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How was everyone’s Easter? We had such a great day spending time at one of our favorite churches, eating and hanging out with our family and loving the BEAUTIFUL weather! It could not have been a prettier day! Everyone seemed to be having such a great time. Except our dog Veda… she still may have been holding a grudge against me.
Our dog hates having baths. It is one of her least favorite past times. Knowing that she would be spending time with family over Easter I knew she needed a bath. We ran out of shampoo after her last bath so I decided just to make my own DIY natural dog shampoo! I have seen many different recipes floating around the interweb, but I ran across this one and thought I’d give it a try!
What you need for DIY Natural Dog Shampoo:
- 1 cup of natural liquid dish-washing soap (I used Method)
- 1 cup of organic apple cider vinegar
- 1 cup of warm water
- 2 ounces of glycerine
- Empty container for shampoo (I used a large mason jar)
What you’ll do to make your homemade dog shampoo:
- Starting with the dish soap pour the ingredients into your jar
- Shake the jar to mix the ingredients together.
- Thoroughly wet your dog down with water and pour the shampoo onto your pet.
- Lather the shampoo into your pet’s fur.
- Rinse!
Poor Veda, she had no idea what was coming…as far as she knew it was a normal saturday afternoon.
She’s starting to figure it out..a bath is coming.
And there it is.
Is that not the saddest face you have ever seen? Don’t worry, she made it through and she is just as happy as ever:)
This shampoo made her fur very soft and left her smelling great!
And just for fun here is a photo of Tanner and I on Easter. He’s a cute one! ;)
I will try this. Thanks for sharing=)
I cannot resist commenting about your precious Veda’s “pre-bath’ photo-shoot!. The expression upon her face (s) are so wonderfully classic, AND readable!. I saw my own little dog’s face reflected in those soulful eyes! So knowing of what lies ahead!. Thank you for the recipe, and the heartfelt smile! my best to you and your loved ones, Sincerely, Sharon Adams
Actually, Keely, it’s “a photo of Tanner and ME”. It’s become fashionable to appear overly correct by way of grammar, as if the word “me” is somehow dirty. But you wouldn’t say “it’s a photo of I”, would you? The “me” in this case is not the nominative, it’s the accusative. But don’t feel bad, half of all Americans never remember that part of grade school.
Great recipe and I’ve been reading the comments too. I was with a dog rescue group for several years and had to shampoo a lot of them back then and the recipe would have really helped.
I see some folks have dogs with skin issues. I’ve had several Schnauzers who get skin problems due to fleas or just allergies in the summer. My older Mini Schnauzer, Jeremiah, who I adopted at the age of 8, had a lot of hair loss and itchy skin and I saw they sell Oatmeal dog shampoo. I made up my own by adding oatmeal to the dog shampoo I had. I used my food processor to grind uncooked oats and added it, with some tea tree oil, to the shampoo and it did wonders for his skin! Hope this helps some others too.
love this dog shampoo idea! where can i buy glycerin?
Great doggie shampoo! I cut back on the Dawn and I add 1 teaspoons of lavender or lemon Essential oil. I also add 1 – 2 teaspoon of Emu oil. Works great.
I actually just gave my “mini schnorkie” a bath. (Mini schnauzer/yorkie) lol. He is his own breed I guess. Anyways, I saw this on another website that led me to it. I was like HECK YEH! DIY DOG SHAMPOO! Then I saw the dish detergeant. And of course my dog has to be “one of those” dogs that has the skin issue. Lol. He was actually on “special shampoo” at one point bc of a FUNGUS he had!! Idk even KNOW where he got that from! He has to get a bath every 5-7 days so I know about the expensive thing. If he didn’t have the whole “skin issue” ordeal, I would make this and try it. Good post! Alot of dogs don’t. It probably helped a lot of people! And btw, LOVELY PHOTOS!
I have a white Maltese I would like feedback on how to make shampoo.I’m tired of store bought. Thx
I always read you should not use dish soap on dogs.
I have a quick question: where would you get glycerine? Please answer asap.
Thanks,
Amy Draves
Hey Amy, I got mine at hobby lobby in the soap aisle!
I recently purchased some at our Wal-Mart. I was told it would be in the isle with the bandages,(don’t know why) but our store keeps it in the pharmacy so you might want to check there.