1. Human bath solution NO Daily combing of a puppy can remove fallen hair and dirt that are contaminated outside, avoiding hair knots, and ensuring the health of the dog's fur. But if your dog has just rolled on something smelly, or you are lazy...
1. Human bath solution NO
Daily combing of a puppy can remove fallen hair and dirt that are contaminated outside, avoiding hair knots, and ensuring the health of the dog's fur. But if your dog has just rolled on something smelly, or you are lazy and can't remember when the last time you gave it a bath, then put warm water obediently and prepare to give it a bath.
2. Differences in skin pH
The skin of dogs is weakly alkaline (pH value is about 7.5), while human skin is weakly acidic (pH value of female skin is about 5.5, and male skin pH value is about 6.5). Bath or shampoo designed for people is generally alkaline and can neutralize with human skin values. The weakly alkaline skin of dogs encounters shampoo that is also alkaline, which cannot be neutralized. Instead, it washes off the oil on the surface of the skin, forming dryness, causing skin itching, allergies, dandruff, and other problems, reducing the skin's immunity and causing skin diseases.
3. Differences in skin structures
The skin structure of humans is also completely different from that of dogs. Humans have 10 to 15 layers, while dogs have only 3 to 5 layers. In this way, although dogs have thick hair protection, their skin structure is much more fragile than that of us humans. They choose special pet shampoos with mild properties and non-irritating properties are obviously wise.
4. Metabolic Differences
From the perspective of metabolism cycle, it is 28 days for humans and 20 days for dogs. The characteristic of dog hair growth is periodic growth, while artificial continuous growth. Therefore, bathing dogs must follow the metabolic cycle. Long-term use of alkaline toiletries will cause skin allergies and damage the hair growth cycle.
5. Ingredient differences
Finally, it is worth mentioning that when consumers choose their own shampoo, they will open the bottle cap to smell it. Most consumers still prefer to choose bathing products with spices. This way, after washing, it will leave a pleasant fragrance on the skin and hair, and you will feel much better. Therefore, many owners wishfully think that their dogs also need this relaxed and happy taste, so they use their own toiletries to "wash the fragrance" the dog. If a poor dog can speak, it will definitely protest its owner's self-righteousness. The communication between dogs depends on the smell. If the "dog smell" is completely covered by the smell of spices, other dogs will disagree with it and bully it together. Now you understand why the baby who just finished taking a shower likes to roll in dirty places, right?
6. Take a frequent bath, NO!
Of course, if you change to a special pet shampoo, everything will not be fine. Owners who are too diligent often bathe their dogs every day. Their reason is that their dogs have light fur and are easy to see that they are dirty, or their hair is long. When they go out for a walk, they often get dirty and come back. Every time the poor puppy comes back from having fun, he has to face the consequences of becoming a dog that falls into the water. Everyone likes clean and healthy babies, but they don’t know that taking a bath so diligently will harm the dog.
7. Different sweat gland distributions
Why do people take a bath? In addition to the dirty, our sweat glands secrete sweat every day. In the hot summer, excessive sweat secretion can easily block pores, so we must take a bath to clean it. Dogs are different from us. Their skin has no sweat glands, and even in summer, taking a bath for 10 days is enough. The consequence of frequent bathing is to seriously damage the pH of the dog's skin, causing dry skin and dander, and the beloved dog also finds itchy and difficult to deal with. Normal bathing frequency is generally enough. Washing 2 to 3 times a month in summer and 1 to 2 times a month in winter is enough. The dirty things that are stained can be wiped off with a wet towel. When you walk your dog home, you can use alcohol-free baby wipes to wipe the soles of your feet, or directly wipe them with clean gauze dipped in clean water.
8. Pet shampoo, YES!
There are many pet shampoos on the market, with a relatively detailed classification, both high, medium and low-end, so how to choose is also a problem. At present, all kinds of pet bath lotions on the market have their own characteristics. The following two simple methods can capture unqualified "little ghosts" at the first time. First, open the bottle cap and if you smell soap, this formula is an alkaline formula. Because the cost of using soap agents is very low, many low-end products on the market currently use this formula. And alkaline shampoo is not suitable for your dog. Second, open the bottle cap and smell the irritating ammonia, it means that the product has deteriorated and the bath liquid is also alkaline. Generally speaking, low-quality bath lotion will usually be like this if stored for 3-6 months!
9. Common types of bath lotions
The common types of bath lotions are: insect removal, brightening and whitening type, protein and silky moisturizing type, daily skin cleansing type, fragrance-retaining type, tea tree oil sterilization type, oat repair type, puppies and sensitive skin type, and cat shampoo.
10. Selection of seating for the number of seating
1. On the premise of ensuring product quality and manufacturer's reputation, you must also "seal" for the bath solution. Light-colored dogs can choose pet shampoos for light-colored dogs. The ingredients added by this shampoo can effectively remove the yellow spots that are easily produced by light-colored dogs and restore the original color of your dog. Of course, do not use shampoos with bleaching ingredients to avoid irritating your dog's skin.
2. Dark dogs Choose bath solution for dark dogs, which can improve the luster and brightness of the coat. If dark dogs have dander, it is easy to see that these bath lotions specially designed for them also take this into consideration and generally moisturize the skin and reduce dander.
3. A bath solution marked with a low foam type indicates that this bath solution is hypoallergenic and has no irritation. Low foam is easy to rinse, thus preventing the residual bath solution from forming allergens in dog skin. The puppy is lively and active, and accidentally bathing liquid enters the eyes, which is a very troublesome thing. The mild-formulated, soap-free bath solution protects their fragile grease layers and is safe and non-irritating.
