Zoohorseman
Tourist
I've used a couple different shampoos now and have had varying results but no real fix to the itching and amount of dust my two dobermans produce.
I started out with Mane and Tail shampoo. Which I used for quite awhile. The boys smell great and it generally lasted a couple days before the dog smell would start to come back. After a couple weeks their coats would become coarse and somewhat prickly and thats when I would give them a bath. Maybe every 4-6 weeks. But I'm wondering if the prickliness was just their winter coat?
I then used Burts Bees unscented/no additives and I didn't like it at all. It didn't froth up and between both boys I used half the jar. I used it up the next time just to be done with it. I also bought Burts Bees itch soothing spray for helping with itching and I've had wonky results. It makes their coat look very nice but I'm still having itching issues.
The most recent shampoo I use is Woofwash oatmeal itch relief. It froths up very well and has a gentle smell. Not as noticeable as the Mane and Tail. I'm hoping that switching to an Oatmeal shampoo will have better results.
I'm still pairing the new Woofwash with the Burts Bees anti itch spray as I like how their coats are looking but still, mixed results with itching and having a thick layer of brown dust settling around their area. I've brought them to a vet and their answer was to bath them more frequently. Not that I wouldn't do that, I just want to get to the root cause of all the itching and brown dust. I've even changed their food to see if that would help and I'm not seeing much of a difference there either. I like how their coat is looking and feeling now. No more coarse hair but that could be as they've been shedding their winter coat.
Has anyone else had a similar series of issues regarding itching and heavy dust?
I started out with Mane and Tail shampoo. Which I used for quite awhile. The boys smell great and it generally lasted a couple days before the dog smell would start to come back. After a couple weeks their coats would become coarse and somewhat prickly and thats when I would give them a bath. Maybe every 4-6 weeks. But I'm wondering if the prickliness was just their winter coat?
I then used Burts Bees unscented/no additives and I didn't like it at all. It didn't froth up and between both boys I used half the jar. I used it up the next time just to be done with it. I also bought Burts Bees itch soothing spray for helping with itching and I've had wonky results. It makes their coat look very nice but I'm still having itching issues.
The most recent shampoo I use is Woofwash oatmeal itch relief. It froths up very well and has a gentle smell. Not as noticeable as the Mane and Tail. I'm hoping that switching to an Oatmeal shampoo will have better results.
I'm still pairing the new Woofwash with the Burts Bees anti itch spray as I like how their coats are looking but still, mixed results with itching and having a thick layer of brown dust settling around their area. I've brought them to a vet and their answer was to bath them more frequently. Not that I wouldn't do that, I just want to get to the root cause of all the itching and brown dust. I've even changed their food to see if that would help and I'm not seeing much of a difference there either. I like how their coat is looking and feeling now. No more coarse hair but that could be as they've been shedding their winter coat.
Has anyone else had a similar series of issues regarding itching and heavy dust?