Veterinary Formula Clinical Care Antiparasitic & Antiseborrheic Medicated Dog Shampoo, 16 oz – Paraben, Dye, Soap Free – Hydrating and Antifungal Shampoo for Dogs, White

Impressive! No more mange!
It’s been 10 days today and the mange is almost gone. I used a combination of DermaPet” Benzoyl Peroxide Plus Shampoo (DermaBenSS); Davis Benzoyl Peroxide Medicated Dog & Cat Shampoo, Veterinary Formula Clinical Care Antiparasitic and Antiseborrheic Medicated Shampoo for Dogs, and Nu-Stock. I’ll outline what I did in a second.Some background: My 10 year old boxer contracted what looked to be demodectic mange. She got bumps on her skin, some large, some smaller. They would start leaking pus, then crust over, and when they scabs came off, she’d have a dark, calloused patch of bald skin. She wasn’t terribly itchy. And she didn’t get stinky. The sores were mostly on her back. Granted, this wasn’t the worst case of mange, by a longshot.She’d recently had two procedures under general anesthesia and I wasn’t keen on the idea of subjecting her toxic dips and other potentially harmful meds, especially given her age. So first I tried the Listerine & baby oil route. Didn’t really help. Then I switched to Borax, hydrogen peroxide and water. That helped a little, but I had to go out of town for a week and couldn’t treat her. When I got back, she looked worse and had more bald patches. She also had a new oozing sore.I read up on Amazon and chose the four products I mentioned earlier: DermaPet” Benzoyl Peroxide Plus Shampoo (DermaBenSS); Davis Benzoyl Peroxide Medicated Dog & Cat Shampoo, Veterinary Formula Clinical Care Antiparasitic and Antiseborrheic Medicated Shampoo for Dogs, and Nu-Stock.First, I washed her as directed with the benzoyl peroxide shampoos. These shampoos are supposed to flush the pores out and clean out the gunk. I used this step to essentially prep her skin for the following two steps. FYI – DermaBenSS lathers up more and has a coconut-y scent, but Davis seems just as good. I used a little of both. I didn’t need a lot of shampoo. Just remember, these shampoos don’t lather up like regular shampoo, so don’t keep putting it on thinking you need more. I think of this stuff more like a benzoyl peroxide face wash. (Those don’t really later up either.) I kept the shampoo on for 10 minutes, massaging the shampoo into her fur (not scrubbing – I didn’t want to hurt her). Then we rinsed. It’s very easy to rinse off if you don’t gob it on.After that, I used the Veterinary Formula Clinical Care Antiparasitic and Antiseborrheic Medicated Shampoo for Dogs. This one lathers up much more. I think the benzoyl peroxide shampoos really allowed this stuff to get in and work its magic. I followed the directions and kept it on for 15 minutes. It smells medicine-y. Again, massaging it into her fur. After that, we rinsed and towel dried, then pup shook and rubbed against the length of the furniture a dozen or so times.After she dried off a bit more, I put out a waterproof blanket and got out the Nu-Stock. I read lots of reviews about the smell so I was expecting something horrible. It’s not perfume, that’s for sure, but it’s really not as bad as I expected. It smells pine-y and medicine-y, with a bit of sulfur in there. It dries chalky and it can be greasy, so be careful of your furniture. That’s why I put the waterproof picnic blanket on my bed.I applied Nu-Stock directly to her new sores and recent scars, but also spread it over her back where there were quite a few recent scabs. I did this by thinning the Nu-Stock with baby oil, and using an old hair dye brush to make sure the solution got in good contact with her skin. The Nu-Stock sticks pretty well, so your pup might look a little odd with the yellow stuff on her coat. Again, I think the benzoyl peroxide shampoo helped prepare her skin so she could get the full benefit of this product.I repeated this process every three days. On the third and fourth washes, I started using a washcloth to make sure every part of her skin was cleaned properly. Again, not scrubbing, just washing gently. All told, she’s been washed and treated with Nu-Stock 4 times. And OH WHAT A DIFFERENCE.1. No new sores have popped up, for the first time since she contracted this horrible condition2. The open sores have healed with new pink skin, not the dark, calloused hard skin that usually appeared when scabs fell off3. Hair is growing back nicely – even on the older scarsThis treatment actually makes her coat shiny. Today, she actually seemed like she felt better after her bath – she was romping around like a puppy.I am so grateful to these companies for their amazing products. I think using all these products in tandem made for my pup’s quick recovery. I’m never going without these. As long as I have a fur baby, my cupboard will be stocked with these fantastic products!

Decent shampoo but smells
I needed a shampoo that wouldn’t irritate my dogs sensitive coat that has dandruff. This definitely helps with the dandruff for maybe a week or two. It doesn’t irritate my dogs skin but it smells horribly medicated.

