Bathing hot or cold...

[Frances Pendrous (Horan)]

Just wanted to see if other doodle owners are overly sensitive like me. We have two large doodles and usually around three weeks after their groom, they need bathing as they start to get grubby and a bit smelly . We live in So. California so usually, the weather is nice and warm and in the summer very hot. My husband wanted to bathe them outside with the hose pipe and I insisted we used the downstairs bath as it has warm water. He reckons I'm being too overly fussy with them and I reckon that even with a hot day, ice cold water from the hose pipe is just not comfortable for them...Any thoughts of this matter???

[Suzann, Rosey & Bandit]

I would say it depends on the doodle... Rosey loves to be sprayed by the hose and probably wouldn't mind too much to be washed outside, when it's warm of course.  But Bandit hates getting wet and gets cold even in a warm shower so he would not do well with an outside shower.

[Kaytlin and Cooper]

Cooper seems to prefer colder water, but as Im the one who has to get in the tub with her, we have it a little warmer as I cant stand the cold water

[Jennifer,Chloe & Myla]

WE WERE ALWAYS TOLD TO USE WARM WATER-MY HUSBAND ALSO WANTS TO BATHE THEM IN A TUB OUTSIDE, BUT HE WANTS TO REDO THE PIPING ON THE LAST PART OF THE BASEMENT AND HAVE A HOT AND COLD i LIKE THE IDEA OF RUNNING THE HOSE THROUGH THE WINDOW.