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red98vett · 04-07-2006, 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by omega

How much of this product does one put on the dog? Do you just spray a light coating and comb it in or do you spray more on like on the undercoat too? I'm talking here about putting it on dry hair. What about if it is used on wet hair?

thanks,
omega

LIGHTLY spray on a dry coat. I have used it on wet also....and it can help with matts.

Another great product you can get cheap for matts and tangles is JOHNSONS NO MORE TANGLES for Babies.....Spray directly on the tangle and work it out with your fingers....A groomer I used to go to swore by this stuff and it DOES work - for about 5 $$

amspoelstra · 04-07-2006, 05:08 AM

Crazy Pet (very berry scented) This is the first shampoo we got, right after we got Trixie. Not bad, but the smell... I guess the name says it

CC Systems I used daily shampoo, conditioner and ice on ice spray. I loved this stuff. It made her coat so soft and silky. But she got very itchy and her coat got oily after a few days.

Virbac (Keratolux and Humilac) Trixie got diagnosed with Seborreah, an overproduction of oil in her skin, that makes her coat go from dry to oily back to dry etc. So now we use veterinary shampoo. I don't really care for it mostly because we have to let it soak in for 5 minutes, and poor Trixie is shaking while it soaks (even with heater pointed at her...) It seems to be a little harsher on her coat as well. Although now it stays silkier longer and she's not as itchy. So it does what it's supposed to do. The Humilac is a conditioner spray, which is pretty good. I'm hoping her coat will get better and then I can try some other shampoos!!!!

Juliealfies mum · 04-07-2006, 07:55 AM

This is a really good thread ,will need to make notes on all the products and stock up on some when we come over to the US in August. Hubby will have a fit if I use all my luggage allowance on dog products LOL.
We are using Crazy Dog Baby Powder smells lovely but doesn't last.Alfie always seems to need some sort of conditioner or ends up matting. So we use Johnsons Baby conditioner.(someone on YT recommended this)
We have also used the Squirt products which where the puppy shampoo , the conditioner, and the spray detangler !! The spray detangler lost the power of spraying within a few uses and we had to buy a spray bottle to decant the detangler into.
My husband says that I spend more on the dogs hair than his!!!
The problem I have is ,I wash them and then about three days later they look as bad as ever, any tips on this. I do wash them 1 a week I sometimes try to leave it a fortnight but this just does not work for us.So I will be keeping an eye on this post for some good tips.

red98vett · 04-08-2006, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Juliealfies mum

This is a really good thread ,will need to make notes on all the products and stock up on some when we come over to the US in August. Hubby will have a fit if I use all my luggage allowance on dog products LOL.
We are using Crazy Dog Baby Powder smells lovely but doesn't last.Alfie always seems to need some sort of conditioner or ends up matting. So we use Johnsons Baby conditioner.(someone on YT recommended this)
We have also used the Squirt products which where the puppy shampoo , the conditioner, and the spray detangler !! The spray detangler lost the power of spraying within a few uses and we had to buy a spray bottle to decant the detangler into.
My husband says that I spend more on the dogs hair than his!!!
The problem I have is ,I wash them and then about three days later they look as bad as ever, any tips on this. I do wash them 1 a week I sometimes try to leave it a fortnight but this just does not work for us.So I will be keeping an eye on this post for some good tips.

Hey ...that's a great idea if you come to the states - I hear the shipping is pretty high. Plush Puppy is based in Australia....and between baths...I really like the Reviva coat and you can dilute it 10-1....http://www.plushpuppy.net/styling.html It's actually a foam mousse... but you can use it direct or mixed with water. Smells good too.

When you spray some on and brush - they look neater and it also moisturizes the coat without a greasy look.

red98vett · 04-08-2006, 05:08 PM

Julie...Plush Puppy is international - HERE are the countries they export to http://www.plushpuppy.com.au/

Juliealfies mum · 04-10-2006, 12:32 PM

Thanks a lot Vilette I have added the plush puppy to my favourites and will try out their products . I think you can get Vitaclean products here, if you tell me what you like I can always keep a look out for it and send you a bottle. I dont know why shipping is so expensive from the US as I send stuff out to my friend from here Airmail all the time and its not too bad, but as soon as you order things the shipping is very costly from the US.

