Virginia Woolf wrote an entire biography of a dog. It is called Flush and tells the life of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel from his point of view, with the whole world ordered by smells. Dogs live like this, smelling everything. And their bath deserves the same attention as ours.
Malin+Goetz, the New York brand of tomato deodorants and candles, has made an aromatic dog shampoo, designed to make bath time a peaceful time. It contains botanical extracts such as neroli, which calms, and glycerin and amino acids, which moisturize. It cleans without drying out the skin and leaves the coat soft and shiny.
Dog bath time, at last, is also a pleasure.