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Portable dog-washer cleans your canine like it's a rug

Portable dog-washer cleans your canine like it's a rug
The BarkBath can be used in any room of the house
The BarkBath can be used in any room of the house
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The BarkBath can be used in any room of the house
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The BarkBath can be used in any room of the house
According to the company, washing an 80-lb (36-kg) dog with the BarkBath should only require 48 oz (1.4 liters) of water
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According to the company, washing an 80-lb (36-kg) dog with the BarkBath should only require 48 oz (1.4 liters) of water

Washing your dog can certainly be a laborious process. You have to get them into the tub, shampoo them, rinse them, and then clean up the bathroom when you're done. Well, Bissell (yep, the vacuum cleaner company) has developed an alternative. Its portable BarkBath system can be used anywhere, and is kind of like a carpet cleaner for your pooch.

Users start by filling up the BarkBath's clean-water tank with tap water and filling its shampoo reservoir with an included no-rinse shampoo. They then apply the device's handheld Bath Tool to the dog's fur, gently pulling the tool along the length of the animal as if they're vacuuming a carpet.

Nozzles in the tool shoot a water/shampoo mixture down to the dog's skin, while a suction head subsequently sucks that liquid back up through the fur, taking dirt away with it in the process. The "used" liquid ends up in a dirty-water tank, which is emptied afterwards. For washing areas such as the face, the tool can be used to spray some soapy water onto an included microfiber cloth, which is then used to wipe the fur.

According to the company, washing an 80-lb (36-kg) dog with the BarkBath should only require 48 oz (1.4 liters) of water
According to the company, washing an 80-lb (36-kg) dog with the BarkBath should only require 48 oz (1.4 liters) of water

Although the shampoo supposedly doesn't have to be rinsed out, users can opt to follow the wash cycle with a rinse cycle, in which they use water only.

According to the company, washing an 80-lb (36-kg) dog with the system should only require 48 oz (1.4 liters) of water. By contrast, it's claimed that a traditional tub-washing of that same dog could use up to 19 gallons (72 liters). Additionally, the BarkBath-washed dog won't be as wet when the bath is over.

Of course, one of the big questions is, "Would my dog even let me use that thing on it?". Bissell states that the device is about as noisy as a vacuum cleaner when running, so if your dog doesn't like it when you vacuum – well, it might at least take some getting used to.

The BarkBath is currently the subject of an Indiegogo campaign, where a pledge of US$99 will get you a system … if everything works out. The planned retail price is $150.

It's demo'd in the following video.

Source: Indiegogo

How to use BarkBath™ | BISSELL

4 comments
4 comments
Joe J Sinkwitz
This looks great! To bad it's from Indiegogo, though. I will NEVER support another Indie crowd funding campaign. I guess I'll just wait for this to come out on Amazon.
Bob Flint
Couldn't tell from the video the sound level the vacuum produces, may tend to scare most dogs. Is there a reason the tank/system sits on a towel? Could it be isolated in a cupboard to lessen the noise?
System if it's really quite could work very well, especially while traveling if a pet gets really messy. Any skunk spray option?
mken
The crowdfunding seems sketchy considering it's basically one of bissels existing products. Albeit with a new hose head and soap mixing valve. https://www.bissell.com/little-green-proheat-portable-carpet-cleaner-14259 What are the funds needed for? The valve? The handle? The vac unit already exists basically. Just a few shape and plastic changes. Looks like more of a marketing gimmick than funds needed to get off the ground.
PAV
Great Idea, however I am not sure that the vacuum, a dogs mortal enemy 2nd only to the mailman will be tolerated.