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Summary: Learn how to keep a poodle's hind quarters nice and clean with proper dog grooming. Get tips from a dog groomer in this free pet care video.
Marie Jackson has owned and operated Bubbles and Bows Mobile Pet Spa, in Pinellas County, Florida for 4 years. She is a 20-year veteran of pet grooming with added experience in dog...read more
"Now we're going to start with the dog's sanitary area, we want to get it nice and clean back in this area here. And so we start, and you want to lift the dog's leg up, you're going to get underneath and clean up all the belly area and underneath, we're going to clean up the hind end area. The poodle's tail you always start with a V shape at the top of the poodle's tail and come down with the, with the grain of the tail, because sometimes poodles tend to get a little irritated back there. So we get that all cleaned up. Underneath, you want to keep checking to make sure your blade's not getting hot because that will irritate the skin too. All underneath, we have a nice clean area under here. I'm going to leave some fluff on the end, so we can have a poodle tail later on. So that's how we clean up the sanitary area."
eHow Article: Poodle Dog Grooming: Hind Quarters