New El Matador Product

[NewsLady]

 

ANNOUNCING...

                                  

PUP FRESH

“FOO FOO JUICE FOR FIDO”

 

PUP FRESH is a new product from El Matador that both you and your canine friend will appreciate.

 

Many veterinarians advise that it is not good to bathe dogs too frequently because of the risk of drying out and irritating their skin. Of course if they roll in mud or something worse, it has to be done.

 

One veterinarian site states:

 

Bathing your dog once per week or more frequently is wrong. If you bathe your dog more frequently than recommended, the dog may develop problems such as:

• • Excessive dryness of skin, due to the fact that the skin cannot produce essential oils at a more frequent rate

  • The coat will get dull, due to the lack of essential oils

  • The skin will be more prone to infections, because the essential oils also have a protective role

 

Dogs with long hair need somewhat more frequent baths because they can, and usually do, collect more dirt. Even some dogs with short hair produce more skin oils than others and need more frequent bathing. But, in general, bathing should not be more frequent than every three or four weeks.

 

So what does PUP FRESH have to do with all this?

 

PUP FRESH is a spray-on solution that keeps your dog looking good, smelling clean and repelling fleas and ticks between baths. If your dog has long hair, you can back comb it as you spray on PUP FRESH so that it reaches the skin better and then brush or comb normally. For short-haired dogs you only need to apply the spray from a fairly close distance and allow it to penetrate to the skin. No rinsing or drying is necessary.

 

After spraying with PUP FRESH, the doggy odor is replaced by a pleasant aroma, while the active ingredients do the job of killing germs and repelling fleas.

 

PUP FRESH comes in a high quality 24 ounce spray bottle---enough to last a good while even if you have a Great Dane.

 

PRICE? It's a bit higher than I would like but a LOT less than commercial dog sprays you can find on Amazon.com or at Wal-Mart. One of the ingredients costs about $12 per ounce.

 

A 24 ounce spray bottle of PUP FRESH costs $8.00. For comparison, a 10 ounce bottle of a similar spray by Burt's Bees costs $7.96 plus shipping to Miami, plus shipping to Boquete. That's only about 42% as much as you get with El Matador PUP FRESH. For second and subsequent purchases, if you return a clean, fully functional spray bottle, the price will be $7.00.

 

To order, send an email to me at rhgusn@gmail.com or call me at 6745-2828. I can usually deliver on Tuesday mornings during at the market, or we can make other arrangements on a case by case basis. If you have not ordered in advance, call me while you are at the market. I try to keep extra products in my car if they are available.

 

WARNING! Do not use PUP FRESH on cats or allow cats near it.

 

For a list of all currently available El Matador products, send an email to rhgusn@gmail.com and request a product information and price sheet.

Bob Gregory

[Dottie Atwater]

On 11/17/2015 at 6:22 AM, NewsLady said:

 

ANNOUNCING...

                                  

PUP FRESH

“FOO FOO JUICE FOR FIDO”

 

PUP FRESH is a new product from El Matador that both you and your canine friend will appreciate.

 

Many veterinarians advise that it is not good to bathe dogs too frequently because of the risk of drying out and irritating their skin. Of course if they roll in mud or something worse, it has to be done.

 

One veterinarian site states:

 

Bathing your dog once per week or more frequently is wrong. If you bathe your dog more frequently than recommended, the dog may develop problems such as:

• • Excessive dryness of skin, due to the fact that the skin cannot produce essential oils at a more frequent rate

  • The coat will get dull, due to the lack of essential oils

  • The skin will be more prone to infections, because the essential oils also have a protective role

 

Dogs with long hair need somewhat more frequent baths because they can, and usually do, collect more dirt. Even some dogs with short hair produce more skin oils than others and need more frequent bathing. But, in general, bathing should not be more frequent than every three or four weeks.

 

So what does PUP FRESH have to do with all this?

 

PUP FRESH is a spray-on solution that keeps your dog looking good, smelling clean and repelling fleas and ticks between baths. If your dog has long hair, you can back comb it as you spray on PUP FRESH so that it reaches the skin better and then brush or comb normally. For short-haired dogs you only need to apply the spray from a fairly close distance and allow it to penetrate to the skin. No rinsing or drying is necessary.

 

After spraying with PUP FRESH, the doggy odor is replaced by a pleasant aroma, while the active ingredients do the job of killing germs and repelling fleas.

