Grooming Your Way to a Healthy Dog
October 19th, 2007
2. Grooming helps in improving the blood flow in the follicles of hair thus improving the health of their coat. The way massage makes our skin healthy, grooming beautifies the coat of the dogs. The health effects too are similar as the dogs’ lymphatic system is also stimulated due to grooming.
3. Grooming also helps in making the bonds stronger between you and your dog. Your gentle grooming is pleasing to your dog and it improves its emotional state.
4. While grooming your dog, it is easy for you to familiarize yourself with your dog’s body. You may also be able to check if your dog has any health related issues, such as any injuries that you had not noticed before. Health problems such as ticks can also be noticed and taken care of in time.
5. It is also beneficial to groom your pet’s paws by checking the growth of its nails and looking for any injuries on its pads which may not be visible otherwise.
Pay a visit to your local pet supply store and you will find numerous grooming materials for your dog. But if you are not sure of how to groom your dog, you can always do some research using Google. You will get a number of tips and good advice on grooming your dog. Your dog owning neighbors can also provide valuable input. If there are no dogs in your neighborhood, try finding dog clubs where you will find many dog owners who can share their experiences of grooming the dogs.
If you develop a liking for grooming and if you can do it really well, you may also consider starting a grooming service for other dogs and make it a profitable business for yourself. Dog grooming is in great demand and your services will surely be valued.
Spend some time to groom your lovely dog everyday and you will gift him with good health and thus have a better looking and healthier dog. If you have never done grooming before, don’t worry, there is no better time that the present. Start now and you will learn with time.
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Nail-trimming without trauma
December 3rd, 2006
By Denise Flaim
Dogs don’t dig pedicures.
To be sure, there are exceptions: Somewhere out there are composed canines who eagerly offer their paws and don’t react as if the term “guillotine clipper” is to be taken literally. I’ve just never met any of them.
A puppy who squirms and squeals with every snip of the clipper may seem cutely forlorn, but unless he gets comfortable with the idea of having his feet handled, by the time he matures it could well take a village to clip his nails: One person to wield the clipper, one to restrain him, and one to hover and offer useless advice. Dogs that live on concrete - hardly a recommendation, by the way - might sufficiently grind their nails down on their own; most others require weekly grooming sessions, which also should include ear cleaning and coat and tooth brushing.