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During a later outing with Ruger, our lab, he made it a point to dig himself deeper and further into muck than a drunk red-neck in a supped up mudding machine. After pealing the mud off, and a couple of baths, he has been itching/scratching himself much more than what I would consider normal. He scratches multiple times a night in his sleep, frequently during the day, and will stop retrieving to scratch. So, I’m guessing he picked up lsomething and has a nasty irritation, though his skin looks fins and isn’t raw or red.

I want to try a better shampoo to help reduce his issues. Im sure other waterfowlers have encountered this. What do you like to use in a case like this?

We got a rescue dog a couple months ago and she was scratching a lot. Her neck started getting red and irritated. I got oatmeal shampoo made by Perfect Coat. We bathed her every other day for two weeks and it seems to have done the trick.
I bought it at Mills Fleet Farm. No fun seeing the pooch uncomfortable!

We have a Cocker that would get dry skin, and almost like an allergy type of reaction. Vet sold us some of the shampoo below… and it was expensive, but worked really well. Since, it is all we use, and it is very good. She would get red sore areas from the irritations. Nothing but perfect since. Make sure to let the soap soak and work into the skin as directed. Read up on it…..

A lot more reasonable through the web.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0012NKPTK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Sebolux Shampoo for Dogs & Cats

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My dog had a lot of skin issues and there are two things we did that cleared it up. Can’t say which one did it, or if both are necessary, but I’m not switching from what works.

We use “TropiClean Hypo-Allergenic Puppy & Kitten Shampoo” and, even though it’s soap free, it cleans well enough and is very easy on the skin.

We also squirt fish oil on his food. We get 32 oz pump bottles of Grizzly Salmon Oil for this. It comes in bigger or smaller sizes too. He’s 65 lbs and we use 3 squirts a day.

Both of these things I order from chewy.com so I’m not sure where you would get them locally.

You can also use the fish oil capsules intended for humans. Look up the recommended dosing, though. It might be a lot more than you expect!

Oh, and I whole-heartedly agree with an oatmeal-based shampoo, though over-bathing can really dry out their skin, too.

Maybe use a leave-in conditioner too. I know, it sounds funny but they really do make it for dogs! We have a leave-in spray conditioner that’s oatmeal-based for our GSP Fritz. He has such short hair, I don’t want his skin to dry out after rinsing him so much during hunting season.

They also make anti-itch sprays too for dogs that just seem to be itchy. I think we got that at Fleet Farm. They have reasonable prices on a lot of stuff you would spend more for at pet stores.

http://www.xstinkd.com/

I may be a little bit late on this post but would highly recommend this product. I have a pudel pointer and I have used several other pet shampoos and got a sample of this and will definitely be buying a bottle.

I am guilty of taking my two dogs to the groomer for the last few years. It was too much of a pain getting them in the tub. They come back great but I dont know what is used.
My Golden hated baths but my Pudelpointer didnt mind so much. Anyways I used Johnson Baby Shampoo for years and a bottle is still in the spare bath tub in case I need to clean one of them at home.

suzuki wrote:

I am guilty of taking my two dogs to the groomer for the last few years.

The entertainment factor of taking hunting dogs to a metro area Doggie Wash can be very high. My uncle often did it with his labs, 2 or 3 at a time.

Doggie Wash Staff: Ummmmm, looks like your Dogs got a little muddy.

Greg: Well, actually Buster is muddy. Bruiser likes to roll around in cow sh!t at every opportunity, so that’s mainly what’s dried in his fur. You can tell because the cow sh!t has a greenish tinge.

DWS: Ummm, that’s pretty gross, but ok. Ewwwwwh. What’s that smell?

Greg: I was wondering the same thing. They tangled with a coon on Saturday, so my best guess would be rancid raccoon p!ss. That’s just a guess though. They also treed a feral cat, so I suppose it could be a coon / cat urine combo.

DWS: We probably are going to have to charge extra for this…

Grouse