In 1983 Dr. Robert Loeb, a retired dentist, was challenged when his beloved pet keeshond, Keesha, developed severe hot spots. Also known as summer sores or moist eczema, hot spots can often be caused by flea bites and are created by a dog chewing or scratching a particular area of his body. This causes the hair in this particular area to fall out and red, raw, infected and sometimes oozing skin lesions to appear. The veterinarian’s cure was to shave off Keesha’s long, thick coat, cleanse the affected areas and treat her systemically with steroids and antibiotics. He also suggested that Dr. Loeb give her routine baths with a specialized medicated shampoo at home until her condition was under control. Dr. Loeb felt uncomfortable having Keesha's hair shaved off and treating her with systemic steroids. He certainly did not mind giving her medicated baths but after the first few he realized there had to be a better way. He had been thinking about building a bathing system for a long time and this was a perfect opportunity. Using a pump and an improvised filter, he gathered items which he put together to make his first animal bathing system. This prototype produced a vigorous, combing action spray of medicated shampoo solution which penetrated through Keesha’s unshaved coat and down to her skin. He concentrated the spray on the infected areas which aided in debriding the dead, scabby skin and produced an invigorating, massage like action that stimulated blood circulation to those areas. Dr. Loeb repeated this treatment every other day for three baths. The morning after the first treatment, the infected exudate was gone and he could visually see a great improvement. The morning after the second treatment he could see healthy granulation tissue forming at the affected areas and by the third bath he could see new hair growth. Dr. Loeb had such great success with his bathing system that he decided to pursue its development. For the next six years he worked on modifying his bathing system for safety, durability and compatibility in the professional pet bathing industry. He consulted veterinarians and other pet professionals and learned as much as he could about the industry. Some veterinarians, like Dr. Gary Gallerstein and Dr. Bill Henderson of Escondido, California, welcomed him into their hospitals to learn about this new state-of-the-art way of bathing animals. In 1991 Dr. Loeb and Dr. Norm Costello formed HydroSurge, Inc. Dr. Costello had bought one of Dr. Loeb’s prototypes in 1986. He was not only impressed with it’s therapeutic value, but because he owned three boarding kennels, he was also interested in the labor, water and product savings the system provided. With Dr. Costello as a partner, Dr. Loeb designed a safe and marketable animal bathing system for veterinarians, pet groomers, animal shelters and kennels, etc. With continued research and development, the original HydroSurge® Deluxe Power Bather became the only Underwriters Laboratories listed animal bathing system in the professional pet industry. To this day, there are no other animal bathing systems in the industry that qualify for this important safety listing. In 1994, after extensive research and professional consultation, HydroSurge, Inc. developed a line of pet shampoos that contain the highest quality, human grade ingredients and work exceptionally well with the HydroSurge® Bathing Systems as well as for hand bathing. HydroSurge®, Power-Bath® and Body shampoo products are known for their attractive product labels and luxurious fragrances. In the year 2000, HydroSurge, Inc. introduced the BathProTM 2000 unit, a non-electrical, non-recirculating bathing system with exclusive, patented InjectAirTM technology. Not only did this system answer the demands of many small animal pet professionals, it also opened the door to a new industry; the wonderful world of horses and livestock. Today, while nearly six thousand HydroSurge® Bathing Systems are being used at veterinary hospitals, pet grooming salons, boarding kennels, animal shelters, horse stables and by livestock exhibitors worldwide, HydroSurge continues to propel the industry into the next generation of bathing systems.