The itching on your dog's body after taking a bath may be due to an allergy to shower gel, or it may be caused by a skin disease or parasites. First of all, dogs need to use pet-specific body wash to bathe. If you use human body wash, you will experience itching all over your body. Secondly, after a dog is infected with skin diseases or parasites, it will cause itching even if it is bathed, and there will also be severe hair loss. It is recommended that the owner consult a pet doctor in time to find out the specific cause and then treat it accordingly.

1. Allergy

To bathe a dog, you need to use a pet-specific shower gel. If the owner uses a human shower gel on the dog, it will cause allergies in the dog and lead to itching. In this regard, the owner can check whether there are any abnormalities in the scratched area of ​​the dog, such as redness, swelling, pimples or dander, etc. If there are any abnormalities, the dog may be allergic, and the owner needs to take the dog to the pet hospital for desensitization shots quickly. .

2. Skin diseases

After a dog is infected with a skin disease, even taking a bath will cause itching. Owners can check the dog's skin to see if there are symptoms such as dandruff, moss, hair loss, etc. If so, then they should consider the itching caused by skin diseases and need to take the dog to a pet hospital for a dermatoscopy. Diagnosis is confirmed, and then symptomatic medication is administered based on the test results.

3. Parasitic infection

If the owner does not deworm the dog for a long time, the dog will become infected with external parasites such as fleas, ticks, mites, etc. Itchy skin. In this regard, owners can check whether there are adult worms or parasite feces in the dog's hair. If so, the dog needs to be dewormed in time, because bathing alone cannot completely eliminate parasites from the dog.