Dog Soap Bar Recipe

This recipe is for a shampoo bar that is made using the cold process method.

Dog soap bar recipe.

Natural dog shampoo bar recipe. And adding some extra moisturizing ingredients and suds never hurts. My husband likes to hook up our homemade solar water heater to the hose so that we can use warm water outside. Brush your dog to allow for easier wetting of all of his or her fur.

You ll get six paw shaped soaps from this recipe. Koh will be the lye as calculated by the soap calculator. Homemade dog shampoo basics. My basic vegetable oil soap with castor oil would be a good choice it s the fourth recipe down on my basic homemade soap recipes page.

This homemade dog shampoo bar recipe is gentler on your dog s skin than commercial dog shampoos so it won t dry out your dog s delicate skin like traditional sulphate filled shampoos. To make soap completely from scratch as opposed to melt and pour with premade soap bases you ll need to use lye which is a caustic salt known as sodium hydroxide. Homemade dog shampoo bars are a lot like face body bars but your dog s skin and hair ph is a bit more acidic than ours so a few changes are necessary. Try adding to your soap a combination of some of the following oils to form a nice blend that will both deodorize and help to repel fleas.

The essential oil blend makes it great for repelling fleas without chemicals. 7 oz 198 g distilled water. This is how we normally bathe our dog with this soap. Can i use the same oils mentioned here for a dogs bar of soap and use it in a liquid soap formula.

Finally i thought well i had skin issues and made my own soap why wouldn t i make some for him so it did and our little nip was ever so happy. Melt and pour soap base. Dog and pet shampoo bar soap recipe i ve used so many dog shampoo s on my dog over the years which at times left him with dry flaky skin that was hard to clear up. Before you begin here s a quick tutorial about the chemistry behind making soap.

2 percent of the total recipe castor oil which is good for your dog s coat 2 percent of the total recipe of a high vitamin e oil like emu shea butter avocado or wheat germ you could substitute in some pure vitamin e about 1 4 teaspoon per pound of soap base which. How to use the homemade dog shampoo bar soap. You can pretty much use any basic cold process soap recipe for a dog shampoo. Ingredients for homemade dog shampoo bars.

It can be clear or opaque or even one of the specialty blends like olive oil or shea butter. So if i use exactly the same oils listed here with recalculated koh is my liquid soap good for a dog shampoo. You must use an accurate scale to make soap. All measurements are by weight.