Why not hydrogen peroxide? Is this just for cuts?
Hydrogen peroxide kills bacteria, but also kills healthy cells around the cut...so it can do more damage than good. The only thing that I use it for at home and at work is to clean up blood.
When it fizzes on contact with blood or bacteria, the bubbles produced are oxygen gas released from the chemical reaction it has with living cells. So the H2O2 turns to water (H2O) and oxygen gas...and it releases a bit of heat energy as well.
2 H2O2 → 2 H2O + O2 + heat
Chlorohexadine and betadine are much better to use to clean cuts because they are antiseptic but do not do the damage that hydrogen peroxide does. Not to mention HP stings and can be pretty unpleasant for a dog to have on them while cleaning an already painful cut/scrape/gash.
Since both dogs just started chewing very recently, we haven't quite figured out what it could be. They are both eating the same thing (EVO) and both live in different houses but Shade lives in an apartment and comes over to play and visit with us. He does share a dog playground at the apartment and encounters other dogs, but we can't find any fleas at all. I use fragrance free detergents and don't use anything like bounce sheets or carpet powder on the floors. The little dogs aren't scratching, only the big dogs. But the big dogs are the only ones that go on long walks and go play in the woods and all over the place. Right now I'm clueless since most of the plants are dormant.
Hmmm...are both big dogs long hair? It could be that they are blowing their coats (strange for this time of year, but Shiloh did about 2 weeks ago) and that might be causing them to be itchy...? I will keep thinking about it tho :wink: