Allergic Dogs & Bathing

Bathing Allergic Dogs Relieves Symptoms
Medicated shampoos, conditioners, and sprays help allergic dogs.
Just washing your dog weekly helps decrease allergy symptoms because washing physically removes pollens, bacteria, and yeasts that contribute to itchy skin and allergy-induced hot spots.

Benefits of Bathing
In addition to the physical benefit of washing, which removes antigens, shampoos and conditioners medicate and soothe the skin. The most useful products for allergic dogs contain fatty acids, emollients, and steroids. It is much healthier for dogs if these medications are applied directly to the skin than if they are given as pills or injections. With pills and injections, especially if they contain steroids, the entire body is affected in order to treat the skin.

Ingredients For Allergic Pets
The following are some ingredients used in soothing or medicated shampoos, conditioners, and sprays:
aloe
balm mint
burdock
calendula
chamomile
comfrey
cranesbill
fatty acids
hops
hydrocortisone 0.5%
lanolin
lavender
lemon peel
oatmeal
Pramoxine HCl
sage
tea tree oil (melaleuca oil)
thyme
yarrow.