Grooming & Products

Your animals should not smell. Ever. And therefore, rarely need a bath. Dander is toxicity.

Information Covered on This Page

The Skin
About Veterinary Products
About Body Odour
About Groomers & the Harm They Cause
Products I Recommend
Never Dye Your Pet’s Coat
A Few Things About Bathing

The Skin

The skin is the largest organ of the body. It matters tremendously the products we use on our animals to bathe them as whatever we use, the ingredients will travel to their heart in 40 seconds. Each, and every one of their organs will be impacted.

It is important we:

Investigate: Know and understand the ingredients we are using if we are buying a pet industry product. Take the time to look each ingredient up if we do not understand. Or better yet –
Words not Understood: Do not use or buy the product if you do not understand the words period.
Chemicals: Never use anything TOXIC on the body, regardless how pretty the label is, and what it says it does.
Essential Oils: Never use any essential oils on the body especially Tea Tree, which all can be extremely toxic to an organic body.
Groomer’s Products: Apply all the above to all groomer’s products. If it is preferable, bring your own products if you are using a groomer.

About Veterinary Products

All of the veterinary products I know of are lethal. These are just a few examples of what I have found being used on clients.

Vetoquinol Vet Solutions for Itchy, Dry Skin Aloe & Oatmeal Soap Free Dog & Cat Shampoo

These are the ingredients:

This is full of sulfates. Any time one sees numbers, put the product back, and fragrance is always a huge alarm bell. The majority of the ingredients are always listed first. So, while the Label says ‘Aloe and Oatmeal”, this is not what the product is truly about. This product is a highly toxic, chemical mixture which will not heal anything, just increase your animal’s toxic load internally contributing to more illness.

Looking at a few of the ingredients, please reference the Material Data Safety Sheet (MSDS) link provided. All of them are highly toxic to the body.

Sodium Hydroxymethylglycinate |
https://naturalingredient.org/Articles/msds_suttocide_A.pdf

Fragrance | Disodium EDTA
http://www.labchem.com/tools/msds/msds/LC13750.pdf
This has the GH Symbol for poison. This is to make the shampoo lather.

Sodium Laureth Sulfate Laureth-10
https://www.products.pcc.eu/en/id/244655/rokanol-l10-80-laureth-10-4/
https://www.maritimebeautyshop.com/images/msds/REDK_H20SHMPCLN.PDF

Vetoquinol Seba-Hex Shampoo

These are the ingredients:

This has the chemical, Chlorhexidine Gluconate in it, as the main ingredient. This is the Material Data Safety Sheet link: https://www.medline.com/media/catalog/Docs/MSDS/MSD_SDSD10662.pdf and this is the GHS labeling:

This also has sulfates in it and parabens. Nothing on this label should be on organic skin or in our environment. It is all highly toxic soup.

Virbac Epi-Soothe Shampoo

This is basically a cocktail of carcinogens. Please do your research. This does not belong on or near any organic body. The Material Data Safety Sheets of some of the first three ingredients are referenced below. The blue dye is a known carcinogen.

Purified water, sodium C14-16 olefin sulfonate, cocamidopropyl betaine, lauramide DEA, linoleamide DEA, Spherulites, glycerin, colloidal oatmeal, lauryl glucoside, chitosan succinamide, magnesium aluminum silicate, DMDM hydantoin, d-galactose, d-mannose, I-rhamnose, fragrance, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, FD&C Blue #1.

Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate
http://www.chemicalstore.com/MSDS/MSDS_AOS40.pdf

Cocamidopropyl Betaine
https://fagron.com/sites/default/files/document/msds_coa/61789-40-0_(USA).pdf

Lauramide DEA
https://www.parchem.com/siteimages/Attachment/GHS%20Lauramide%20DEA%20MSDS.pdf
This is what this sheet says bout this ingredient:

Please do not use any of these products or anything similar on your animals. Protect your pets.

Hartz Oatmeal Shampoo

I was recently working on a dog, 2023 July, and was going through all the supplies used and looked at this shampoo supplied by a natural vet. Check these ingredients out below.

Another cocktail of carcinogens. Understand any of them?

Very dangerous as all these chemicals will go directly to the animal’s heart.

2023 August, Harts’ does not list the ingredients on the site, and the bottle label is loaded in such a way that the ingredient list shown on the back is too small to see. Why do you think this is? These are photos I have taken of the front and back of this bottle. All “creating illness” in our beautiful animals.

Hartz UltraGuard Rid Flea & Tick Shampoo for Dogs

Ingredient list is also not loaded on their website, not even the back of the bottle is loaded as they do not want the buyer to be informed for sure. This site, drugs.com, link below, does list these active ingredients are toxic. They are neuro toxins, which will attack all life forms neuro system who come in contact with this product. Seizures have been on symptom of ;such exposure.
https://www.drugs.com/vet/hartz-ultraguard-rid-flea-tick-shampoo-for-dogs.html

About Body Odour

The body should not smell. Smell is a symptom of toxicity. Unless the animal of course has rolled in something smelly. In general, if the animal smells it is usually because the body is trying to dump the excess toxicity which the kidneys and liver can no longer deal with through the skin. Hence, the smell.

To have a smelly coat, almost always means the breath is smelly too. The breath being the initial indicator.

