Homemade Dog Shampoo

So Pippa is now 8 months old and weighs 65 lbs. (this is an old shot of her).  Anyway pretty much weekly since she was tiny we give her a bath - actually it's more like a shower - actually it's more like we ALL get a shower :)   So I finally used up the dog shampoo I bought months ago and wanted to find a lower cost alternative since the 1/2 gallon of soap runs about $20.  I treat my dog's hair better than I do mine, but we just couldn't swing the big bucks this time.  So I found this on the Internet and tweaked it a bit.  To my surprise, it worked wonderfully well :)   But the site had no picture that I could 'pin' so I couldn't save the information.  So I'm putting it here.

 

I used a 1 gallon container - Milk Jug, whatever.  Rinse it thoroughly.

Into it put:

1 1/2 cups of Dawn dish washing detergent (no antibacterial stuff)

1/4 cup glycerin (you can get this at any pharmacy not too pricey)

1/4 cup apple cider vinegar

1 cup of totally pulverized oatmeal (used the Vitamix)

additional options include:

Several drops of essential oils (I used lavender)

2 T vitamin E oil (again you can get this at any pharmacy - I didn't use it)

Then fill the jug to the top with Water.

Shake like crazy and your done.

Simple.

Don't use too much even though it seems watery - the soap takes forever to wash off if you do.

 

Enjoy!