Vet shares how often you should wash your dog – it may surprise you

How often do you wash your dog? Times that number by five and you may be closer to the time you should leave before bathing them, according to a TikTok sensation vet.

Amir Anwary, better known on TitTok as amirthevet, has blown up on social media for his solid pet advice.

But he shocked followers by revealing dogs can be left for up to three months without a wash.

Clearing up the answer to his 656,000 followers, he said: “At least once every three months. Ideally you would bath them once a month.

“Avoid bathing them every single week – this can strip essential oils from their skin (unless told otherwise).”

In the caption he said “Most of you don’t know this”, confirming many of us wash our dogs more than necessary.

His video stirred up debate with many of his viewers, and it has now received nearly 3,000 likes and comments since being posted.

One viewer couldn’t get on board with his advice, saying: “I bathe my dog every day and his coat is actually better than it was when I was washing him every month. Not all dogs need the same treatment.”

Another person agreed, saying: “I bathe my Yorkie weekly he gets dirty.”

Some were of the other extreme, with one owner saying they were told to never wash their dog by their trainer, and their dog has never been washed but his coat looked “marvellous”.