Choosing The Right Shampoo For Our Pets in Our Humid Climate

Singapore, also known as the little sunny island is a rather humid country. Due to high humidity, it is extremely common for fur babies to experience heat rash, constant panting and bacterial infections.

As a pet owner, we want our babies to feel comfortable and look well-maintained all the time. With correct drying technique and showering your pet with a suitable shampoo once to twice a week, you’ll be able to see the vast difference in 1 to 4 month’s time!

So, here’s the real question: How do we determine what is the right shampoo for our pets?

Every breed type has a different coat type: from fur texture to fur length to skin type and the list goes on. When choosing a right shampoo, a list of factors has to be considered.

Many new owners have the idea in mind that by purchasing a premium shampoo, it should work wonders. However, we beg to differ. Each shampoo has a different functionality. When purchasing a shampoo, here are some things you should look for to improve, maintain or enhance your pet’s fur and skin.

• SKIN TYPE
  Does your pet face any allergies? Signs of allergies includes bumps on skin, browning of fur, uneven fur growth, dry flaky skin, rashes and etcs. Depending on the type of allergies, it is important to check with your vet what is recommended. One of the common medicated shampoo for dry skin is Michlo Medicated Shampoo which helps in treatment of bacterial dermatitis, yeast dermatitis and ringworm infections.

• FUR COLOUR
  If you pooch’s fur is light coloured, you can enhance his/her fur by using a whitening or brightening shampoo. Whitening pet shampoos are specially formulated to brighten white fur and remove stains so that your pet will look clean and sparky. One of our Top Seller is White Magic Shampoo, formulated with all natural ingredients to leave your pooch fur soft and fluffy and enhance his/her bright luscious coat.

• FUR LENGTH
  There are 4 main lengths of a pet’s coat: Short, Long, Hairless and Combination. Shampoos formulated for long fur have various properties – to increase growth, disentangles fur, revives shine on coat or even to reduce shedding. For short fur or hairless pet, it is good to use shampoos that reduce greasiness, deeply cleanse, remove odour and also have sun block effect to protect their skin from sun exposure (optional).

• FUR TYPE
  Like human hair, there are various type of textured fur – coarse, smooth, straight and wavy. Shampoos for wavy fur tends to have properties with lifting and volumizing effects, whereas shampoo for straight fur tends to have properties that helps in detangling and smoothening the hair cuticles. On the other hand, if your pet has short coarse fur, you might want to use shampoos that helps in restoring shine in fur.

With the current saturated shampoo market for pets, you’ll definitely be able to find a suitable shampoo for your pet. For basic pet shampoo, we highly recommend for you to choose a shampoo that contains natural ingredients such as oatmeal, hemp seed oil, aloe vera, and sweet almond oil that are known to be gentle on the skin and provide moisturizing benefits. You can check out DoggyPotion shampoo here made from 100% natural gentle ingredients.