it used to be a pain in the ass to bathe my german shepherd. he was deathly afraid of the shower, like my fiance would turn on the shower and would go to get in and be like "Baxter, do you want to have a shower?" and he would run up and snuggle with me on the couch trembling. i found out that he loved the petsmart grooming ladies though and i usually took him once every 6 weeks or so when he was getting stanky. then we moved to WV and there aren't any petsmarts here, just petco and the grooming salon at the petco near us is sketchy AF so i didn't want to leave him there. so usually i would just rinse him off with hose water in the yard. now we have our little terrier mix sunday and she is barely 30 pounds and loves getting in the shower with my fiance for a bath. she tries to poke her head in when i am showering sometimes.