Hickey007 · 04-13-2006, 08:28 AM

Well I haven’t been around in a while and was thrilled to come back to this thread. I love it. I’ve been looking around for info on the shea pet products and the only review I could ever find was one done with a bulldog, not the same kinda coat what-so-ever. Now my husband won’t be so happy to hear that I need to try it thanks to Rocelle’s review but oh well.

Ok Reagan has a cottony coat, and if I had to choose between thin and thick I would say thin, so thin cottony coat.

Well first I started off with human products mainly a baby shampoo when she was a puppy. After that we went to Groomax (oh how I miss that lavender baby shampoo smell though). I didn’t stick with Groomax, bought at Petsmart, very long though. Honestly it wasn’t so much about the results as the smell. The shampoo was Soothing Oatmeal and didn’t smell to bad, kind of a vanilla smell. The conditioner on the other hand, was Silk Protein and smelled like strawberries, not just any strawberries a very sweet candy like strawberry that gave me a headache. I honestly can’t remember how it worked on her hair though, since I didn’t use it long.

After that I tried and am still using Plush Puppy. I’m so so on the products. I use the Natural Conditioning Shampoo and Silk Protein Conditioner. I also have the Protein Coat Balm and Swishy Coat. I really liked the results when I first started using the products, so a lot of my so so-ness could be from just using it for a while and no new dramatic results instead just the same ole good results all along. After the bath on her wet hair I use a dab of the Swishy Coat (its like a hair gel that straightens the hair) I do love this, I notice a difference from when I use it and when I don’t. Her hair is just so much neater and polished looking. Then I blow dry her and put a bit of Protein Coat Balm on. This kind of helps any fly aways and calms down the hair as well as giving it a soft feel. The scent of the shampoo/conditioner is fairly strong and lasts for a little while so if you don’t like it you do have to live with it for a while. I didn’t mind it so much (but then again I was just coming from that strawberry stuff that I didn’t like at all) but my sister hates the smell and commented several times on how it stunk. I do really like, however that the shampoo and conditioner smell the same, I really don’t like it when they don’t, such as the Groomax vanilla with straberries. One more thing about the products the groomer said that her coat and skin were very healthy when I took her in and this is what we had be using. He said that before he knew what we were using so there wasn't any bias or anything like that. He said that if we change make sure to get another quality shampoo because oftern cheaper shampoos can dry out the coat so I guess he was happy with her results on the PP products.

I have to say though my mother came down around Christmas and in the middle of her visit Reagan was getting a bit itchy so I used the Groomax Oatmeal Shampoo to help with that and finished with the Plush Puppy Conditioner and my mother was very impressed. Reagan was a quite bit silkier, softer, and shinier.

You guys have definitely given me some ideas on things to try, the shea pet maybe and definitely PP’s sea breeze oil. Great thread thanks for starting it. Oh and sorry mine was so long, for those of you who actually read it all.

ldenise · 04-13-2006, 05:25 PM

I actually read it all and thought you did a very good job. Isn't this much better than ..... I loved it or didn't like it?........ I like to hear the reasons why. This thread really is a gigantic help.

Lola LaRue · 04-13-2006, 05:32 PM

We also started using the Buddy Wash Shampoo and Conditioner. They work great. I also love them smell. I just bought the leave in spray and have not used it yet. I am sure it works as well as the other stuff.

red98vett · 04-15-2006, 03:36 AM

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Originally Posted by ldenise

I actually read it all and thought you did a very good job. Isn't this much better than ..... I loved it or didn't like it?........ I like to hear the reasons why. This thread really is a gigantic help.

thanks and I'm so glad it's a help - I'm like you - I love hearing about products - but I REALLY like to hear what type of coat products are working on.

When I hear someone loves something... and they have a silky coated yorkie -that same product may not work for those for a cottony coated yorkie

woodturningcrea · 04-21-2006, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by simonandhallie

I have yet to find a great shampoo for Hallie, she has such cottony hair but I just found a great product for her dry belly. She was really flaky and itchy and her groomer gave me a bottle of EQYSS conditioning spray and it worked after 2 applications! And it smells fantastic! I saw it in the PetEdge catalog too

Always up for a bargain I am!

I just bathed Punkin for the second time with the Eqyss Microtek shampoo. It seemed to work pretty good. She gets so greasy and this time we were able to make it to 9 days without a bath instead of 5-7 days. The first time it seems to make her coat dry, but this time not so bad. I'm going to see if I can get the conditioner and see what that does. Punkin has cottony hair as well.

