my dog wants to be a mechanic (Coatex Medicated Shampoo)

Member Name: barbie84

Product:	Coatex Medicated Shampoo
Date:	29/05/08 (204 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: works well

Disadvantages: difficult to use

This is not the normal shampoo i use with my dog as he doesnt normally suffer with skin complaints, the shampoo is expensive compared with other dog shampoos and is more difficult to use but i had to due to the fact that my dog decided to sleep under hubbys motorbike in our garage one afternoon last month which was leaking oil, i didnt realise he had done this as with him being a rotty his fur is black anyway and the first thing i new about this was once it had already irritated his skin and he was biting at it.

This shampoo was recomended by my vet, it is available from your vet or from larger pet stores, i opted for a pet store as it was cheaper but no means cheap at £15 for a 500ml bottle this was very expensive in my opinion for a dog shampoo.

This shampoo has been specially designed to deal with dogs with skin complaints such as dermatitus, poor coat condition, flakey skin, greasy skin or balding patches.

It has an antibacterial and anti fungal action which treats the skin and helps to get rid of scaley or flaking skin which my dog had due to the oil.

This shampoo claims to be gentle enough for regular use but i found it that difficult to use i wouldnt use it if there wasnt a problem with his skin, To use this shampoo you need to rub it into wet fur, add a little more water untill it lathers which was the easy part as my dog doesnt mind getting in the shower when need be luckily for me but the hard part came next, it has to be left on for 5 minutes which convincing my dog he was going to sit in the shower tray for a full five minutes was very difficult but i knew if i loosed him out he wouldnt have gone back in so he cryed like a baby for a whole 5 minutes, then i had to rinse it off which he was ok about as he thought he could come out them but the whole process needed to be repeated again which he was less than pleased about,

Once done there seemed to be a reduction in the redness almost immediately and he stopped trying to bite at it so much but i needed to repeat washing him once a day for the next seven days which wasnt easy as he new what was coming, he is only used to a shower once a fortnight.

At the end of the week the skin on the effected areas had cleaned up lovely, the dryness had gone and there was no irritation but the fur did thin quite a lot although i am not sure if this was through him biting at it or the scaling of the skin.

Thankfully we havent had any need for this shampoo since and the fur is coming back nicely although i dont think he will be as daft as to sleep in an oil leak again,

This shampoo does its job very well but is very difficult to use.

Summary: my dogs days of being a mechanic are hopefully over