You'll hear all the time that you should never use human shampoos on dogs because of different pH's. Well, i had had horrible luck with dog shampoos and knew nothing of the higher end stuff out there so i just made do with what we had at home. I noticed that Panteen did indeed not do too well on the dogs, but Head and Shoulders was wonderful. about five years ago on a message board a groomer and i were going back and forth about the pros and cons of different products. It was getting a tiny bit heated when i seemed stubborn about not wanting to use dog shampoos (again... still before i knew of any higher end products.) It finally got to the point where i mentioned H&S... You know what... the groomer told me that's one of about two human shampoos they've tested that turned out to be the right pH for dogs. They said they don't tell many people that, but since i was already using it and found that my dogs did well with it that they seen no harm in telling me that bit.

It doesn't dry the dogs out too bad and keeps them smelling nice for almost a whole month.

Just make sure you rinse them REALLY well no matter what product you use.