Ivory dish soap as shampoo?????

[Chicagocanine]

I wouldn't use baby shampoos. They are actually quite harsh as they are meant to get rid of the type of crud babies can get in their hair.... The only reason they are marketed as "gentle" is because they have a pH that won't sting the eyes.

[Doc]

A groomer advised me to use Dawn and baby shampoo if you were in a bind and needed to wash your dogs.

[Liesje]

I use the 99 cent Suave shampoo. Every summer we are at a cottage for several weeks. The dogs are swimming, digging, running through crap all day and it's very hot and humid so sometimes they never dry and get stinky. I shampoo them every other day but ran out of dog shampoo. The only grocery store around only had Hartz products which I refuse to use so I just get the cheap human shampoo. I've never noticed any problems.

[SummerwoodSoaps]

I would only use the dish soap if you need to remove a lot of oils, because they have a lot of degreasers in them, that is what they are made for.

I bought a bottle of the earthbath everyone reccomends but I have not liked it all.
For the price, I didn't think it was any better than the cheaper shampoos. I also have several issues with labeling(they do not list ingredients, mislabel other), they do not have preservative listed but they have to be using one, they say you have to shake before each use, and I wated a higher quality scent than what I got. Granted, I am very picky because I make this stuff too (not dog shampoo, yet). But it annoys the ever living crap out of me that they can't formulate it right to make it not seperate. That to me is poor workmanship.

I also would not use handmade soap on dogs. Only because the ph is very high. I make the stuff, love what it does for MY skin, but a dog has different skin and hair ph than we do.