Grooming Your Dog

Dogs have different grooming needs, depending on the length and girth of your dogs coat and whether indoor or outdoor. It’s easy to make at home many tasks as bathing, brush and clean your ears and eyes to remain healthy and the best appearance possible.

Dog Bathing

Many dogs are resistant to the bathroom, even those who like to play in the water. Frequency of bathing depends on what you get dirty and how strong their smell. At best, you bathe your dog once a week. By bathing more often removes the protective oils of the hair and can cause dryness and irritation of the skin.
Before bathing your dog brush it well to undo knots of hair.
To make the bathroom less traumatic, use warm water and a mild neutral shampoo diluted with water in equal parts. Be friendly and much to praise your dog to bathe. To avoid colds and stress, dry it well after bathing, whether rubbing vigorously with a towel or using a hot hairdryer.

Protecting your ears

When bathing your dog, gently put him a cotton ball in each ear so you do not get water in the ear canal, which not only annoying but can cause infections. Brush your dog regularly.

Brushing the dog

A long-haired dogs need to brush them daily to prevent hair tangling or make a knot, but all dogs benefit from frequent brushing, which helps to cleanse and condition the skin and remove excess hair. Choose your kit according to the amount and type of hair your dog. The thick hair requires a separate tooth comb. Fine hair needs one with teeth close together. Not to scrape the skin, make sure the tips are rounded. Comb to remove any knots and loose hair, and finish brushing to distribute oils throughout the coat.

Remove tar, paint and other substances

The tar-like goo, paint, glue and gum are difficult to remove the hair of the dog. Do not use solvents such as turpentine, which can burn the skin and are toxic. If you find tar, rub with Vaseline. The ice hardens the gum, making it easier to remove. In general, hair should be cut in which they are attached such substances.

Cleaning ears

Clean the dog’s ears should be part of their regular care. Once a month cleaning out the ear and folds of the inner ear with a cotton wool soaked in pure vegetable oil. Gently remove excess wax, being careful not to push the ear canal. Almost all dogs learn to tolerate this if you are patient, kind and persistent. Some dogs, especially long hanging ears, have excess hair on their ears. Have an expert cutting the hair to prevent infection.

For stains of tears

Some dogs have tear stains on dark hair corner of the eye. Remove them with a solution of hydrogen peroxide

1 tablespoon of hydrogen peroxide

3 tablespoons water

Mix the peroxide and water. Soak a cotton wool in the mixture and gently rub the stained hair until the stain disappears.

Caution:

  take good care of the peroxide solution does not get in the eyes of your dog.

Cutting nails

If your dog walks daily on the area say, probably have to cut the nails very rarely.

But those who spend most time at home or running on regular grass cutting needed to prevent injuries: long nails can damage the carpet or affect the way you walk the dog. To make things easier, buy a special nail clippers for dogs. When you cut one, make sure the curve where the area just below the pink one, to avoid cutting the blood vessels.

Many dogs are opposed to cutting some: you’d better teach him from puppy to be quiet while I cut the nails. If you have trouble, turn to a specialist.

Dog Teeth Cleaning

Keeping teeth clean your dog to avoid bad breath and protect their health.

Like humans, dogs can suffer from poor dentition and periodontal disease. Some do not preclude their teeth cleaned, especially if I teach them from puppies. Gently rub the teeth with a clean cloth or a toothbrush and water at least once a week. If your dog resists, ask the vet to check and clean the teeth.
Your toothpaste

To clean and whiten teeth of your dog, make a paste of baking soda and water, and use a small amount as toothpaste.

Baking polishes teeth and helps to neutralize bad breath. Do not use toothpaste for humans: Dogs do not like the taste.

A cake a day

To maintain strong and healthy teeth and gums for your dog, give him a hard biscuits daily. Hard surfaces remove tartar from the teeth and keep them sharp.