Thu 21 Aug 2008
Are you tired of seeing your dog driven mad by an itch? The dog goes crazy scratching and licking itself. It walks round restlessly and just can’t get settled. Even when the obsessive scratching starts to lead to open sores the dog just still can’t seem to stop.
The first thing you need to establish is why your dog it itching in the first place. Like humans when the dog feels an itch it just can’t help scratching it. So try to establish the cause and then you can look for the solution.
To a dog itchy skin can be a real problem. It is important to use high quality products when treating your pet. There are various different products, lotions and types of dog shampoo on the market. With so many to choose from it can be tough to know which one to pick.
Quiet often the cause of an itch can be a skin allergy. This can be the result of the dog coming into contact with a plant or substance that doesn’t agree with it. Examples of these causes of allergies are long grasses and rolling in mud.
It is also important to make sure that the source of the dog itching is not fleas. This is another one of the most frequent reasons why a dog just can’t stop scratching.
Once you have established that fleas are not causing the itch, you can look at bathing your dog with a high quality dog shampoo. This will help to detoxify the skin and help to neutralize anything giving the dog a skin irritation.
I recommended that one of the best products to use is one that has micro beads. These help to penetrate the dogs thick coat and get right down deep to the skin. This then ensures that all the vitamins and nutrients in the shampoo can work to their full effect.