In the daily breeding of dogs, different dogs have different grooming methods. Also, there are very important precautions to take when grooming your dog.
Variety: Smooth (including short and long hair)
【 Basic combing method 】
This type of dog is the easiest to groom, using a hound glove for short-haired breeds and a comb for long-haired breeds.
(Preventive Measures)
It is not recommended to bathe too often for fear of losing waterproof and oily hair.
Variety: Silk type
【 Basic combing method 】
Such dogs only need to brush their hair often and can get tangled even if they are not careful, so they need to be bathed frequently.
(Preventive Measures)
Comb the chin, tail, and ears with a fine-toothed comb.
(Special Needs)
Afghan hounds should be stripped of dead fur every three months before bathing. Yorkshire terriers and Maltese should be trimmed four times a year. Afghanistan and Yorkshire should be oil or rolled for conscription.
Variety: Curly type without shedding
【 Basic combing method 】
This kind of dog doesn’t molt. It keeps growing. It needs to be trimmed and bathed every 6-8 weeks. Comb long hair areas first and short hair areas every 2-3 days.
(Preventive Measures)
Most of the dead hair that falls is secondary. Careless carding will produce felt. The ear canal often has dead hairs that shed and become entangled with the wax.
(Special Needs)
Puppies can be clipped for the first time at 14-15 weeks of age. The sound of electric scissors can frighten many puppies. You can carefully and slowly bring the electric scissors close to the puppy’s skin to get them used to it. Start by trimming the tail with scissors.
Varieties: Rigid (West Highland white stem, Srihan stem, Cairn stem, Norwegian stem)
【 Basic combing method 】
This type of dog only needs to be combed regularly to prevent tangles, and the surface hair should be pulled and brushed off every 3-4 months before bathing. Every 6-8 weeks, use electric scissors to shave your hair and scissors to cut hair from your eyes and ears.
(Preventive Measures)
Puppies are clipped at 4 months of age.
Variety: Long coat type, short coat lining (German Shepherd, Newfoundland Shepherd, English Shepherd)
【 Basic combing method 】
Take a bath twice a year and brush your head and shoulder blades forward, then back with the comb, and your belly and waist with the comb. When changing your hair, comb the lining of your short hair.
(Preventive Measures)
Comb the chin, tail, and ears with a fine-toothed comb.
(Special Needs)
Many owners cut their hair to 2-3 centimeters. Dogs are more comfortable. If they don’t cut it short, they should comb their hair for at least an hour every day. In summer, dogs with thick hair are uncomfortable in the heating room.
Grooming Tips for your pet dog
- When combing, special tools should be used instead of artificial combs and brushes. The use of the comb is to hold the comb with the hand, wrist gently swing, horizontal combing, rough comb, medium comb, fine comb alternately. A needle comb has many teeth. When brushing your hair, lift one hand up to comb the other part.
- Be gentle and careful when combing, not rough or rough, otherwise it will cause pain to the dog. Be especially careful when combing the hair near sensitive parts (such as external genitals).
- Look at your dog’s skin. A clean pink is good. If you have redness or eczema, you may have parasites, skin diseases, allergies and other problems.
- If fleas, lice and other parasites are found, they should be treated with insecticides in time.
- When the dog’s fur is seriously dirty, special conditioner and baby talc should be used to comb it.
- The coat will look even prettier if you wipe your dog’s identity off with a hot water towel before brushing it.
