Davis Benzoyl Peroxide Medicated Dog & Cat Shampoo, 12 oz. – Dermatitis and Demodectic Mange, White (DM150 12)

It’s been 10 days today and the mange is almost gone. I used a combination of DermaPet" Benzoyl Peroxide Plus Shampoo (DermaBenSS); Davis Benzoyl Peroxide Medicated Dog & Cat Shampoo, Veterinary Formula Clinical Care Antiparasitic and Antiseborrheic Medicated Shampoo for Dogs, and Nu-Stock. I’ll outline what I did in a second.Some background: My 10 year old boxer contracted what looked to be demodectic mange. She got bumps on her skin, some large, some smaller. They would start leaking pus, then crust over, and when they scabs came off, she’d have a dark, calloused patch of bald skin. She wasn’t terribly itchy. And she didn’t get stinky. The sores were mostly on her back. Granted, this wasn’t the worst case of mange, by a longshot.She’d recently had two procedures under general anesthesia and I wasn’t keen on the idea of subjecting her toxic dips and other potentially harmful meds, especially given her age. So first I tried the Listerine & baby oil route. Didn’t really help. Then I switched to Borax, hydrogen peroxide and water. That helped a little, but I had to go out of town for a week and couldn’t treat her. When I got back, she looked worse and had more bald patches. She also had a new oozing sore.I read up on Amazon and chose the four products I mentioned earlier: DermaPet" Benzoyl Peroxide Plus Shampoo (DermaBenSS); Davis Benzoyl Peroxide Medicated Dog & Cat Shampoo, Veterinary Formula Clinical Care Antiparasitic and Antiseborrheic Medicated Shampoo for Dogs, and Nu-Stock.First, I washed her as directed with the benzoyl peroxide shampoos. These shampoos are supposed to flush the pores out and clean out the gunk. I used this step to essentially prep her skin for the following two steps. FYI – DermaBenSS lathers up more and has a coconut-y scent, but Davis seems just as good. I used a little of both. I didn’t need a lot of shampoo. Just remember, these shampoos don’t lather up like regular shampoo, so don’t keep putting it on thinking you need more. I think of this stuff more like a benzoyl peroxide face wash. (Those don’t really later up either.) I kept the shampoo on for 10 minutes, massaging the shampoo into her fur (not scrubbing – I didn’t want to hurt her). Then we rinsed. It’s very easy to rinse off if you don’t gob it on.After that, I used the Veterinary Formula Clinical Care Antiparasitic and Antiseborrheic Medicated Shampoo for Dogs. This one lathers up much more. I think the benzoyl peroxide shampoos really allowed this stuff to get in and work its magic. I followed the directions and kept it on for 15 minutes. It smells medicine-y. Again, massaging it into her fur. After that, we rinsed and towel dried, then pup shook and rubbed against the length of the furniture a dozen or so times.After she dried off a bit more, I put out a waterproof blanket and got out the Nu-Stock. I read lots of reviews about the smell so I was expecting something horrible. It’s not perfume, that’s for sure, but it’s really not as bad as I expected. It smells pine-y and medicine-y, with a bit of sulfur in there. It dries chalky and it can be greasy, so be careful of your furniture. That’s why I put the waterproof picnic blanket on my bed.I applied Nu-Stock directly to her new sores and recent scars, but also spread it over her back where there were quite a few recent scabs. I did this by thinning the Nu-Stock with baby oil, and using an old hair dye brush to make sure the solution got in good contact with her skin. The Nu-Stock sticks pretty well, so your pup might look a little odd with the yellow stuff on her coat. Again, I think the benzoyl peroxide shampoo helped prepare her skin so she could get the full benefit of this product.I repeated this process every three days. On the third and fourth washes, I started using a washcloth to make sure every part of her skin was cleaned properly. Again, not scrubbing, just washing gently. All told, she’s been washed and treated with Nu-Stock 4 times. And OH WHAT A DIFFERENCE.1. No new sores have popped up, for the first time since she contracted this horrible condition2. The open sores have healed with new pink skin, not the dark, calloused hard skin that usually appeared when scabs fell off3. Hair is growing back nicely – even on the older scarsThis treatment actually makes her coat shiny. Today, she actually seemed like she felt better after her bath – she was romping around like a puppy.I am so grateful to these companies for their amazing products. I think using all these products in tandem made for my pup’s quick recovery. I’m never going without these. As long as I have a fur baby, my cupboard will be stocked with these fantastic products!

Got for my 16 pound fawn pug who has really sensitive skin. She was missing chunks of fur, red irradiated skin, biting her paws, legs, back area to the point she was bleeding. The condition came on all of a sudden I wasn't that concerned at first because I thought it was just a allergy flair up that happens around this time of year. Their was no change in her diet so that was what I thought just seasonal allergies. My sister volunteers at a animal shelter and she lives with me so maybe it was something that she brought home. I'm still not sure what it is the vet just gave me a lime dip and said to come back if that didn't stop the problem as they couldn't find anything on the skin scrape. So I racked my brain and searched the Internet in hopes of doing my own research and finding something else that'd help. I looked through the comments on amazon for the dechra limedip (that's what I was given by the vet) and someone mentioned they used this the Davis benzoyl peroxide shampoo for dogs, for a dog with mange and helped heal that. So I thought it's probably worth trying since the vets office wasn't that helpful and I couldn't afford to go see another vet after spending $247 there and basically nothing done for my sweet dog. The $10 for this is soo worth the money. It has helped so much her hair has grown back and her skin is not inflamed and doesnt have any red coloration any longer. Her scabs are healing great.For how I used this: I followed directions exactly how they were written on the bottle. I put her in the tub and worked it in her problem areas and covered her in it. (Has a milky, wet texture and doesn't lather very well so you'll use a lot more than you think you'll use. In my opinion it smelled of something like pool cleaning chemicals. But not very bad and is tolerable.) I left it on her for 10 minutes to let it penatrate her skin. I rinsed it off and she immediately felt some relief which made me happy. My dog is very calm and lazy so if you have a hyper dog I wish you luck getting them to stay still for 10 minutes LOL. I waited until the next day and used the dechra limedip afterwards I was very skeptical but after 3 times of using these 2 things together ( I shampoo her twice a week and the dip once a week) she is well on her way to recovery.I HIGHLY RECOMMEND AFTER USING THIS SHAMPOO LET YOUR DOG AIR DRY TO KEEP AS MUCH PRODUCT ON THE DOG AS POSSIBLE AND YOU'LL BE MUCH HAPPIER WITH THE RESULTS.I also started giving her a daily multivitamin that helps her start staying alert, and having more energy. I would recommend if you have a tough problem with your dog's skin buy the limedip on here and it will save you so much money it's $17 something on here I believe and I believe I payed about $40 at the vet for the exact same product.