Animology

If you've read any of our past shopping posts you'll know that we're constantly looking for new/exciting/better products for the girls. A few weeks ago I became aware of an interesting brand called 'Animology'. Animology are pretty new, they only established themselves last year (2010) but they are quickly proving themselves to be at the top amongst the pet hygiene product retailers.

After checking out their website, they immediately ticked 2 boxes for me. Good branding with plenty of clear, concise information and nice packaging. Not as important as the actual product of course but as I've said in the past, there's nothing like a good first impression, right?

After a little research I found the prices were pretty good too, especially when compared to other quality shampoos. 3 boxes checked, looking good so far!  
(Retail prices that is, they do also do Groomers bulk amount products, which can be found here)

Animology do a total of 8 different products, some specifically for puppies and some for adults; they do normal shampoos, a specialised whitening shampoo, a flea/tick treatment, deodorising sprays and also dry spray on shampoos.

Flea&Tick PuppyLove DogsBody DirtyDawg WhiteWash StinkBomb PuppyFresh MuckyPup

(Click product names above for more info on each individual type & click pictures above/below to enlarge)

We purchased the full line a few weeks ago so we could give them a good try before sharing our views on Animology :) We decided to test out all 8 products and I have to say so far I'm really loving them!

Our set.

As soon as we got them we were surprised by the bottle sizes, they're very generous considering the price and the packaging is great, it has a really high end designer feel to it. Loved that.

The 3 puppy products 'PuppyLove', 'PuppyFresh' and 'MuckyPup' all smell absolutely gorgeous, they smell of baby powder and there's something seriously cute about a fluffy puppy snuggling you smelling of baby powder :) After a little while a seriously yummy cinnamon scent comes through as well and it's really hard to pull your nose away from your pups fur!

The adult products 'DogsBody', 'DirtyDawg', 'WhiteWash' and 'StinkBomb' have their 'signature' scent, it's hard to describe but it's a light, sweet fruity smell, very very nice indeed. I find myself constantly rubbing my face on the girls' fur when they've been sprayed, just to get a sniff!

The 'Flea&Tick' shampoo smells simply of a nice soap, kind of like a nice hand soap? A pleasant surprise as a lot of flea shampoos tend to smell horrible, so we were very happy with this!

None of the shampoos/sprays were overpowering with their scents, in fact they're all very light but do last between 5 and 7 days, perfect really because when we do our weekly brush we can top up with our deodorising spray!
The shampoos rinsed out easily and left the girls' fur very soft and shiny and their fur actually felt thicker too.

The deodorising sprays 'Stink Bomb' and 'Puppy Fresh' are actually incredible and really stand out as a unique product, we've tried similar things and they just mask any odours with a heavy smell, where as these really seemed to lift any nasty smells out of the fur and left only a very subtle fragrance. Very impressed by those.

The spray in dry shampoos/no rinse shampoos were easy to use, they didn't leave any sticky residue in the fur and didn't make the girls feel damp. If you had unexpected company on their way these would be fabulous to freshen up your pup.

The overall quality of the range was excellent, I'm so pleased that I honestly will be continuing to use Animology and saving space for it in our grooming bag for a while yet! The price for what you get from the product is amazing. I'd recommend them to anyone with dogs, they're well worth trying and if you can only get 1 or 2 items I'd say go for the shampoo and a deodorising spray (which ever set is appropriate for your dogs' age).

I'm clearly not the only one who has rated the Animology line so highly either, in their first year they won 'Best Product 2010' as voted by the UK's Pet Product Retail Association. Impressive!

Plus with lots of Crufts award winners having used Animology this year, their popularity seems sure to sky rocket and we think Animology is going to be the brand to watch. We would certainly keep a very close eye on them and their available stock. ;)

Well we hope you enjoyed our look at the Animology line and we hope someone found it useful! If you would like to try out Animology for yourself, it's available in store/online at your local Pets at Home or at any other good pet store :)

Love & licks,

Rio, Jonny, Buffy, Rafferty, Monroe, Lily and Lola.
xo

P.S See what the folks at Animology had to say when they featured our review on their blog! :)