Buddycare Oatmeal Dog Shampoo 500ml

Buddycare Oatmeal Dog Shampoo – 500ml

Oatmeal is the one to pick when the skin, not the dirt, is the problem. Buddycare use avena sativa kernel flour — colloidal oatmeal — which has a long record of settling itching in both people and animals, and they describe the shampoo as putting a layer of protection between the skin and everyday irritants.

It is built on the same mild baby-product surfactants as the rest of the line, so it lifts dirt and grease without taking the coat's natural oils with it. Citric acid and sodium hydroxide are there to hold the pH at a level a dog's skin tolerates.

Performance & Benefits

• Colloidal oatmeal (avena sativa kernel flour) to soothe dry, itchy skin during washing.
• Cleans without stripping the natural oils that keep a coat in condition.
• Aloe barbadensis leaf juice and panthenol support the skin barrier.
• Free from parabens, sulphates, SLS and SLES; vegan and cruelty free.
• pH balanced for canine skin, which is less acidic than human skin.
• 500ml bottle; 1L and 5L also listed by Buddycare.

Suitable For

• Dogs with dry, flaky or easily irritated skin.
• Dogs that react to fragranced or medicated shampoos.
• Puppies from eight weeks and all coat types.
• Regular bathing where a plain shampoo has proved too harsh.
• Not a treatment for a diagnosed skin disease — persistent itching or sore patches need a vet, not a different shampoo.

How to Use

• Wet the coat thoroughly with warm water.
• Lather in and leave for two to three minutes so the oatmeal has time on the skin.
• Rinse until the water runs clear, then dry and brush through.
• Avoid the eyes; rinse with water on contact.
• The 20:1 dilution ratio Buddycare publish applies to diluting the concentrate for salon use.
• Keep out of reach of children.

Specification

• Composition: aqua, sodium C14-16 olefin sulfonate, cocamidopropyl betaine, glycerin, sodium chloride, lauryl lactyl lactate, phenoxyethanol, PEG-7 glyceryl cocoate, glycol distearate, steareth-4, avena sativa (oat) kernel flour, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, citric acid, panthenol, sodium hydroxide, CI 17200, CI 19140, parfum.
• Volume: 500ml. Fragrance: oatmeal.
• Suitable for puppies over eight weeks.
• Buddycare make the range at their own facility in Hertfordshire, to ISO 9001 and GMP 22716.
• Buddycare's page for this shampoo also repeats a shed-control claim about omega 3 and 6 oils and glycolipids; neither appears in the declared composition above, so it is not carried here.