Organic candy shampoo for dirty dogs

Racing home from an exhausting day at work, only to find that my puppy peed and/or pooped in her crate and then played it in all day long, is not fun. (My nose usually updates me before my eyes do.) Picking up her smelly self and throwing her in the tub is a far cry from my previous after work duties of going to happy-hours and sipping cocktails. (Safe to say I severely underestimated the work required for a puppy.)

Getting my fingers all up in her hair, and sudsing the matted poop off her is pretty gross. Thank god my roommate is never around during these moments to see how quickly the white porcelain tub turns brown…. However, although I can never claim to like doing this, I do have to admit that the shampoo I selected for her smells so good — like candy— that the situation is sweetened a bit. I know its gross to admit this, but the shampoo actually smells so good that it makes me hungry and causes my mouth to water a little bit, despite my disgusting task at hand (and literally, in hand). The added plus to using this shampoo is, once she’s clean and running around like a mad-woman trying to dry herself off, her crazed antics make her a veritable moving air freshener—and the gesture is certainly appreciated as I undertake my next task of scraping and sanitizing the excrement out of her crate…

My puppy shampoo by Earthbath is made out of all natural ingredients, (the company promises that nothing bad whatsoever, for anything, is in the formula), its tear free and gentle, will not wash away any topical flea treatments, was manufactured in the USA, and is satisfaction guaranteed: if you couldn’t tell by now, I really think this is the way to go. (Comes in a variety of formulas, I’m currently hooked on the cherry scented “puppy” version. Wonder if I can even use it on myself??) The product is sold at your local PetSmart, but also is available through multiple online vendors.

Sorry for the brown streak of articles—“they” always say to write what you know, and right now, I’m majorly down with the brown. Until they come up with a safe/environmentally friendly way to do this:


you can look forward to upcoming articles such as “The many green uses for puppy pee-pads,” and “Organic dingleberry recipes”.