I have also seen a big decrease in her scratching!

http://www.eqyss.com/pet_microtek_shampoo.asp

red98vett · 04-22-2006, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by woodturningcrea

I just bathed Punkin for the second time with the Eqyss Microtek shampoo. It seemed to work pretty good. She gets so greasy and this time we were able to make it to 9 days without a bath instead of 5-7 days. The first time it seems to make her coat dry, but this time not so bad. I'm going to see if I can get the conditioner and see what that does. Punkin has cottony hair as well.

I have also seen a big decrease in her scratching!

http://www.eqyss.com/pet_microtek_shampoo.asp

thank you ! We see alot of itchy little yorkies and maybe this will help someone dealing with that problem. I would get the conditioner if you like it so much - I think with any yorkie... a good conditioner really helps protect the hair from drying out.

K8lynnn · 04-27-2006, 07:43 AM

Hi everyone-you all are hilarious! This is better than crime TV! I just got my puppy so have no experience with hair products. My breeder uses Bio Groom. Has anyone ever used it? She said Oatmeal cream. My puppy seems to have very silky soft hair. ~I will have pictures soon. Thanks for any input. Kaitlyn

Bruno

red rock blues · 04-27-2006, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by red98vett

thank you ! We see alot of itchy little yorkies and maybe this will help someone dealing with that problem. I would get the conditioner if you like it so much - I think with any yorkie... a good conditioner really helps protect the hair from drying out.

Wow, you guys get realllly fancy. I use no name Infusium 23 shampoo, but I use Biolage conditioner. (both human products). Works great for me and silk coats. I still haven't mastered how to put a pic here, but if you go to my profile photos, you can kind of see Elizabeths hair. (she always looks like I'm going to beat her when I get the camera out). Half her hair in under her, but it drags behind her like a float. She only gets brushed once a week when she gets her bath. Although, I am always picking twigs and leaves out of her as she loves to go outside. Lord, I love a good silk coat.

Hickey007 · 05-11-2006, 07:36 AM

Ok I'm back to rate some more. I decided after reading this thread to try the Pet silk line and Shea Pet line. I had been using Plush Puppy. First let me say that I have only had them for about a month and have only used them each twice so this isn't long term results.

I'll start with the Shea Pet. I loved this the first time I used it. I ordered both products at the same time and this got her first so I tried it out first. I got the Shea butter shampoo with oatmeal and lanolin and the Shea butter condidtioner with allontion and tea tree oil. Her coat was so shiney and it brought the gold out beautifully. The scent isn't bad, maybe not something I would choose but definately not something I hate. Overall I really like this product I loved it the first time I used it and was just as happy the second. I posted pics of her after she had a bath using these products here...
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39793

Ok now the Pet Silk. Love, love, love it. Her hair is so much silkier and shinier. This also really brings out the gold in her, so much that my husband noticed it last night after he gave her a bath. Before her gold just seemed very dull and with both the Pet Silk and Shea pet its so much prettier. I got the Tropical Forrest Scent in both Shampoo and Conditioner and the silk serum. I have to say I've heard from a couple people that they were looking for something without a heavy scent and this may be something to try. You can definately smell it while giving her a bath but once she's dry the smell is very faint and really only lasts a couple days. The smell of the silk serum even covers it up. I say it only lasts a couple of days but I haven't noticed that she was smelling bad really after those days just not still smelling like the shampoo. It has the smell of tropical fruit in there, like mango and citrus, so its really not that perfumey anyway more fruity but not in an overly sweet fruity way.

I'm really liking both of these products right now, later on after an extended use I'll post again with my thoughts. I have to say that when I was using the Plush Puppy her coat was soft but not very silky or at least not as silky as with these products. I actually thought, as I posted earlier, that she just had a very thin cottony coat. I had read that if their eyes are green in pics then they are silky, which hers are, but I still thought her coat was too soft just not silky enough to be a silky coat. I could have been just doing something wrong or just been too picky but now I will say I was wrong she has a silky coat. It just flows effortlessly just like silk. Using both of these products, at least so far, has made her coat look much better. My husband even agrees and from my husband to actually see it then its definately noticable results.

