What happens if you wash a dog with soap?
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Washing a dog with soap irritates its skin and coat, causing roughness, shedding, redness and itching, even skin disease. Dog skin differs from human and is more sensitive to acid-base, and soap is strongly alkaline, so it strongly irritates.
Frequent soap baths break the protective layer on skin and coat, lowering immunity and raising the risk of bacterial, fungal and parasitic infection.