Original WashBar

I own two hairless dogs who love to get a bath and smell good. my daughter owns a german shepherd dog who lives here a lot and not a fan of getting clean. if you have a big dog, you know they have big dog smells. small dogs only have small smells but we still like them to be good smells. using the dog shampoo is a challenge on a fluffy dog. you wet the dog, the shampoo slides off, you try to suds it up, it doesnt move around well. so i read the reviews for this washbar and went for it. game changer! you wet your dog, then rub the washbar of soap around them. this is easy and the dog seems to like me rubbing him with the bar... it starts to lather up, not too much, but just enough that you know where it is. it smells great, not like soap on a wet dog but you really get a fresh citrus smell. i am into clean fresh citrus stuff. this reminds me of one of my lemon verbena products i use. its very pleasant. that makes dog cleaning less of a chore you hate to do and you want to slow down and enjoy the smell. :) i work it in well with my fingers and the dog loves that part. he has a thick coat of medium length fur. in no time at all i have it all over him where i want it and worked in. now the fun part... this rinses off clean and fast! not like the shampoo i was using that just kept sudsings and sudsing and you feel like you will never get it off. but this washbar dog soap stuff comes off. your dog feels as clean as he now is. i can not say enough about this. i was my small dogs in the kitchen sink and the big one washes in the shower with me. so its really handy that is comes clean so fast. the scent of the washbar wont linger long, but later on the dog just smells pleasantly clean and not doggy. i have used it twice now on the German Shepherd and he is not scratching! so it must be nice on his skin. these dogs are known for itchy sensitive skin. i also tried it on my skin to see what it felt like after and i did not feel overly dry. my hairless pups also came clean and not dry flaky skin after. as always, i will post back up over time to let you know if it stands the test of time. i am really glad i did the two pack to try it, as i love it and its cheaper to get the two pack.

O.M.G. This is what you have been looking for. If you check my other reviews, you’ll find I am not one to gush and sing praises. This product is worth every penny. It lathers very well and you can clean throat and belly and butt just as thoroughly as the back and head. It doesn’t just run off like a liquid shampoo. It smells delightful without being perfumey. And my little, baby Lala gets well and truly clean. This is a great, great product that actually lives up to the manufacturer’s claims. Get it! It’s the good stuff.

My dog feels great. She’s very clean after a double wash, and her short fur is more hydrated than it’s been in the past (we do use this product with conditioner). I love the bar and won’t be going back to liquid. The scent is good. Lasts a really long time. What I don’t like about this bar is how it clots up before running down the drain. All the soap scum combined with hair makes the water back up, so I continually have to clear the drain. I don’t have this problem with liquid soap. So while I really like the bar I’m going to look for another one that doesn’t do this.

I have a short haired pointer pittbull mix and a border collie mix. The short haired dog rolls around in the mud and dust daily and gets 1-2 baths a day so we use a LOT of dog shampoo. Using this bar soap was so convenient and it was nice and sudsy and washed away easily. On the fluff ball border collie it worked well as it allowed us to work in the soap right where it needed to go instead of having to rub around a small puddle of liquid soap. He is almost all fur and we have had several baths where we discover missed spots after. The smell of the soap was a strong citronella scent while they were being washed but completely went away once they were dry. The typical problem of using a bar soap on long fur (poor rinsing and not conditioning enough) were not a problem as it rinsed out quickly and their fur stayed soft and manageable throughout the bath and was shiny after they were dry.

I have been using this Washbar soap on my dogs for over a year now. Great product! My dogs are inside dogs, & only go outside for short periods. My Florida yard is a mix of grass + sandy & fine dirt soil. My Staffy boy is 90 lbs. (40 kg), so he is like a mini horse whenever racing to the fence; kicking up the dirt (literally creates a little temporary dust cloud), as he screeches to a halt at home base (the fence gate). This soap is great at getting the dirt off of him, much better than other products I have used. It does take several washes when he is super dirty, but that is expected. It is gentle on his sensitive skin too, not full of the chemicals that typical dog shampoos have. I probably get 4-5 baths (doing 4-6 lather, rinse, repeat passes for each bath), per bar of soap. It has a nice, clean lemony scent. It smells so nice that my husband was using it, not knowing that it was for pets! If it wasn't so expensive, we would probably use it ourselves, since it seems to be made with natural ingredients.

I was really excited to move away from dog shampoo in a large plastic bottle, and for that, this product is great! (It also smells nice in a very subtle way -- which is exactly what I want). However, two things about it mean I will use it up, but likely won't purchase again (for my dog at least). (1) My dog spends her bath trying to lick this soap off of her body, which she has never done with any other dog soap/shampoo (and she's almost 8, so we've tried a few over the years). It means she's a lot squirmier in the bath, which makes bath time more complicated. If that was it, I'd still use it, but, (2) it leaves her coat a bit dull and with a slightly tacky feeling. And no, it is not because I don't fully rinse it off! Even with the squirming, I take extra time (sometimes double) to rinse her, and she gets completely rinsed (by feel, look, time, and every metric I can think of), it just leaves a slightly tacky feel to her coat and without the shine I'm used to. She does have an unusual coat (she's a golden doodle with hair that feels like a golden's fine coat, but a slight curl to it, doesn't shed). I suspect that a shorter-coated dog, or a thicker-coated dog would not have this issue. So, all things considered, I don't think the trade-off is worth it for us.

Simple, works well, clean smelling.

I really like the ease of use of the bar of soap instead of trying to control the dog while squeezing a bottle into my hand or onto the dog. Just keep the soap in your hand while massaging it into the dog's fur and skin. Left my Pyrennes/Aussie coat soft and shiny. Pleasant smell although some may not like the earthy smell which fades quickly. Used it only once but guessing I can get about 10+ baths out of each bar.

No plastics and lasts a decent amount of time for a soap bar. Dog smells fresh and clean and fur is nice and soft.

My dog has no more red spot and less itching.

To be honest, I wasn't expecting something super high quality product from get go as I paid fraction of what I pay when get bottled shampoos. To my surprise, it worked as good as those bottle shampoos. My dog smells good and his fur is soft and shiny after the bath. I am never going to buy another bottles shampoos any more. An amazing product.

I wanted to like this and did find it super easy to use and the fragrance was so fresh with a lovely lather. So much easier than using shampoo, but for my Cavalier it left the fur frizzy not smooth, but it worked better on my Cattle do whom has coarse fur.

I used the shampoo bar today for the first time. It was incredibly easy to use, lathered up really well and the frangrance is really nice. Much easier than using pump dispensers and not messy at all. Seemed that drying my dog was much easier and quicker too!