shampoo
 

There has been some discussion about shampoos. Bichons are notorious for sensitive skin. It's pink and easily irritated. Shampoo that works for them should work well for Yorkies, too. I make shampoo called Bichon Bubbles and take it to my groomer to use on Lacy and Cosmo. It's easy to make and very gentle. The recipe is:

22 ounces Ivory Liquid dish detergent (or Dove)
2 ounces gylcerine (available at drug store)
2 cups plain white vinegar
Put in a gallon container and fill with water

I usually only make 1/2 of this for 1/2 gallon instead of a gallon.

I would imagine a lot of you have heard of this shampoo and maybe even use it.

You can mix 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar with 3/4 cup warm water and work it into the dog's coat to kill fleas. Don't rinse it out, just let it dry. You might add a leave-on conditioner to this to keep from making the coat hard to comb out.

Vinegar is very soothing and I always put some in the rinse water when I bathe the dogs. I use a sprayer, so usually just pour a cup or so of vinegar over the dog's back, work it in, and rinse.

Vinegar is great for a lot of things, including removing odors when accidents happen on the carpet.

Thanks for the info. I use vinegar in my washing machine when I wash towels to remove the extra soap, don't know why I didn't think about using it on my doggie.

When you use it on the carpet do you just spritz some on and let it sit for a while? Does it remove the odor?

Thanks for the shampoo recipe, sounds great..... I'll try the flea recipe also ...

vinegar
 

I have a SpotBot shampooer and I use 1/3 vinegar to 2/3 water in it. I think you could spritz vinegar on the spot and then shampoo or just soak up with paper towels. I like to scrub things around, so would probably use a brush and some spray shampoo with the vinegar and water and then soak it all up if I didn't have the SpotBot. Vinegar does remove odor, but urine is tough. I wouldn't guarantee that a dog couldn't detect the odor. I would like to remove all of the carpet in my house, but it isn't practical. I would like to have tile or good old fashioned linoneum everywhere with a throw rug by the bed and maybe a pretty braided rug in the living room, although I could get along fine without any rugs at all. Carpets have to be the dirtiest things we have in our homes.