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 General Dog Grooming Grooming Tips For Your Family Pet |
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        Speedway Vet 3736 E.Speedway Blvd. Tucson, AZ. 85716 Phone 520-321-4235
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General dog grooming is essential to the good health and well-being of your dog. General dog grooming involves regularly combing and brushing the coat and fur of your dog. It also involves bathing your dog, trimming its nails as well as checking and taking care of its eyes, ears and mouth. If you take the time to train a dog while it is young for dog grooming, the animal will become use to you doing whatever you have to do while grooming your dog. However, with patience and time you can also teach an older dog to enjoy being groomed. Hiring a dog groomer can become expensive. Grooming your family friend is an easy task when you break down the basic grooming requirements to ensure your family pet remains healthy and clean. Ensure that you have the proper tools to brush or comb the coat of the dog, bath materials, trimming tools for it’s nails, ear, eye and teeth care utensils. Grooming your dog can be done in just a few minutes and can save a bundle of money. Combing or brushing the coat of a dog is an important step in the cleansing and grooming process because it removes the excess dirt or debris from its fur. Clearing the debris makes it easier when you bathe the dog. Washing a dog is an easy task yet requires great patience and a lot of shampoo. It is suggested to purchase special shampoo for your dog to prevent damage or injury to the dog’s eyes during the bathing process. If soap gets in the dog’s eyes it can cause the dog to thrash or act erratically causing injury to the dog and owner. Drying the dog may require a blow dryer used by humans or even just using a standard towel until it’s dried sufficiently. Brushing a dog’s teeth may seem like the last task anyone would like to do yet it must be considered that dog’s get plaque too. Setting up a daily routine to brush the dog’s teeth daily in the morning and after dinner at night can prevent health issues and plaque build up. This grooming tip should be followed daily. Trimming the nails of the dog may be a task that requires more than one person. Getting your breed used to having it’s nails cut may take a bit of persuading yet it must be done. Dogs are able to injury themselves and others if their nails are too long. Clip the dog’s nails after a bath and ensure that you have read the length suggestions for the particular breed owned. Many veterinary clinics or offices have this information available if needed. Cleaning the dogs ears is as easy as using a towel and properly drying the inside and outside of the ear. Never use a q tip in a dog’s ear for cleansing. Information provided by Jenny Gordon of ohmydogsupplies.com, search for current discounts on dog coats and jackets online
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