Your animals are not really designed to be bathed. They are designed to naturally keep themselves clean and healthy. We bathe our animals sometimes in the summer when it is so hot and they have been sweating heavily, that is if we do not have time to take them to fresh water for a swim. Else, no bathing ever. And no smell ever. And our home never smells like animals live in it.

If your animal is generating odour, this means most likely they are not well inside. Their toxic load is too much. Please reach out to see how I can help. Or follow the Nature page on this website to get your animal clean and well inside. https://animalsbodymindspirit.com/nature-holistic-healing-dog-cat/

About Groomers & the Harm They Cause

I am not a fan, because of a few things:

Toxic products, increase the toxic load in the body
Most do not really see the animal but just “do” to the animal
The animals are usually left alone at these locations, when pet owners should be supervising them. No one knows how they are being treated.
Many animals are left traumatized by these experiences adding to their emotional toxic load. Their chakras are damaged, fear and shame registered, soul fragmented. This is real damage to their physical and energetic bodies and will play out as chronic illness.

It would be most beneficial to your animal for the pet owner to learn how to do what needs to be done at home. If this is not possible, then I suggest the following should be the routine:

Investigate the products they use and be very clear what products are to be used on your animal
Investigate the facility, does it smell nice and feel happy, have a good vibration? or is it a production line
Are there proper grips in the tubs?
How are they restrained? If restraints are used, the pet owner should be the one to place the animal in the restraints staying right by their side until they are removed.
Who works there? And how do they treat the animals? Are they respectful and communicate intelligently to the animals? Or is this just a job to them, and they talk down to the animals.
How are other animals looking and feeling in this place when you visit? What is their energy? Disposition? Any fear? Sadness? Worry?
Prior to any services being booked, take your animal in and ask their opinion. What is their reaction? What does your animal tell you?
Please never leave your animal alone at any of these places. You are their protector in the world and it is our responsibility to make sure they are okay at all times. Especially with something as invasive as grooming.

About Pain During this Process

A video that came my way on YouTube called The Most Incredible Grooming Transformation is a good example of a groomer who is good at what she does but she is not understanding the animal is in pain and is just “getting the job done”.

Great information provided for pet owners here about blowing matted hair out of the body though with a hair dryer when dry before bathing. This is a fabulous tool assuming care and consideration are taken regarding communication before the process begins explaining to the animal the process and why. Introducing them to the noise and heat on the body as trial run is a good idea so they know they are safe and this will not hurt them before processing to do the body.

I would also do this in sections to give them a break in between.

One has to be careful the dryer is not too close to the body as the heat could burn their skin which is protected by their coat and not exposed to the elements. Water must be provided to the animal during the process as this is a lot of heat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4bIJrYU-lI

Even though the animal understands she is helping him, the yelping is about pain. It is a big deal to be tied up like this and not be able to escape. When you have a coat as matted as this – this is TOXINS. This is a toxic coat which is linked to toxins sitting directly under the skin in most of the organs I would imagine, which is painful. There is no energy.

When humans are massaged this is what the massage therapist is clearing and it hurts immensely, stuck toxins preventing the energy flow throughout the body.

Healthy animals, unless they are in the water all the time, and they do not get brushed out, do not have matted coats.

While she may think this is normal, watching this video below, from my perspective this is an animal is dire distress calling for help.

How does as animal tell you to stop that it hurts? Their communication is growling, yelping, biting …..this Is not bad behaviour, this is them communicating – stop! I do not like this!

Products I Recommend

Castile soap with a little Apple Cider Vinegar. That is all. Nothing from the pet industry production line as these are made for the “humans” pleasure, not with the animals’ best interest, maximum health benefit in mind.

Never Dye Your Pet’s Coat

This is beyond cruel. Your animal is not a toy. They are designed for nature, and all dye is extremely toxic / carcinogenic to their body. This will be damaging their heart without a doubt, as everything on the skin and processed through smell travels to the heart in 40 seconds.

A Few Things About Bathing

Please do not:

Ever throw your young animal into the water. This is unbelievably cruel and will do irreparable damage to their body, mind and spirit for their lifetime. I cannot believe people actually do this.
Spray your animal down with a hose outside with force; always treat your animal how you wish to be treated
Do not allow the water to go on their face, or down their ear canals
Use toxic harmful products from the veterinarian office. All of them are lethal, ruin your animal’s gut microbiome and contribute to an already toxic load in the body.
Bath your animal regularly. When an animal is fed a proper diet they maybe need a bath twice a year. They are designed to be clean when not exposed to toxic products and environment. It is not natural to bathe them all the time. If you find there is grime on their coats, then use a warm wet washcloth to wipe their fur clean especially if they live in a city exposed to exhaust.

Please:

Always make sure your animal has grip to stand on when bathing, nothing slippery where they could hurt themselves.
Have the conversation about what the process will be, and will feel like, if this is new to them, and allow them the possibility to choose. Lead with confidence not with the mind frame that they may not like it.
Take your time, do not rush.
Careful of the temperature, not too hot.
Gently end with a little cold water to get the heart running. Not super cold but cold enough to get the energy moving in the body. Explain to them before you do this so you do not shock their system, nor lose their trust.
Bathe as little as possible so you are not removing their natural oils from their coat constantly.
If taking to a groomer, and they will not follow your lead, go elsewhere please. Protect your pet.
Feed a fresh food diet and stop all toxicity so they no longer need baths.