Finally something to help with our GSD’s atopic dermatitis, seborrhea, and out-of-control yeast!!
We have a GSD who has had skin issues starting after puberty around ~2 years old, and the only thing that helps keep her comfortable in the Midwest’s awful mold/spore/allergy seasons (spring, summer, fall) is a weekly bath. We’ve tried OTC meds, prescription meds, shots, special diets – EVERYTHING and nothing seemed to help. We started doing weekly baths (once every two weeks in the dead of winter) with this specific shampoo and are so impressed! Her skin is no longer red and irritated, it helps keep her oily skin and coat at bay, and she’s not up half the night itching like before! We have even tried every combination of prescription shampoo, OTC shampoo and even other ones from this brand – and this one is hands down the best. The smell isn’t our favorite (tar-y smell to it a little) but it mostly goes away after a day or two. Our dog is so much happier with clean skin, knows our bathing routine so makes it easy on us, and after we let the shampoo sit on her skin/coat for a minimum of 15 minutes, we are set for 7-10 days of a shiny coat, soft skin and no dermatitis! This shampoo has saved us from constantly going to the vet for treatments and further expenses. It took us a long time to finally land on a product that works well for our dog’s skin and is cost effective. My local Walmart carries this shampoo as well, so in a pinch I have it no problem – but if your dog is running into similar issues, try this out and develop a good bathing/shampooing regimen for your dog! The trick is to definitely let the shampoo sit on the skin for a minimum 10 minutes and as an added bonus, wash their fur/hair/skin with a mild shampoo beforehand, so the “medication” portion of this shampoo can do it’s job directly at the source – on the skin. We also dilute the shampoo, roughly 2-3 tablespoons for 16 ounces warm water (add water first, then shampoo to not create suds) and use THAT to shampoo our pup. It works great, ensures that all the remaining shampoo is rinsed off at the end, and you don’t “overdue” it with the shampoo and waste any. Happy bathing!

Huele un poco a insecticida, pero se le quita el olor pronto a tu mascota.Lo importante es que funciona y quita las costras de la piel, y además deja el pelaje brillante y sano. Lo compraré de nuevo cuando se me acabe.

Okay – after weeks of having itchy dogs and knowing it was mites and trying so many other products mostly because I hate chemicals so I was looking for natural or going by recommendations such as diatomaceous earth – I have learnt from this and what I’ve mainly learnt is never to skimp! (But at the same time you don’t necessarily have to spend the exorbitant fees a Vet will charge you – which in my opinion is just a joke and mostly based around the expense of their pharmaceutical drugs!)Well two of my three dogs had mites – itching and losing hair with scabby skin following (plus bald / thin patches). It was really distressing me to witness this I was at my wits end.I had loads of really good suggestions and most of my friends thought it was fleas – it wasn’t tho and I would’ve known if it was – I’ve had animals all my life there was just no signs: no flea dirt, nothing and no bites so I went with my gut opinion (mites)I got nexguard from the vets which they said would work and it didn’t do a single thing! (£70 down)..I used a particular herbal shampoo with my dogs and that definitely helped but just a few days later it kicked off again…Dietomaceous Earth seems to soothe but didn’t cure I’m afraid to say and it leaves your room as if you’re living on the moon with a fine white film over absolutely everything which was a bit of a nightmare!! Plus With all the itching they were doing there was hair all over the place as well so I’ve had to really keep on top of thingsAnd then even my third dog yo-yo started getting attacked urgh (That’s a photo of him there finally at peace with no itching)I really researched it and this is the Shampoo I now recommendIts definitely stopped the itching dead in its tracksI’m going to use it again, as directed, in a few days time, I’ve also washed everything connected to my dogs at 60° and hoovered thoroughly! it’s not cheap (£29.99), but it seems to be effective and at the same time doesn’t have dangerous ingredients (although not herbal either)it’s good for parasitic and fungal infections it also promotes healing!  They feel super soft and clean! Smell good too!So good to find this – a few of my pals had had problems which seem to be long-term and this seems to have stopped it dead in its tracks but reading the very positive reviews – no harmful side-effects (or very rare).Surprisingly you don’t always come up with these things when you first search – quite often you have to read through forums to find what is highly recommended (and then you can find them!).Right now all three dogs are asleep on the settee after a nice long walk – with not a sign of an itch I can’t tell you how good this feels!  all I’ve got to do now is wait for their hair to grow back in the little patches that came up! A WINNER!!

Just to reiterate what others have said, this stuff is amazing. Our dog was constantly itchy, scratching and biting her paws and though she seemed happy enough, she was dumping fur all over the house. Having tried a few things, we bought this and the effect was instantaneous and the difference in the dog is unbelievable. At 13.5 we thought she was just getting old but her fur is positively shining now and the irritation disappeared after the first wash (we’ve done her weekly for the last two and will do a few more times to make sure). There’s no scratching, very little moulting and an old dog that is now transformed, even playing with toys like she is a puppy again.I can’t recommend this enough.