Davis Benzoyl Peroxide Shampoo – For Sensitive Dogs

Use Instructions

PROPER TECHNIQUE FOR BATHING WITH BENZOYL PEROXIDE SHAMPOO BEFORE USING MITE AVENGE

Bathe indoors to keep the dog warm throughout this process. To keep the air in the room warm, use a small space heater if you have to. USE THE WARMEST WATER POSSIBLE. Bathing where it’s cold, or with cold water, is counter-productive! Benzoyl peroxide opens the pores and follicles, but cold closes them. Think about how how you feel and how your skin reacts in cold air or chilly water. Nothing’s going to penetrate tense skin with pores and follicles that have slammed shut. It’s also a pretty miserable experience. Don”t undermine your hard work and your dog’s recovery. Please do not use cold or room-temperature water when using benzoyl peroxide.

1. If you don’t already have a hand-held shower head that sprays, get one of those hand held sprayer attachments that goes over the spigot so you can rinse with copious amounts of running warm water. Sluicing out those follicles with tons of warm running water is what flushes out the gunk and help get rid of higher level mites.
2. Wet poochie thoroughly first with warm water (not cool or room-temperature).
3. Generously apply a good quality benzoyl peroxide shampoo that is formulated for pets. This is not the time to put on your chemist hat and try mixing acne medicine into your favorite brand of pet shampoo. There are other parts of the formulation such as micron size, ingredient grade and synergistic ingredient compatibility that are important to the success of an effective medicated shampoo. Cover every part of the dog’s body. Leave no safe places for mites, yeast and infection.(Diluting it slightly in a bit of warm water may make it easier to spread.)
4. Lather well and continue to work the lather constantly for a long time. (At least 10 minutes if you can. Some people go as long as half an hour!) Keep adding a little warm water if necessary – just lather for as long as you can. Massage the skin with your fingers if possible to help break up crud build-up. Work the shampoo around the eyes, ears and paws. Our store has protective eye drops if you need them to work up close to the eyes.
5. After some warm soaking, it can be helpful to gather folds of skin, gently gripping as close to the body as possible without causing discomfort. You want to have a decent fold of skin above your hands. Gripping both sides of the skin fold close to the body, gently squeeze as you glide your hands towards you as if to express subcutaneous matter. Massage therapists use a similar technique to help loosen toxins in tissue.
6. Rinse, rinse, rinse. Really flood that skin ever so thoroughly with warm running water — then rinse some more. It’s the rinsing that is your friend. Thorough, aggressive rinsing provides the flushing action we want. (But not with a pressure washer please) Our goal is to open pathways so Mite Avenge can penetrate better, create a healthier skin environment, reduce yeast. Proper use of benzoyl peroxide shampoo does that and it helps purge toxins, waste, sebum, trash and mites lurking below the surface. It’s not weird to spend as long or longer rinsing than you did lathering.

REMINDER: Don’t use cold or cool water, it defeats the purpose! Cold closes the follicles. You won’t get much benefit and a cold rinse could trap soap and nasties inside. And don’t try to spot bathe, it does not work. The magic is in how the benzoyl peroxide opens the skin to soften, open and help break down the walls of the impenetrable yuck that the mites brick themselves in with to protect themselves. Once the shampoo has done its thing, you need to do lots of long rinsing to help remove the blockages, surface mites, yeast, detritus and gunk. Isn’t that what we want? You really can’t accomplish this with light or even normal rinsing.