The most important contribution
to a well-groomed look is using the right brushing technique, the right brush
or comb for your dog's type of coat and hair style as well as the right dog
shampoo.
The following are
different techniques on how to groom a dog based on your dog's
coat type.
Short Smooth Coats
- These coats are the easiest coats
to groom. You can use a bristle brush or a hound glove, and first brush against
the direction your dog's hair lies.
These type benefit from
a bath with a light conditioner after they have been groomed.
Short Double Coat
- These coats shed constantly so
they require more care. Use a slicker brush or a pin brush and start by taking
sections of your dog's coat and separating it with your hand so there is a
parting where your dog's skin is visible.
Bathe this type of dog
as often as needed, but not more than once a month.
Short Wiry Coats
- These types require a different
type of handling from the more traditional smooth and double coats.
A slicker brush
medium-tooth metal comb and a stripping comb are needed to groom this type of
coat.
After your dog has been
groomed, you can bathe your dog with a texturizing shampoo to add body and
coarseness to wiry coats.
Long Double Coats - How to groom a dog
of
this type is often the question of dog owners. Because these type of coats are
the ones that shed the most. You will need a slicker brush or a pin brush and a
large, wide-tooth comb.
Long Coarse Coats
- The long, human-hairlike quality
of this coat makes it one of the more time-consuming coats to groom. It easily
gets tangled and matted, and most pet owners have their dog's long coarse coat
clipped regularly.
These coats usually
require a light conditioner as well, so use a shampoo with conditioner, or
apply a cream rinse.
Long Silky Coats
- The biggest challenge in grooming
a long , silky coat is dealing with the mats that often form around the legs,
ears, side of the face or anywhere else where the hair is particularly long.
Use a dematting tool,
the brush the entire coat with a slicker brush in the direction the hair lies.
After grooming, bathe
your dog with a conditioning shampoo or follow the shampoo with a cream rinse.
Curly Coats
- You will need a slicker brush to
brush the coat against the way it grows to make it fluff up away from the body.
Use a conditioner with
body-building properties. Dry your dog with a towel, then use a blow dryer to
fluff-dry her.
Hairless Coats
- Dogs with no hair obviously don't
need regular brushing, but they do need frequent baths. Use a gentle shampoo,
preferably one with an antibacterial agent, to help ward off the skin problems
that are common in these breeds.
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