How do you bathe a big dog afraid of water?
Have good control over him, using something like a pinch collar.
Gradially over a week or two using a treat he cant keep away from, pull him closer and closer to the water, each time he gets closer he gets another treat.
Like climbing a ladder, each rung passed his comfort zone, he gets rewarded.
I did something similar trying to teach my dog to bark (security dog) made a big line of chicken necks about two feet apart each, put her on leash, and when she barked she got to the next one. Eventually I made that into a command, now she will bark when I tell her to
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