5 Easy Tips to Groom Dog at home

Muqadas Aftab
3 min readMar 7, 2022

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Do you want your pets to look clean at home regularly to stay healthy and comfortable?

Grooming your pets is as important as yourself. It can prevent them from so many diseases. However, It’s not always permissible to take the guidance of any professional at any time, as a result educating your dog at home is the best option.

Before dressing dogs at home, you must have the knowledge and equipment to use them in the right way for bathing, brushing, trimming the nails, and cutting the hair. Want more, let’s move further to the tips:

  1. Bathing your pet

Bathing your dog depends on the breed and coat of the dog. You should consult a veterinarian before bathing. However, you should regularly bathe your dog with any mild shampoo free of chemicals, or twice a month.

First of all, fill your large tub or basin with lukewarm water. Then put the cotton balls in the pet’s eyes. After that wet, the pet with lukewarm water and take a mild shampoo, and massage with It from the neck back now rinse the shampoo with warm water and dry It with a clean towel.

2. Brushing dog’s hair

After bathing, here comes a turn of brushing. Before brushing, take a smooth visit of your dog’s skin and coat texture and then use the correct machinery according to these. Try to brush your dog a few times a week for a few minutes to make it a habit. Gently apply the comb to your dog’s skin to avoid any rubbing or scratching. Regular brushing keeps Its skin shiny and silky and removes dirt.

3. Nails trimming

Trimming the nails also requires the tools that veterinarians also consult. Check your dog’s nails on the daily basis, or when your pet is walking and, hear the sound of tapping on the floor, that’s the sign to cut his nails.

Here is how you can do this by buying a nail clipper then Hold the pet’s paw firmly and start cutting slowly from top to bottom at a certain angle.

4. Cutting dog’s hair

Cutting the dog’s hair demands proper attention and proper professional scissors. Before cutting your dog’s fur are pure from any dirt, matted material, or wet. Cut only overgrown hair under the eyes and paws and ears. Always lay down in your grooming room and wait until the dog is ready to cut the hair. Cutting the hair inside the ears allows It to enter the air movement and around the eyes, making the vision clear.

5. Avoid scented products

Some dog breeds are very sensitive to scented products. Every pet’s skin has a different pH level, so avoid scented-free products like scent-free shampoo, conditioner, or toothpaste that prevents them from itching. Always use veterinarian-approved hygiene products.

Final Thoughts

Above are the useful tips for training your dog easily at home. You need to take care of your pets, as healthy pets are happy pets. Make sure you must have suitable usage of all the apparatus used in grooming. Try to make a bond with them while grooming so, it takes a short time to groom them. Sigmund Freud says, “Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies.”

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