Never use a scent you like for washing a dog. From then on you'll associate that scent with wet dog. And that is why I cannot enjoy Mike's coconut shave soap.
As for the Bigfoots, I whisper to them because I'm trying to teach them to use their indoor voices. All that whooping and hollering they do, why, it scares people as I've told them many, many times. But will they listen??? Noooo. So I just keep stuffing bagels into their big mouths. That shuts them up for a bit.