The best shampoo?
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| I use whatever is handy for the blacks, and for the whites I use Light Blue Shade, it's for old ladies with white or blue hair. It works wonders. |
| You may want to look under the Grooming section for threads about shampoos---
I use Jeffers, Magic Cowboy line. I love the whitening shampoo and conditioner and they have a dematting gel that works great!!! Isle of Dogs is a very high quality shampoo also. You can purchase both online through their websites. Good luck and we all would love to see the end results~~~~~ (please post pictures!!!)  |
| I use Gold Medal Blue Diamond Shampoo http://www.cardinalpet.com/goldmedal/goldmedal.htm |
Hamlet wrote: I use Gold Medal Blue Diamond Shampoo http://www.cardinalpet.com/goldmedal/goldmedal.htm
Ditto! Blue for the whites, and the oatmeal shampoo for the blacks. It smells great, is nicely priced, and more importantly, works great! |
| SassyOES,
I don't believe that there is a single "do it all" shampoo. While I agree that the Cardinal Blue Diamond shampoo is exceptionally good at getting the whites white it is not necessarily the best for the basic cleaning of your dog. In fact I don't think any of the whitening shampoos do that very well at all. (I have and continue to use Cardinal Blue Diamond on all three of our Bobtails, and some of our other dogs as appropriate) I strongly recommend a 2-pronged "attack" to clean the whites. Use a good regular shampoo of your choice to do the actual cleaning of the whites, that is removing the bulk dirt, mud and whatever else your Bobtail has managed to roll in/work into their coat. Once you have that done rinse the shampoo out thoroughly and then reshamppo the whites with a whitening shampoo such as the Cardinal blue diamond. (Always follow the manufacturer's instructions about diluting the concentrates as most of these shampoos require dilution. Full strength blue diamond doesn't work very well when it is not properly diluted - guess how I know!) The separate application of the whitening shampoo gives the active ingredients a chance to get to the hair and do their job rather than have them "wasted" in "bulk cleaning". And remember to let the whitening shampoo sit for at least 10 minutes after you have worked it into the coat so the chemical reactions that are doing a large part of the whitening can proceed to completion. Yes this will significantly increase the time it takes to bathe your dog but the results will be vastly superior. And it will take far less whitening shampoo to get the whites bright. This is especially important when you consider the price of the whitening shampoos compared to regular shampoos. I have posted on this topic quite extensively in the past. If you click on my user name and then search "all posts by" you'll be able to find them and read the threads. Hope this helps and as ever don't hesitate to ask more questions if needed, either in open forum or by PM. Thanks and Cheers Carl |
Carl Lindon wrote: SassyOES,
I don't believe that there is a single "do it all" shampoo. While I agree that the Cardinal Blue Diamond shampoo is exceptionally good at getting the whites white it is not necessarily the best for the basic cleaning of your dog. In fact I don't think any of the whitening shampoos do that very well at all. (I have and continue to use Cardinal Blue Diamond on all three of our Bobtails, and some of our other dogs as appropriate) I strongly recommend a 2-pronged "attack" to clean the whites. Use a good regular shampoo of your choice to do the actual cleaning of the whites, that is removing the bulk dirt, mud and whatever else your Bobtail has managed to roll in/work into their coat. Once you have that done rinse the shampoo out thoroughly and then reshamppo the whites with a whitening shampoo such as the Cardinal blue diamond. (Always follow the manufacturer's instructions about diluting the concentrates as most of these shampoos require dilution. Full strength blue diamond doesn't work very well when it is not properly diluted - guess how I know!) The separate application of the whitening shampoo gives the active ingredients a chance to get to the hair and do their job rather than have them "wasted" in "bulk cleaning". And remember to let the whitening shampoo sit for at least 10 minutes after you have worked it into the coat so the chemical reactions that are doing a large part of the whitening can proceed to completion. Yes this will significantly increase the time it takes to bathe your dog but the results will be vastly superior. And it will take far less whitening shampoo to get the whites bright. This is especially important when you consider the price of the whitening shampoos compared to regular shampoos. I have posted on this topic quite extensively in the past. If you click on my user name and then search "all posts by" you'll be able to find them and read the threads. Hope this helps and as ever don't hesitate to ask more questions if needed, either in open forum or by PM. Thanks and Cheers Carl I does that you, I read what you writes earlier posts, it works very good. thank you  |
| I like to pretreat dirt filled areas will a dove bar first then go back through and use EZ-Groom, or Bio-Grooms Whitening shampoo. Whitening shampoos aren't particularly good at getting dirt or grease out of the coat.
Happy grooming! |
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