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The Benefits of Dog Grooming – For You and Your Dog

The first thing I would like to drawer your attention to, and to end any rumors that you may have heard is that grooming your dog does improve their health in many ways which we will mention a little more through this chapter. As well as this benefit you will also find that your relationship with your dog and the affection they show you will be somewhat increased. Also through grooming your dog you will come to know them better and have the opportunity to spot possible health issues that may have gone unnoticed previously.

So let us break these benefits down a little and go through them piece by piece; reverting to the health benefits we mentioned, firstly when we think grooming we immediately think of brushing our dog so let´s start there. When you brush your dog you remove all the dead hair from their coat, leaving only the healthy, this eliminates many of the bad odors emitted by your dog’s coat, as well as helps to keep them cooler, looks cleaner and reduces your dogs scratching and itching.

To make grooming your dogs coat easier and to help maintain the goodness reached through grooming it is advisable to bathe your dog and use a quality dog shampoo regularly – although you must pay attention to over bathing your dog, like humans you can easily strip the natural oils from the coat and reduce the healthiness that way. We mentioned dog shampoo, and that was deliberately mentioned, as human shampoo contains different ingredients and must not be used on our poets under any circumstances.

Another benefit of grooming or brushing the coat is the stimulation it causes to the blood flow which in turn increases and improves the blood supply to the hair follicles and aids the overall health of the dog’s coat. Also brushing has a similar effect as massage and can aid the stimulation of the lymphatic node which is another means of improving your dog’s health, and we shall cover this a little more in another chapter.

Grooming also consists of dental hygiene and care of the eyes and ears, this holds obvious benefits and some other not so obvious, clean ears and eyes reduce the risk of infection and through cleaning you will be able to monitor the condition of the eyes and ears, looking for inflammation or redness as you clean. The dental hygiene is as important in dogs as it is in humans, and if your dog is not chewing bones regularly then it is down to you, the owner to ensure this hygiene level is reached and maintained. Using a good dog tooth cream and a small, soft brush will help remove the dirt from the teeth and remove odors held in the mouth.

This is an extract of The Perfect Dog Grooming book, you can read more by visiting us at www.perfect-dog-grooming.com and learn the tips, tricks, secrets and techniques of dog grooming.

Mark Grey,
mark@markfreelance.com

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