Skin pH difference

Dog’s skin is slightly alkaline (pH value is about 7.5), while human skin is slightly acidic (female skin pH is about 5.5, male skin pH is about 5.5) The value is about 6.5). Bath soaps or shampoos designed for people are generally alkaline and can neutralize the value of human skin. When the dog's weakly alkaline skin encounters the same alkaline shampoo, it cannot be neutralized. Instead, it washes away the oil that protects the skin surface, causing dryness and a series of problems such as skin itching, allergies, and dandruff, which reduces Skin immunity, causing skin diseases.

Differences in skin structure

The structure of human skin is very different from that of dog skin. Human skin has 10 to 15 layers, while dog skin has only 3 to 5 layers. In this way, although dogs have thick hair to protect against attack, the skin structure is much more fragile than that of us humans, and the choice of mild, non-irritating pet shampoo is obviously wise.

Differences in metabolism

From the perspective of metabolic cycle, humans have 28 days and dogs have 20 days. Dog hair growth is characterized by cyclical growth and artificial continuous growth. Therefore, bathing your dog must follow the metabolic cycle. Long-term use of alkaline bath products can cause skin allergies and disrupt the hair growth cycle.

Differences in ingredients

Finally, it is worth mentioning that when consumers choose their own shampoo, they will open the bottle cap and smell it. The vast majority of consumers still tend to choose to add fragrances. bath supplies. This will leave a pleasant fragrance on your skin and hair after washing, and you will feel much better.

So, many owners wishfully believe that their dogs also need this kind of refreshing smell, so they use their own bath products to wash their dogs with fragrance. If the poor dog could talk, it would definitely protest against the owner's cleverness. The communication between dogs depends on smell. If the dog smell is completely covered by the smell of spices, then other dogs will not agree with it. It, and will bully it together. Now you understand why babies who have just taken a bath like to roll around in dirty places?

Sweat glands are distributed differently

Why do people take baths? Besides being dirty, our sweat glands secrete sweat every day. In the hot summer, excessive sweat secretion can easily clog the pores, so we must take a bath to clean the pores.

Unlike us, dogs do not have sweat glands on their skin. Even in summer, 10 days of bathing is enough. The consequences of frequent bathing are serious damage to the pH value of the dog's skin, resulting inCauses dry skin, dandruff and itching in dogs.

Generally speaking, the normal bathing frequency is 2-3 times a month in summer and 1-2 times a month in winter. Contaminated dirt can be wiped off with a wet towel. When you take your dog home, you can use a non-alcoholic baby wet towel or clean gauze dipped in water to dry the soles of your feet.