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WOW ! I am going to save this recipe for
emergencies. I bet this will get any
mess clean. The solution is fairly dilute, there is
only about a half cup of "active ingredients" in the gallon of water. I am
chemically sensitive and react to all kinds of things that won't bother most
people but this combination, except for the Tide would pose no problems at
all.
I am allergic to TIde when I use it on my own
laundry but I have used it in desperation and then washed the item again in
regular detergent (Arm & Hammer Sensitive) a couple more times to get the
Tide out and it works.
I use Dawn on my dishes just because rescue
people wash oil spill injured ducks in it - and it works on dishes
too.
Thanks for passing this on! Amy
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 9:41
PM
Subject: [pyrnet] Recipe for cleaning a
Dirty Dog
I may get
some disagreement on this but we mix our own shampoo. Our dogs haven't
shown for almost three years but when we did, they would still go months at a
time between shows.....getting completely filthy. Right before a show,
we'd mix our shampoo and conditioner, brush, bathe, brush and.....although
they don't quite look like the ones being shown every weekend, they look
pretty good and did some nice winning for all they showed.
Here's the
"recipe."
Shampoo:
In a gallon milk jug combine a cap full of
Tide, a few sprinkles of flea powder (just in case), cap full of fabric bluing
(the bluing cap), squirt of Dawn and Orvus (spelling?) livestock shampoo.
Add some hot water, shake well, add warm water, shake some more.
Test temperature before using.
Conditioner:
In half to one
gallon jug combine cap full of Nice and Fluffy fabric softener, flea powder
and regular conditioner. Add some hot water, shake well, add warm water,
shake more. Test temp. before using.
Brush dog.
Wet dog,
shampoo feet and legs, then belly, tail, neck, sides, back and head (be
careful with eyes). Rinse well. Shampoo with regular shampoo to
remove bluing, tide, etc. and rinse well again. Pour conditioner mix
over dog and massage into coat. Rinse well. Dry and brush dog.
Although none of our dogs have ever had a reaction, some dogs may be
allergic to this. This is also not for regular baths but for getting a
really dirty dog clean fairly fast.
Note: Do *not* use too much
bluing. I did once on a rescue and ended up with a Pyr with light blue
markings. :-D If your dog does turn blue, don't worry, it will go
away eventually.
Chrissy
In a message dated 3/17/2005
12:18:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, bmattson@francomm.com writes:
Bio-Groom Super-Blue Plus is a waterless shampoo that will help
eliminate that reddish color from the belly and paws.
Barbara Mattson.
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