SENTRY Oatmeal Flea and Tick Shampoo for Dogs, Rid Your Dog of Fleas, Ticks, and Other Pests, Hawaiian Ginger Scent, 18 oz

I love this for my dog! It smells great, makes his coat soft, and keeps the fleas/ticks away. As it gets harder to find in store, being able to buy this big bottle online at a reasonable price is great! (We’ve been using this same scent and brand since he got old enough too. He’s now ten years old and still making it through every bath smelling good!)

Love the smell

Great Product, Dogs are not allergic to the Shampoo. Great scent. Only problem was the hand pump came broken in the package. Just ended up using another pump & dispenser. Otherwise love the product.

. . . BUT, ONCE YOUR PET HAS FLEAS YOU HAVE TO BATHE THEM AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, TREAT YOUR DOG AND/OR CAT BEDDING FOR FLEAS. APPLY A FLEA POWDER ON YOUR CARPETING, AND USE A FLEA SPRAY ON YOUR YARD (i highly recommend Sentry as that is what worked for me) IN ORDER TO KEEP YOUR PETS FREE FROM RE-INFESTATION. I read all the 1 star reviews and it's true that there will always be someone that will be allergic to something. My mother was allergic to penicillin and insulin (although she was diabetic) and we learned about these allergies when she went into shock and then a coma when these drugs where administered to her. But, that doesn't mean that NO ONE should use penicillin and insulin. I have to bathe a Golden Retriever and a German Shepherd. Both have "other" skin allergies that require medicated shampoos. So I always apply the Sentry shampoo on the GS first and let her sit with the Sentry shampoo while I apply the Sentry shampoo on the GR. Then I rinse the Sentry shampoo off the GS and apply her medicated shampoo while the GR is sitting with the Sentry Shampoo. Since the medicated shampoos on both dogs also have to sit I just keep trading until I get to their rinses. It takes me a good 10-15 minutes to get through a bath or rinse/bath so the Sentry shampoo does stay on at least the recommended amount of time. I've been doing the flea regime stated above since mid-august and I it took almost this long, but pets, house and yard are now all flea-free. Because of their skin issues, I have to bathe them twice a week. When their fleas were really bad I used the flea bath with every bath. Now that we don't have any fleas, I only use it maybe every week to 10 days. For the reviewer concerned that it turned the dog's coat brownish. I used to bathe a white Maltese that I had to follow-up with a whitening shampoo. As long as you allow the Sentry to sit on the dog for the recommended time, I have found that you're OK to follow up with another shampoo and/or conditioner. It does indeed smell great while I'm shampooing my dogs. Unfortunately, I have to followup with a medicated shampoo that washes away the scent of this shampoo. So not sure about how long the scent might "stay" on the dog after it dries.

Product is great. Bottle was open with shampoo all over the place. Needs better packaging.

Best Bang for your buck! Leaves the fur babies smelling super fresh and have definitely noticed significant decrease in itching so flea control is amazing.

This shampoo is awesome for giving a fluffy dog extra silky smooth hair. In terms of that, it is easily a 5-star shampoo. About its flea stopping power here is my assessment: -I can confirm that it rapidly kills fleas during bath time. Even just the swipe of the suds were shown to drop a flea instantly that was trying to hide on my dogs nose. -I doubted this product would kill fleas for the advertised 10-days. While it did seem to stop the fleas really setting up shop again with flea dirt, it drove the surviving fleas to the least hairy spots (tummy & gentiles) where they seemed "okay" and were able to get a foothold again. -I seldom if ever saw dead adult fleas during the 10-day period, having used it twice. -My sense is that it did persist in killing eggs/maggots, but this speculation since I'm never able to identify them. -The fleas this year were unusually strong and large so it's possible they were resistant to Sentry Oatmeal. It seems fairly mild, which is what I wanted. -It did very little or nothing to reduce dog itchiness. -Dogs were completely infested 7-days after using it. All areas were well cleaned. -Says on the bottle it takes a few days to kill ticks, but I cannot confirm this or not. Thankfully. Bottom-line: Worth a try especially if you want a silky shampoo and the fleas are not full scale war at your home. The vet can give your dogs a chewable prescription pill - that works 100x better than this.

A few years ago, my dog had the worst case of fleas. We had to completely shave her and then lathered her entire body and face with this shampoo; let it sit for 5-7 minutes and by the time we rinsed her, the bath water was full of dead fleas. It didn't kill all the fleas the first time around; I found two crawling under her fur the next day, but after a second bath and an application of Frontline, the fleas were gone. My dog hasn't had another flea problem since then, and we don't use Frontline year round, so I'm not sure if this shampoo actually works at preventing fleas or if we're just lucky. Either way I wouldn't rely on it solely for flea prevention. It's a nice shampoo overall. I love that it contaIns oatmeal; it's definitely more soothing and less drying than the previous shampoo I was using. It smells really nice, it's inexpensive, and my dog's fur feels super soft afterwards. It also doesn't discolor her fur (she's a white miniature schnauzer), which is a huge plus. I just purchased my second bottle and will continue to repurchase it in the future. Highly recommend!