Yellow Tinge-Need advice!
I have just adopted a sheepdog from a rescue, he was picked up by animal control wandering the streets. I will be picking him up tomorrow, but have seen pictures of him and, quite honestly, he is a mess! I have been reading the forums for grooming advice but I still have one question. His "white" areas seem to all have a yellow tinge to them. Any suggestions on how to get him white again? Thanks |
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| SarahW,
Keeping the whites white is a big issue with these guys although I suspect your Rescue Boy is worse for wear from being in shelters, fostering etc. There are two good threads in the Grooming forum on this subject, White Whites which I started myself and Peroxide on Whites to which I have posted. I recommend you give them a read as a starting point. To "recover" the white coat colour you will need to use the two shampoo methodology I describe in White Whites. One of the biggest issues when doing this is to use good quality shampoos, either human or dog, and make sure they are lathered thoroughly and then LEAVE the shampoo in for about 10 minutes so they can work. Just talk to your dog and praise him while waiting the 10 minutes and this will help build up his comfort in the bath. Once the general cleaning shampoo has done it's part rinse it our thoroughly, then some more and just for good measure once again. Then use a whitening shampoo and once again lathering it fully and then leave it to work for a minimum of 10 minutes. The Cardinal blue shampoo I use leaves our boys whites just gleaming when used in this manner. Again it may take a couple of baths to recover a yellowed/dingy coat but it will come around. Cautions: First NEVER EVER bath a dog that is not thoroughly brushed out and dematted. If you start bathing with a matted dog your result will be a patherically forlorne tangled mess that will need to be shaved down and started over. and secondly when lathering up the shampoo make sure you rub the hair "with the grain" ie the way it grows and naturally falls out. Rubbing against the grain will result in matts that can take many hours to remove. Juast repeatedly rub "with the grain" and you'll build a good lather and the coat will clean and reshine very well. Finally, I strongly recommend using a good Spray bottle to apply the shampoos and conditioner. The Shampoo can be mixed about 50:50 (65:35 if the dog is really dirty) and the force of the stream helps get the shampoo deep into the coat. (Remember to reduce the jet to a medium spray when applying shamppo to sensitive areas and the feet.) Hope this helps, let me know if more is needed Cheers Carl |
| If he is matted, which is very likely the case, and probably very badly, I would suggest you just shave him and start over. It won't be much fun for him or you if you have to spend those first few crucial days and weeks grooming, especially if he is not used to it. It may hinder bonding, and it may be an impossible task if he has never been groomed as you mentioned in another post. Plus, shaving him will allow you to see the condition of his skin. He may have sores, itchy irritated spots, parasites, infection, or even mold under all that uncared for coat. |
| Ooh! Putting the shampoo in a spray bottle is an excellent idea! Why didn't I think of that three hours ago . . . before Belle's bath!
J |
| Hi SarahW,
Did you happen to rescue the dog from Burlington county NJ shelter? If so I was asking about him too via email but never got a response so I figured someone was adopting him. If it is him, he doesn't look pure OES to me which also might be he looks yellow too. If that's not the case, then I would definitely recommend the whitening shampoo too. It works great. ~VerveUp |
| Also if the dog is not brushed out with no mats you can't really tell if you rinsed the sampoo out and the detergent will usually sort of burn the skin. Another method I have used for years, in the summer, I put the shampoo in a garden sprayer, the gentle adjustable kind and set it to the highest mixture and spray them down that way, it really saves your back. |
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