Nowadays specially formulated dog shampoos with essential elements in it are available in the market. This was not the case if you talk about the time before grooming products came into existence. Now, you can get conditioners, gels, cream rinses even the detanglers which make dog bath better and healthier. These products have greatly made the human interest of dog grooming very easy.
Many people love outdoor activities and they may even love to do the grooming job outside. It is okey to do activities like brushing and combing outside but might not be that better to bath a dog outside. You may also be one of those who love to be outside and work; but you have to resist yourself in case of dog bathing. Usually outside water is too cold for the dogs. In addition, instantly after bathing; your dog may get dirty jumping around the garden while it tries to warm up his body.
Now, before making your pooch wet with lukewarm water, you have to brush it thoroughly. If you put water with the mats and tangles as it is then it might harm your dog as bacteria in those mats can cause skin infection. You may have to use the clippers to get rid of those tangled mats.
After making the coat mat free second thing you need to do is to put a cotton ball in each ear. Gently place the balls to prevent water from going inside the ears. But make sure you take them out after the bath.
Follow these easy and simple bathing basics:
- Find an appropriate size bathtub for bathing and place your pooch in it:- If you have small breed dog then it may fit into sink also but for a comfortable bath, you need a groomer’s tub or your own bath tub. Remember you should never use shower to bath a dog.
- Then feel the water with your hand and find out if it is lukewarm or not. Start to wet down the hair thoroughly. Make sure you make the face wet with a washcloth.
- Now lather up the coat with a proper dog shampoo. Your dog shampoo should be a proper ph-balanced shampoo. For the face and eyes, use the wash cloth.
- After sometime, rinse it thoroughly. Sliding your fingers through the hairs will make the job fast and easy. Make sure all the soap is removed because remained soap can cause dreaded mats.
- Apply a good conditioner and rinse it thoroughly.
- Now take out those dog towels and dry it off. You can even make use of dog blow-driers for drying out. But remember not to use the human hair dryers on dogs as these driers’ temperature can harm the dogs’ skin.
