shaggin

MabelHi i've been bathing my dog with regular human shampoo mostly vo5.
After the shampoo I use conditioner so he wont get as much dandruff. Never
saw any problems but then again I don't want to see any either I never
thought about this being an issue before. was wondering if anyone knew of
any ingredients in shampoos to watch out for being harmful for dogs. my dog
is a Boston terrier in case its different for different dogs.

wolfje

A Boston Terrier is a dog..... Not a great deal of specifics to deal
with with a short-coated breed. Bathing often is NOT needed. Bathing
strips out natural oils that take a long time to rebuild. Natural oils
are better than the ones you add with a conditioner.

Use a mild shampoo without a lot of cutsie fruit or flower perfumes. I
prefer a "puppy" shampoo or one designed to be used with the flea
control topical agent I use. I bathe about every 3 months unless the
pet therapy schedule demands more frequent baths for participating dogs
(I can rotate dogs). Between times I use the pet bath wipes to spiff
them up if needed.

Some of our shampoos are too harsh for dogs. They are all of the wrong
pH.

Your dog doesn't have dandruff because he doesn't have dandruff... not
because of the conditioner. Regular combing and brushing removes most
of the dead skin cells (normal) which you would probably call danddruff.
Stress can cause more of these cells to rise to the surface of the coat
at a given time.. so you notice them. Lack of grooming can do it also.
Simply wipe the outside of the coat with a dryer sheet like Bounce and
it'll knock out the static electricity and the cells will fall right off
instead of sitting on the coat and driving you nuts because they're
there (my black and white Dane sometimes looked like I'd salted him or
scattered some confectioner's sugar over his back...)

You can help keep the white on your guy fresher looking by rubbing in a
bit of grooming powder with your finger tips and brushing it out...
between baths. I checked to make sure the powder was all gone by wiping
a square of old dark pants leg over the area to check it....

If you really want to obsess about shampoo, there are specialty shampoos
that enhance various color coats (or so they claim). You'd use one on
the dark areas of coat and another on the white.

Of course, toenails still need to be trimmed weekly and teeth brushed
2-3 times a week....
Comb and brush weekly... polish the coat by a final wipe down with an
old silk scarf or scrap of soft silk fabric.

Jo Wolf
Martinez, Ge****a

justice cow

I don't bathe dogs, period. I hose them in summer or wipe down their
coats when they come in wet from snow or rain or when they've gotten
something on them. If the baby gets sloppy when she eats, I get a
washcloth and wipe her down. Same with Toonie, should she get something
on her that needs to come off.

I brush them a few times a week which gets anything in the coat. I
haven't bathed Petunia for close to two, maybe three years and the new
kid probably will get hosed or will play in the child pool, but no soap.
I feed them very well, they have good smelling skin and coats, so I
don't see any reason to use shampoos. I would only use a shampoo in an
extreme situation.

spot

I agree with Justice here on the bathing. Barney has a very thick coat so
just trying to get him wet enough to even think if sudsing him up is a
challenge.

The only time they ever really get bathed is if there is an outbreak of
fleas. Which is maby once a year or even longer. And the other time is
when Brandy decides she is going to roll in mud puddle. Even then I usually
don't suds her with shampoo but take her to the spring and just rinse the
mud out really well.

Celeste

shaggin

I only bathe him once a month or more when the smell gets to bad... ive
wiped him down with wipes and stuff but it doesnt help the smell. His fur is
so short i dont see any need to brush it. A brush would literally pick up
nothing. He doesnt shed much. When i used the conditioner on his fur i
havent seen any white flakes... last time as soon as i washed him with just
shampoo and no conditioner i noticed it right away. He gets dental bones for
his teeth. They look good to me just checked them to make sure.

the puppy wizard

HOWEDY jo,

You're full of crap.

The Puppy Wizard. <{}; ~ ) >

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