It’s easy to become overwhelmed by the number of choices out there. Walk down the shampoo aisle at your local pet store, and you’ll see anti-itch shampoo, moisturizing shampoo, degreasing shampoo, whitener, and more.
If you can think of something that involves your dog’s coat, chances are there’s a shampoo promising to address it. You may also see baskets of shampoo bars popping up here and there. Shampoo bars have the same goal of helping your dog’s skin and coat but are manufactured like a soap bar.
Better for the Environment
In my personal experience with the benefits of shampoo bars for chihuahuas, this is the main reason why most people switch. I’ve tried about half a dozen different shampoo bars since I started working on this article, and they range from practically useless to superior over liquid shampoos.
I think that’s pretty normal. I know that Chris Christensen shampoos are far, far superior to Hartz for example, in almost every respect. (There’s an equally respectable difference in price though, to be fair.)
Since quality is based off of which shampoo bar you choose rather than the bars in general, that leaves the physical aspects of the bar itself.
One of the biggest benefits shampoo bars have is for the environment. Liquid shampoos make a lot of plastic waste. Plastic doesn’t readily biodegrade and can stay in the environment for hundreds or even thousands of years.
Shampoo bars virtually eliminate plastic waste, while also reducing the gas needed to ship it since fossil fuels are not being used to ship water weight.
Exfoliates Skin
Shampoo bars are commonly used by getting the bar wet and scrubbing the dog with it. This has a side effect of exfoliating and stimulating the skin, as well as helping work lose some shedding hairs. This also may help work the shampoo deeper into the coat, as you have the physical action of working the shampoo directly in.
Easier to handle
Let’s be real, our dogs aren’t always the most cooperative subjects when it comes to bathing. When your dog is flailing, screaming, windmilling their legs in all directions, the last thing you want to do is to take your hands off them to open a cap.
A shampoo bar allows you to apply the shampoo immediately and drop it without risk of spilling your shampoo everywhere.
Perfect for travel
We all know how sticky, messy and nasty a bottle of shampoo can be if it opens up in a suitcase full of clothes. If you take your pets with you, and you’ll be going long enough to need shampoo, slipping a bar of shampoo in your bag is much more practical than a bottle.
Longer lasting
Shampoo bars can last longer than liquid soap. That’s if the shampoo bar is stored properly between uses. Shampoo bars should be allowed to dry and stashed well away from water, or it can simply melt down the drain.
When not left in the shower to melt away, shampoo bars can last a lot longer than liquid soap and works great on most dogs.
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