 

PUP FRESH comes in a high quality 24 ounce spray bottle---enough to last a good while even if you have a Great Dane.

 

PRICE? It's a bit higher than I would like but a LOT less than commercial dog sprays you can find on Amazon.com or at Wal-Mart. One of the ingredients costs about $12 per ounce.

 

A 24 ounce spray bottle of PUP FRESH costs $8.00. For comparison, a 10 ounce bottle of a similar spray by Burt's Bees costs $7.96 plus shipping to Miami, plus shipping to Boquete. That's only about 42% as much as you get with El Matador PUP FRESH. For second and subsequent purchases, if you return a clean, fully functional spray bottle, the price will be $7.00.

 

To order, send an email to me at rhgusn@gmail.com or call me at 6745-2828. I can usually deliver on Tuesday mornings during at the market, or we can make other arrangements on a case by case basis. If you have not ordered in advance, call me while you are at the market. I try to keep extra products in my car if they are available.

 

WARNING! Do not use PUP FRESH on cats or allow cats near it.

 

For a list of all currently available El Matador products, send an email to rhgusn@gmail.com and request a product information and price sheet.

Bob Gregory

El Matador...the killer? What an odd name for someone who sells dog products.

[JudyS]

7 minutes ago, Dottie Atwater said:

El Matador...the killer? What an odd name for someone who sells dog products.

No, an apt name.  It seems it will kill cats.  Did you notice he doesn't list the ingredients?  What's in it that is so harmful to cats?  Wouldn't you want to know before you applied it to your dog?

[David van Harn]

I am writing this because their might be some confusion between two different dog odor control products - one toxic and one not - that are sold under the same product name. 

"Pup-Fresh^TM" is a trademark registered by Pupgear Corporation in the U.S.  Pup-Fresh^TM is a granular absorbent product for dog-urine odor-control. Pup-Fresh non-toxic granules prevent the formation of ammonia which is a primary cause of pet urine odor. 

It appears that a Panamanian company decided to use the same name for a dog-spray product that is formulated to "kill" odors originating on the skin of dogs, and also act as a germicide (matador de germen?) and a flea repellent. 

While PupGear's Pup-Fresh product is non-toxic to plants and animals, apparently El Matador's "Pup Fresh" dog-spray is harmful to cats.  

[Bonnie]

There are lots of pest products designed for use on dogs but toxic to cats. It's my understanding that this is because cats are skin breathers and therefore absorb the pesticides directly.

[Esther]

This is confusing: aren't Bob Gregory and David van Harn on the same team (Alto al Crimen)?

[David van Harn]

45 minutes ago, Esther said:

This is confusing: ?

Alto al Crimen does not sell pet products, and this discussion has absolutely nothing to do with that organization.  

I have a wide range of interests, and this discussion triggered a bit of curiosity about the world of dog-deodorants.  We retired folks often have time to examine such trivia. 

So, I simply pointed out a possible area of confusion related to two different dog products with the same name.  When I tried to look up more information about the dog-deodorant, I didn't find any info about the Boquete Pup-Fresh product.  Instead, I found something altogether different.  Pup-Fresh turned out to be an established pet-care product in the U.S., and the manufacturer had trademarked the name there.  With a globalized world economy, product confusion can now more easily cross national borders.   

As long as people are aware of what the product is and what it does - and they want to try it - fine by me.  Knowing Bob as an ethical person, his Pup-Fresh is probably a good product.   

My interest was simply based on curiosity.

[JudyS]

2 hours ago, Bonnie said:

There are lots of pest products designed for use on dogs but toxic to cats. It's my understanding that this is because cats are skin breathers and therefore absorb the pesticides directly.

Skin breathers?  I thought only frogs could do that.  Cats are sensitive to some chemicals that don't affect dogs, because they don't metabolize and break down the chemicals in their liver as well as dogs do, even though both species absorb them directly through their skin, such as with spot-on flea killers.  

Bob might be an ethical person and all that, but he still should list the ingredients of this product.

Edited April 15, 2016 by JudyS

[TwoSailors]

Safer to brush your dog every other day and groomed once a month.  Save the money go buy a beer or two and feel better not putting chemicals on your dogs coat.

[Bonnie]

Judy, you're right. That cats are skin breathers clearly is misinformation that I received sometime in the past. I should have researched it before writing rather than after.