How to Bathe Your Dog

Dog grooming is the practice of caring for the appearance of a canine for personal or showing purposes. Grooming rituals include washing, hair clipping and cutting, nail clipping, powdering, hair styling, and teeth cleaning. Grooming your dog is easier if they were groomed as puppies, so training your puppy to accept washing and other grooming techniques is imperative. Grooming is important for your pet and is more than aesthetically pleasing to owners. It is great for cutting down on shedding and smell, but will keep your pet’s skin, hair, nails and teeth healthy. Grooming is also a great way to cut down on allergies and infection for both pets and their owners.

In this series of expert videos, you will learn more about the procedure of grooming your dog. Get tips on bathing your pet and recommendations for dog shampoos and other products. Our expert describes the differences and the benefits of towel drying and blow drying your dog’s hair. Brushing your dog takes some encouragement and relaxation for your pet; watch these videos for inspiration. Also get great tips on caring for your dog’s nails. Clipping the toenails is tricky, especially with dogs with sensitive paws. Watch as our expert demonstrates clipping techniques and also shows you how to keep your dog’s toenails from bleeding. Watch these informative videos for pet care!

"You put about the size of a half a dollar in your hand of the concentrate and then just spot underneath, the rear and the head is what is dirty and inside the ears and then you like rubbing it. I got the dog wet first and this one has a whitener in it. Okay, their ears are usually very oily and you don’t want to get soap in their eyes, but that’s all it is, soap and water, so if you do, it’s not going to really be bad plus the Espree is more or less tearless, but their ears are real dirty, they are usually very oily, so you want to… and the face is what you kiss, and the back is what everybody scrubs and it is the cleanest, so you want to do the tail, rear, the privates, where he sits and its little feet and its the dog skin that smells, not their hairs; it’s their skin and little boy dogs you pay special attention to this hair right up here under the ribs."