Long Haired Dog Grooming Equipment

Series Summary

Healthy skin, hair, nails and teeth are what define a well-groomed dog. Dog grooming is the practice of caring for the appearance of a canine for personal or show purposes. Grooming routines include washing, hair clipping and cutting, nail clipping, powdering, hair styling, and teeth cleaning. It is great for cutting down on shedding and smell, and will keep your pet’s body healthy. Grooming is also a great way to cut down on allergies and infection for both pets and their owners.

In this free pet grooming video, get instructions and tips on how to use long-haired dog grooming tools and equipment. Grooming dogs with long hair is extremely difficult because these dogs are prone to matting and tangling. Using specially purposed grooming tools will allow pet owners to meet the needs of their specific dog breed. Learn about various combs, brushes, rakes and de-matting tools, as well as blow dryers and conditioners you can use to groom your long-haired dog.

Video Transcript

"So we're here today to talk about long coated dog breeds and the different grooming tools that are necessary to properly care for a coated breed. First, the question could be what is a coated breed. What does that mean coated breed? We have a coated breed right here lying on the grooming table. This is a 5 year old male briard. Briard is a French sheep dog. These dogs have long coats. There are many, many different breeds with long coats. This is just one example. I just want to show you here the actual length that this type of coat can be. If the hair is starting up here at the back, we bring it down here. On this dog here, the coat's a good 6-10 inches in different spots. This coat actually has very different requirements for the care than would say a short haired dog breed such as a Labrador, golden retriever, German shepherd. We want to talk about why we need to use the different tools, how to handle this coat, how to maintain it and take care of it properly. One of the important things to realize is that if a long coated breed, if the dog becomes matted then it's going to very uncomfortable for the dog. So if they're matted in the neck when they scratch, if they get matted under the arms. This is a place that they get matted. If they get matted under the arms they can be very uncomfortable when they're walking. Another place that gets matted where there's a lot of friction is right here in the loin area and there's friction when the dog is moving, when the leg is moving and this hair rubs together. Another place that can get matted is down here at the tail in the back of the dog. If it gets matted down there that can cause problems when the dog is defecating. It's a very different coat type when you're dealing with a coated breed and it's very important to keep the dog comfortable and clean and matt free. We're going to talk about the different tools that you can use and how to use them to do this."