infections that have already started need a vet, not more washing.
Our price
$75
Frenchies sit in our small tier. The gentle shampoo is not an add-on, and nails and ears are included.
Why frenchie skin goes wrong (fold dermatitis, yeast, allergies) is explained in french bulldog skin problems. This page is about the bath itself.
Before you book
Bath problem, or vet problem?
A good bath helps with
- A musty smell from the folds that goes away once they are cleaned and dried
- Grit, food, or tear staining packed into the face folds
- Pollen and dust on the coat in allergy season
- Mild dry or flaky skin with no redness
See your vet first for
- Red, raw, or weeping skin in a fold or the tail pocket
- Discharge, crusting, or bumps that spread
- A smell that returns within a day of cleaning
- A fold your dog will not let you touch
- Constant scratching, or waking at night to itch
- Ears that smell, look red, or get pawed at
More washing does not fix an active infection and can irritate it further. Once your vet has it under control, a regular gentle bath is part of keeping it from coming back.
The visit
What the sensitive-skin bath does, step by step.
- 01
Tell us at booking
What your dog reacts to, what shampoo has worked, and whether your vet has prescribed anything. It changes what we reach for.
- 02
Skin and fold check
Before any water: face folds, nose rope, tail pocket, armpits, and belly. If something looks like it needs a vet, we tell you before washing, not after.
- 03
Gentle shampoo, diluted
A hypoallergenic or oatmeal option, diluted rather than used full strength. If your vet prescribed a medicated shampoo, we use yours with the contact time on the label.
- 04
Cool water and contact time
Cool rather than hot water for itchy skin, and enough time on the coat for the shampoo to do its job before it comes off.
- 05
Folds cleaned one at a time
Each face fold, the nose rope, and the tail pocket are opened and cleaned individually instead of washed over.
- 06
A rinse longer than the wash
Residue left in a fold is an irritant. The rinse runs until nothing is left.
- 07
Every fold dried, then the dog
Each fold dried individually, then the whole dog dried completely. Drying is the step that actually protects the skin.
- 08
Ears and nails
Ears checked and cleaned, nails clipped or ground. Both included.
Why dilution and rinsing matter more than the brand is on the shampoo we actually use.
Frenchie specifics
Sore folds, flat faces, and warm days.
A dog guarding a sore spot. A frenchie that flinches when a fold is touched is telling you something. Our senior and anxious dogs approach, one handler and no rush, applies to a dog protecting a sore fold as much as to a nervous one. If the fold looks infected, that visit becomes a vet referral, not a bath.
Flat faces run hot. Frenchies do not shed heat well. Whoever bathes yours, keep the water cool to lukewarm and the dryer off its hottest setting. Heat stress is on our list of conditions we will not wash through.
Itch that does not settle. If your frenchie is still itchy a week after a gentle bath, the shampoo was probably never the cause. The itchy-skin guide walks through the four causes to rule out with your vet.
Price
$75 for a french bulldog.
Our small tier, flat. The sensitive-skin shampoo, the fold and tail-pocket work, the ear cleaning, and the nail trim are all part of it. Nails and ears are included in every wash. Mention the skin when you book so the visit is set up for it.
The weekly fold routine and how often to book are on the french bulldog breed page.
Frequently asked
Sensitive-skin bath questions.
No bath is a cure, and we will not sell one as a cure. A well-done bath is prevention: it removes what irritates the skin and leaves the folds dry, which takes away the warm damp conditions yeast and bacteria need. An active infection, an allergy flare, or bumps that keep spreading need a vet diagnosis first.
Only one your vet has prescribed. Our standard for sensitive skin is a gentle hypoallergenic or oatmeal shampoo, properly diluted. A medicated shampoo is a treatment chosen by a vet for a diagnosed problem, so it comes from your vet. Have it ready at the visit and we will use it with the contact time it needs.
It is the same flat-priced wash, with the choices made for reactive skin: the gentlest product, cool water, time on the coat, a longer rinse, and the folds and tail pocket cleaned and dried one by one. Tell us your frenchie has sensitive skin when you book and that is how the visit runs.
Not over an open or visibly infected area. Open wounds, hot spots, visible skin infection, and heat stress are all on our list of conditions we will not wash through, because we are not a veterinary service. Get the fold treated, then book the bath as part of keeping it from coming back.
A weekly fold and tail-pocket wipe, then dry each fold completely. The step-by-step is on our french bulldog breed page, along with how often to bathe.
What every wash includes is on the mobile dog bath page.
Every fold cleaned, every fold dried.
Sensitive-skin bath for your frenchie at your driveway, $75 flat, nails and ears included. If it is a vet issue, we will say so plainly.
or text us at (408) 599-8317
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