Dog Bath Brush with Soap Dispenser and Finger Loop

You take one hand off the dog to reach for the shampoo bottle, and that two second gap is all he needs to climb out of the tub. With this brush the soap is already in your hand, so both hands stay on him.

This dog bath brush has a soap dispenser built into its body. Fill the reservoir, squeeze, and lather comes up through the silicone bristles exactly where you're already scrubbing, while the bottle stays on the shelf.

What changes about bath time:

• Soap comes through the bristles: no putting the dog down to reach for a bottle mid-wash
• Sits in your palm: a finger loop rather than a handle, so it works around a leg or under a chin
• Grips when wet: the loop holds even when your hands are covered in suds
• Soft silicone bristles: long enough to reach the skin, blunt enough not to pull or tangle
• Doubles as a shedding brush: leave the reservoir empty and the silicone lifts loose fur out of a dry coat

Fill it once, wash the whole dog. Open the lid, pour the shampoo in, press it shut. A thick shampoo is worth thinning with a little water first, or it comes through the bristles too slowly to be useful.

Palm sized, with no handle to hold. The whole brush moves with your hand instead of at the end of a stick, which is what lets you work around the awkward places, and the side loop hangs it up between baths.

Soft silicone is why he stands still. The bristles bend rather than scratch. They push past the top of the coat to get lather onto the skin, and the scrub turns into something closer to a massage than a fight.

Works dry, and works on cats. Empty, it becomes a shedding brush that pulls loose fur out of the coat instead of leaving it on your sofa. Small enough not to intimidate a cat.

Getting the size right

One size, made to sit inside a closed hand rather than to span a back. The dimension photo in the gallery shows it against a ruler if you want to picture it before it arrives.

Specifications

• Material: Food-grade soft silicone
• Size: 3.15 x 3.15 x 3.15 in (8 x 8 x 8 cm)
• Reservoir: Built in, with a top-opening lid
• Dispensing: Squeeze the body to push lather through the bristles
• Handle: Finger loop, plus a side loop for hanging
• Colors: Mint Green, Pink, Yellow

Safety note: Empty and rinse the reservoir after each bath rather than leaving it loaded, and keep the lather away from eyes and ears.

Thin the shampoo, fill the reservoir before he's in the tub, and keep both hands on the dog from the first squeeze to the final rinse.