The Second Steps to Grooming Your Dog's Feet

Video Transcript

"If you are not used to doing this, cut a little bit at a time and I am coming out making sure not to cut the dog's feet. Come around the foot with a nice rounded appearance. It is always handy and helpful if your dog will stand still for this so I am curving around to the other side. You can use your brush to see what areas you've missed. I need to clean this up a little bit but it gives the dog a neater appearance, less hair to track in dirt and mud. You don't have to be an expert. It just gives the foot a slightly neater cleaner appearance. So we've done the front foot. We will work our way from the front foot around to the next foot, the back and the two back feet and it is always nice to work with a dog that will hold still, stand still. They really shouldn't be sitting or lying down for this. You need to see how the hair is lined on the foot so it is important that they are able to stand up for it. "