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I adore my dog! You think of those slightly strange people who have Labrador Retriever pillows in their houses, Labrador Retriever stickers on their cars, an Labrador Retriever shirts on their children, that’s me! You can laugh all you want, but I absolutely adore my pooches.

It takes a special heart to love animals like I do, and I wouldn’t trade it in for a second. So now that you have a bit of a back story on me, the dog lover, I’ll go into one of the things that I happen to know about best: how to reduce the amount of dog dandruff on my dogs. If anything I’ll admit, it’s the one thing about my dogs that I can’t stand! And that’s just a secret between you and me.

Labrador Retrievers are notorious shedders. My youngest dog Becky gets off the couch after a long nap and yup, the coach is covered in fur. The fur itself isn’t the main problem here, but all the dandruff that goes along with it. All my children moved out of the house a long time ago, and afterwards is when my love of labs really kicked in. But the problem is, my youngest daughter Patricia has a slight allergy to dog dandruff. So that’s a real problem whenever she and her family come to visit home. The last thing that I want is for my Patricia to have a less than amazing time when she finally comes to visit home because of dog dandruff on the furniture.

The best dog dandruff treatments that I know begins by treating both your dog and the furniture that it likes to rest on. Give the furniture a complete and thorough vacuuming from top to bottom, and then spray it with a light odor and dirt removing spray. It can be easily bought from any supermarket. Then it’s on to your dog. First off, give your dog a good bath from head to toe. Here, I would suggest going to your local pet store and purchasing a dandruff eliminating shampoo. And then the trick is afterwards to follow up the bath with a lotion treatment especially for dogs. This you can also find at a local pet store. This is the trick to soften and soothe your dog’s skin, which will definitely help to reduce dog dandruff.

While basic grooming is the main key to cleanliness, sometimes it is not enough: especially for dogs.

Like humans, dogs can get shafted in the hygiene department even with the best grooming policies.

Dog dandruff is an annoyance some pet owners cannot seem to dismiss, no matter how extensive or expensive the treatment turns out to be.

Thankfully, there is a simple (and inexpensive) natural dog dandruff remedy:

a simple combination lemon juice mixed with vinegar. It’s true, vinegar dogs are not the best smelling dogs in the world, but thankfully, if the mixture is allowed to set in for only 5 minutes, you can wash your dog with the best smelling shampoo while still fighting that pesky dandruff and removing the pungent smell of vinegar.

The execution is fairly simple and not very time consuming. Get your dog wet, then get your lemon juice and vinegar mixture ready. The amount needed is dependent on the size of the dog, so guess according to your pet size. In this case, less is not always more, so make sure you have enough to cover the entire dog’s hairy body.

Simply deep rub the mixture into your dog’s hair and let it set in for 5 minutes. Beware of the smell! Make sure to keep the dog isolated in the washing vessel being used so the mixture isn’t spread throughout.

After 5 minutes, rinse the mixture out and let it set for 2 more minutes. After the two minutes, feel free to re-wash the dog with any flowery-scented shampoo you like. Let the dog naturally dry, preferably outdoors, and all your dog dandruff problems were just mixed away!

Your dog will be happy and carefree without dandruff there to cause problems, simply because of an inexpensive home remedy. Sadly, it has not been tested on human hair as of yet, so experiment on your own hair at your own risk.