coat oil
 

I'm not exactly sure what I want to ask here, mainly just get more information about using oil on their coats I guess. It is used instead of wrapping or in addition to? Is there a certain kind I should get? When do you use it? Anything else that might be helpful. Thanks in advance!

For my show boy I bathe him using #1 All Systems Super-Cleaning and Conditioning Shampoo. In a quart bottle I add 2 tablespoons of #1 All Systems Pure Lanolin Plus With Hair Emollients, plus 2 tablespoons of #1 All Systems Super-rich Conditioner; fill bottle with warm water, shake well and pour over your dogs coat, slowly working it in, then rinse dog with warm water and blow him dry. The coat will be oily but will not mat. You should bathe them every four days when they are in oil. You do not have to wrap them but if their coat is very long you might need to put some scrunchies on them to keep the coat off the floor and to keep the male dogs from peeing on their coats. I am still new to this so I really just saying what I have been doing. I know some people use Neutrogena Body Oil (fragrance free) and add that to water and pour over the coat. I know what works for one dog might not work for another so sometimes it is trial and error. I have a hard time keeping scrunchies on my boy but his coat is getting to the point where I need to do something if I am going to continue showing him. He just has one point toward his championship and he has turned out bigger than I had hoped but he has been a great learning experience for me. I have attached a picture of him; I had just taken him out of oil and he was still a little damp and not brushed out real well yet.

I use Protect-A-Coat from Summerwinds. It is great. I have not yet wrapped my girl and have been advised by a top show breeder not to wrap her at this point.

Is that a spray on conditioner? How often do you bathe your girl? What age is best to start using it? All help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks for the replys

Thank you as well...I don't show Izzy as she is too small but her coat is getting dry from the furnace being on this winter (this is our first winter with her and just the past two weeks I've noticed her coat being dryer than usual).

it's actually a show coat oil. I had been using almod oil and her coat was drying out and matting. A show breeder told me about this and it is great. You can put a couple of tablespoons in a little bottle and fill the rest with warm water and apply it. But what I do is put the stopper in the sink after her bath and add two or three capfuls to the water and pour it over her for a few minutes. You do not rinse it out but blow dry as usual. When you use this, you also must use a clarifying shampoo every two days, then back in the oil she goes. I will see if I can find the link. It is wonderful.

Here is the link. I suppose you can start using it on them as soon as you want to. My girl is eight months old but I only recently found out about it. I have been putting her in oil since she was four months old. Nothing worked and seemed to really dry her coat causing the underside to matt. This is a very light oil.

http://www.summerwinds.com/CoatCare.html#PROTECTACOAT

Thank you, I will have to order some.

I used Neutragena...
 

And add it to the final rinse after her bath.......but, I do rinse some of it out.......Also, not sure if I am doing this right.....but, sometimes during the week between shampoos....I add a little to my hands and work it into the tips and spay water on her coat....before I brush...not sure if she is growing or not...LOL.....

Someone tell me if I am doing this right...LOL....it is sure trial and error....mostly error on my end though......

I use all systems humectant coat oil. Before that I was using plush puppy sea breeze oil but was starting to have a hard time getting it. I love them both. I never wrap and have 2 dogs here in full coat without any problems. I tried to wrap and my dogs found it to be a fun way to drag the others around the house by.

I use the coat handler 15-1 conditioner mixed with small amounts of neutrogena body oil, blowing it into the coat...

Great info....

I LOVE Summerwinds Protect A Coat! I put Radar in the sink fill it up to his knees put a cup of summerwinds and mix it in the water and pour over him for about 3 minutes towel dry and then blow him out dry and then I wrap him and I don't bathe again until about 4 to 5 days. I can't tell you how well Radar's coat grew and how fast it grew with Summerwinds.
Donna Bird
Brooklynn's Yorkshire Terriers

What does this product actually do? Is it just to keep mats out, or help it grow, or....?