tips for caring for your pets through winter

If you own a dog, then you want to buy the best products for their health and well-being. This applies to their shampoo, too. Vegan pet shampoo is a great choice since you know no animals were harmed in the process of making it. However, it often comes in a bar form, which is different from what you may be used to in a dog shampoo. Here are some tips to help you use your vegan shampoo bar and wash your dog.

Wet your dog before rubbing their coat with the bar

Getting dry soap on a dry dog is nearly impossible. So, the best way to apply the shampoo to your dog's coat is actually to wet the dog's coat down well and then rub the bar over their coat.

Try to do a couple of passes over their back, and then move the bar to their underside before doing a couple of passes over that area. After these few passes of the shampoo bar, set it aside. Use your hands to lather up your dog and really work the soap you've deposited into their coat. If you feel you need more soap, you can do a couple more passes with the bar. But don't hold the shampoo bar in your hands the entire time you're washing your dog; this will result in more lather than you need, and it's a waste of soap.

Rise and dry the soap off

Since you'll be rubbing the vegan shampoo bar directly on your dog's coat, it's probably going to pick up some hair as you use it. So, after you are finished shampooing and rinsing your dog, you should gently rinse the bar of soap. Use cold water to do this; you'll waste less soap. Gently dry the soap, and set it on the counter to dry.

Store the soap in a sealed container

Once your vegan pet shampoo bar is dry, which should only take a few hours, you should put the soap into some sort of sealed container. A plastic container from the kitchen works well. You can even use a resealable plastic bag if you prefer. This helps keep the bar from absorbing moisture from the air, which will keep it hard so it lasts longer.

Vegan pet shampoo bars are the perfect solution for shampooing your dog in a cruelty-free way. With the tips above, you can use these products to the fullest. For more information about vegan pet shampoo bars, contact a pet supply store near you.