Monday, September 27, 2010

Dog grooming

Dog grooming refers to the cleaning of a dog and caring for good hygiene. It is also a process by which a dog's physical appearance is enhanced for showing or other types of competition.

A "groomer", or sometimes referred to as "dog groomer", is a person who earns their living by grooming dogs.

Below are the steps on how to groom your dog.

1. Go to your local dog grooming supply shops. There are numerous start up dog grooming kits. While you are grooming your pet, talk to them, share a connection, they will become scared and you can soothe them.

2. Keep your blades sharp for your electric razor, this method will give you more leverage to move fast and to never cut or nick your pet. But you should use the shortest blade on the face area. The ears are the first part to groom, sprinkle a delicate portion of white dog powder around the canal of the ear, this will allow you/the groomer to discern the hairs, and there is an ear clamp that pulls out those hairs. This process is effective to maintain the ear canal free of hair.

3. You must brush your pet and remove all tangles. Use electric shears to cut off the maximum amount of your pets hair. Most people like summer cuts when the weather is so warm. Next, also a very consequential region, is to trim away the dogs bottom area so nothing will stick to them, nothing is worse then poop attaching to your dogs bottom, let alone you don't notice it, until she gets into bed with you.

4. Next is nails. A dog that has been neglected has long nails that curl downward, that can be agonizing for the dog when he walks. Start at the tip of the nail and snip a little at a time. Look at the cut edge of the nail. When you start to see pale pink tissue near the top of the cut edge, stop. You can use a nail file to smooth the edges further.

5. After doing all the steps below, you can start washing your dog. Wash your pet twice and rinse twice. During really dry weather, use a beneficial conditioner to soften their dry skin. Sometimes the bottom of your pet's paw gets dry and it hurts them to walk, just like your heels crack. You need to apply a topnotch balm to maintain the paws softness. The anus glands need to be purged out. Have you seen your pet scoot along the carpet, they are trying to pop that gland, it is very agonizing for them if it is full, likewise once it is popped, your pet will be happy.

You can get a dog grooming book, they will teach you the undeniable way on how to groom your dog.

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