04-07-2006, 05:08 AM	#32
amspoelstra Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: US Posts: 955	Crazy Pet (very berry scented) This is the first shampoo we got, right after we got Trixie. Not bad, but the smell... I guess the name says it CC Systems I used daily shampoo, conditioner and ice on ice spray. I loved this stuff. It made her coat so soft and silky. But she got very itchy and her coat got oily after a few days. Virbac (Keratolux and Humilac) Trixie got diagnosed with Seborreah, an overproduction of oil in her skin, that makes her coat go from dry to oily back to dry etc. So now we use veterinary shampoo. I don't really care for it mostly because we have to let it soak in for 5 minutes, and poor Trixie is shaking while it soaks (even with heater pointed at her...) It seems to be a little harsher on her coat as well. Although now it stays silkier longer and she's not as itchy. So it does what it's supposed to do. The Humilac is a conditioner spray, which is pretty good. I'm hoping her coat will get better and then I can try some other shampoos!!!! __________________ Trixie

04-07-2006, 07:55 AM	#33
Juliealfies mum YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: scotland Posts: 2,224	This is a really good thread ,will need to make notes on all the products and stock up on some when we come over to the US in August. Hubby will have a fit if I use all my luggage allowance on dog products LOL. We are using Crazy Dog Baby Powder smells lovely but doesn't last.Alfie always seems to need some sort of conditioner or ends up matting. So we use Johnsons Baby conditioner.(someone on YT recommended this) We have also used the Squirt products which where the puppy shampoo , the conditioner, and the spray detangler !! The spray detangler lost the power of spraying within a few uses and we had to buy a spray bottle to decant the detangler into. My husband says that I spend more on the dogs hair than his!!! The problem I have is ,I wash them and then about three days later they look as bad as ever, any tips on this. I do wash them 1 a week I sometimes try to leave it a fortnight but this just does not work for us.So I will be keeping an eye on this post for some good tips. __________________ From Julie Alfie & Lottie

04-08-2006, 05:08 PM	#35
red98vett Yorkie Kisses are the Best! Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Houston TX Posts: 33,590 Blog Entries: 1	Julie...Plush Puppy is international - HERE are the countries they export to http://www.plushpuppy.com.au/ __________________ Villette, Chanel & Cheri www.DesignsByVillette.net Custom Address Labels and Note Cards using YOUR Photos! Just Click HERE!

04-10-2006, 12:32 PM	#36
Juliealfies mum YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: scotland Posts: 2,224	Thanks a lot Vilette I have added the plush puppy to my favourites and will try out their products . I think you can get Vitaclean products here, if you tell me what you like I can always keep a look out for it and send you a bottle. I dont know why shipping is so expensive from the US as I send stuff out to my friend from here Airmail all the time and its not too bad, but as soon as you order things the shipping is very costly from the US. __________________ From Julie Alfie & Lottie

04-13-2006, 08:28 AM	#37
Hickey007 YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Alabama Posts: 789	Well I haven’t been around in a while and was thrilled to come back to this thread. I love it. I’ve been looking around for info on the shea pet products and the only review I could ever find was one done with a bulldog, not the same kinda coat what-so-ever. Now my husband won’t be so happy to hear that I need to try it thanks to Rocelle’s review but oh well. Ok Reagan has a cottony coat, and if I had to choose between thin and thick I would say thin, so thin cottony coat. Well first I started off with human products mainly a baby shampoo when she was a puppy. After that we went to Groomax (oh how I miss that lavender baby shampoo smell though). I didn’t stick with Groomax, bought at Petsmart, very long though. Honestly it wasn’t so much about the results as the smell. The shampoo was Soothing Oatmeal and didn’t smell to bad, kind of a vanilla smell. The conditioner on the other hand, was Silk Protein and smelled like strawberries, not just any strawberries a very sweet candy like strawberry that gave me a headache. I honestly can’t remember how it worked on her hair though, since I didn’t use it long. After that I tried and am still using Plush Puppy. I’m so so on the products. I use the Natural Conditioning Shampoo and Silk Protein Conditioner. I also have the Protein Coat Balm and Swishy Coat. I really liked the results when I first started using the products, so a lot of my so so-ness could be from just using it for a while and no new dramatic results instead just the same ole good results all along. After the bath on her wet hair I use a dab of the Swishy Coat (its like a hair gel that straightens the hair) I do love this, I notice a difference from when I use it and when I don’t. Her hair is just so much neater and polished looking. Then I blow dry her and put a bit of Protein Coat Balm on. This kind of helps any fly aways and calms down the hair as well as giving it a soft feel. The scent of the shampoo/conditioner is fairly strong and lasts for a little while so if you don’t like it you do have to live with it for a while. I didn’t mind it so much (but then again I was just coming from that strawberry stuff that I didn’t like at all) but my sister hates the smell and commented several times on how it stunk. I do really like, however that the shampoo and conditioner smell the same, I really don’t like it when they don’t, such as the Groomax vanilla with straberries. One more thing about the products the groomer said that her coat and skin were very healthy when I took her in and this is what we had be using. He said that before he knew what we were using so there wasn't any bias or anything like that. He said that if we change make sure to get another quality shampoo because oftern cheaper shampoos can dry out the coat so I guess he was happy with her results on the PP products. I have to say though my mother came down around Christmas and in the middle of her visit Reagan was getting a bit itchy so I used the Groomax Oatmeal Shampoo to help with that and finished with the Plush Puppy Conditioner and my mother was very impressed. Reagan was a quite bit silkier, softer, and shinier. You guys have definitely given me some ideas on things to try, the shea pet maybe and definitely PP’s sea breeze oil. Great thread thanks for starting it. Oh and sorry mine was so long, for those of you who actually read it all. __________________ Courtney

