Can anyone give me a reccommendation as to a shampoo that would help my GSD "Coach" with his dry skin. Last time I bathed him, about 2weeks ago I used Adams flea and tick shampoo with a small amount of dish washing soap added. This was done on the advice of a previous Vet who said that the dish soap helped in repelling fleas. My Golden Ret uses the same shampoo and does not have the dry skin problem. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. BTW "Coach" celebrated his 1 yr birthday today
Happy Bday Coach
Find an all natural oatmeal shampoo at the pet store; I bathed my gsd in flea shampoo last summer and his skin was flaky for a month with bumps, etc. Bathed him again with a skin soothing natural oatmeal shampoo and worked perfect. Also, to get his skin back to "normal" try spritzing him with 50/50 applecider vinegar and water and rub it in.
the dry flaky skin and bumps is exactly what is happening to him, thanks for the suggestion. I will also try the spray. Does he need to be completly dry when I spray him? He is a plush coat so it takes a while for him to be completely dry. Thanks for the help
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william g harris Webboard User Reg: 01-24-2006
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I have had good results with "Mane and Tail" shampoo. Be careful not to wash your dog too much. I did that before and had to spray the dog with moisturizer. I rarely wash them now.
I bought it when he was a puppy, and I don't bathe him very often, so I never bothered to get "adult" shampoo, he does fine with this stuff, if he smells real bad n the smell doesn't go away with brushing or if I give it a few days, or if he's covered in sand that's gotten deep into his coat n just won't brush out no matter how long I brush him etc etc etc thats when I throw him in the shower... this is maybe a 1-3 time a year occurance at the rate we're going, GSD's just don't need to be showered twice a week like some people seem to do with their dogs for whatever reason.
I haven't had any bad reactions to the stuff mentioned above.
No - he does not have to be dry; after a bath I literally pour 50-50 water/applecider vinegar on both my gsds and it balances out their skin ph and acidic levels; rub it into their skin and let them drip dry. Works great!
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Dry skin and coat? Here's my recomendation for a shampoo. . .NONE.
Don't wash the dog unless really really necessary. Then address the dry skin and coat issue with diet. Add some fats and oils to the diet in abundance.
It it's really bad get nice lotion that is free of scents and other crap. Water it down with cool water. (warm water breaks down the lipids in lotions)
Then massage it into the dog's skin under the coat, some will get into the coat and that's fine, but we're not shooting for greasing up the dog's coat.
Then towel the dog off and let him chill out. There isn't any need to strip the dog's natural oils from the coat unless they roll in really smelly crap.
I get by with hosing the dogs off with warm water when they get muddy or wet and good brushing. I washed my dogs once last year with soap and none of them stink like a kennel or a dirty dog.
Mike Armstrong Webboard User Reg: 08-06-2005
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If you're going the shampoo route and don't get results, you might try something like this. After switching my GSD to raw food, she continued to do some occasional scratching and biting. I started supplementing with a 1000mg fish oil cap and 400 of E daily. This seemed to reduced her problems by about 50%. I recently doubled the dosage and it's just about all gone. I plan to bump up the dosage a little bit one last time. Others here can tell you more about these supplements.
Also check the message thread re: shedding where the same type supplements are mentioned.
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