Pet Health Guide - Grooming
Grooming Product Information
Proper grooming plays an important role in maintaining your pet's overall health, especially with dogs and cats that suffer from skin and coat irritations, infections or allergies.
So what's the best shampoo and conditioner for your pet?
Well, that all depends on what your trying to accomplish because not all shampoo's are created equally. To help solve this puzzle, we have come up with a classification system to help select the right shampoo and/or conditioner for your pet.
Dog & Cat Shampoo Classifications
| Shampoo Type | When to Use | |
| #1 | Cleaning & Grooming | Routine cleaning, conditioning and moisturizing |
| #2 | Anti-seborrheic | Dry skin, flaky, greasy or scaly conditions |
| #3 | Anti-microbial | Apply to bacterial or yeast infections |
| #4 | Anti-pruritic (Anti-itch) |
Releif of itching and irritations to allergies, flea bites, seborrhea and bacterial infections |
| #5 | Anti-parasitic | Kills external parasites on the skin coat surface |
Dog & Cat Moisturizing Agents
| Moisturing Agent | When to Use | |
| A | Humectants | Helps draw moisture to the surface of the skin |
| B | Emollients | Seals in moisture, thus soothing and softening the skin |
| C | Emulsifiers | Distributes emollients uniformly throughout the skin coat |
| D | Occlusive Factors | Blocks the skin surface and prevent loss of miosture |
| E | Fatty Acids |
Helps maintain the skin's normal barrier function and assist in conditioning flaky and scaly skin conditions |
At Pets Rx we feature only professional shampoos and conditioner formulations that are therapeutic, hypoallergenic and deliver the highest levels of protection and results.