04-13-2006, 05:25 PM	#38
ldenise YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Rancho Viejo, Tx Posts: 2,698	I actually read it all and thought you did a very good job. Isn't this much better than ..... I loved it or didn't like it?........ I like to hear the reasons why. This thread really is a gigantic help. __________________ Buckeye, Ahia, Tressie, Archie & LDenise Dogs are really people with short legs in fur coats

04-13-2006, 05:32 PM	#39
Lola LaRue Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Ramon, CA Posts: 710	We also started using the Buddy Wash Shampoo and Conditioner. They work great. I also love them smell. I just bought the leave in spray and have not used it yet. I am sure it works as well as the other stuff.

04-27-2006, 07:43 AM	#43
K8lynnn Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pagosa Springs, Colorado Posts: 56	Breeder recomendation Hi everyone-you all are hilarious! This is better than crime TV! I just got my puppy so have no experience with hair products. My breeder uses Bio Groom. Has anyone ever used it? She said Oatmeal cream. My puppy seems to have very silky soft hair. ~I will have pictures soon. Thanks for any input. Kaitlyn Bruno

05-11-2006, 07:36 AM	#45
Hickey007 YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Alabama Posts: 789	Ok I'm back to rate some more. I decided after reading this thread to try the Pet silk line and Shea Pet line. I had been using Plush Puppy. First let me say that I have only had them for about a month and have only used them each twice so this isn't long term results. I'll start with the Shea Pet. I loved this the first time I used it. I ordered both products at the same time and this got her first so I tried it out first. I got the Shea butter shampoo with oatmeal and lanolin and the Shea butter condidtioner with allontion and tea tree oil. Her coat was so shiney and it brought the gold out beautifully. The scent isn't bad, maybe not something I would choose but definately not something I hate. Overall I really like this product I loved it the first time I used it and was just as happy the second. I posted pics of her after she had a bath using these products here... http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39793 Ok now the Pet Silk. Love, love, love it. Her hair is so much silkier and shinier. This also really brings out the gold in her, so much that my husband noticed it last night after he gave her a bath. Before her gold just seemed very dull and with both the Pet Silk and Shea pet its so much prettier. I got the Tropical Forrest Scent in both Shampoo and Conditioner and the silk serum. I have to say I've heard from a couple people that they were looking for something without a heavy scent and this may be something to try. You can definately smell it while giving her a bath but once she's dry the smell is very faint and really only lasts a couple days. The smell of the silk serum even covers it up. I say it only lasts a couple of days but I haven't noticed that she was smelling bad really after those days just not still smelling like the shampoo. It has the smell of tropical fruit in there, like mango and citrus, so its really not that perfumey anyway more fruity but not in an overly sweet fruity way. I'm really liking both of these products right now, later on after an extended use I'll post again with my thoughts. I have to say that when I was using the Plush Puppy her coat was soft but not very silky or at least not as silky as with these products. I actually thought, as I posted earlier, that she just had a very thin cottony coat. I had read that if their eyes are green in pics then they are silky, which hers are, but I still thought her coat was too soft just not silky enough to be a silky coat. I could have been just doing something wrong or just been too picky but now I will say I was wrong she has a silky coat. It just flows effortlessly just like silk. Using both of these products, at least so far, has made her coat look much better. My husband even agrees and from my husband to actually see it then its definately noticable results. __________________ Courtney