As you know, not only the owner should be clean and combed, but also the four-legged friend. Of course, "dog" beauty products are different from "human" ones. Let's figure out what exactly and what they should be.
Let's start with the combs. Long-haired dogs will need them. You can, of course, buy an ordinary plastic comb, but much better - a special metal comb. It is flat, the frequency and length of the teeth are different. Better to take not too frequent with alternating long and short teeth. By the way, these combs are very durable. It will be enough for ten years. Long-haired slickers are also useful for combing hair on the ears, feathering on the paws. It looks like a massage hairbrush, only with wire teeth. True, this mostly concerns those who go to exhibitions.
Short-haired people will not need such a comb, but instead - a rubber massage mitt. Regardless of the length of the coat, it is good to get a trimming knife. This is a knife with teeth. It is needed for combing shedding hair on the back of a dog. With its help, the wool on your carpets will be noticeably less. You need to comb the dog every day, or at least every other day.
But bathing is often not necessary at all. Even if you wash yourself daily. Such a procedure will only harm the animal - the structure of the skin and coat of a dog is different from that of a human. Once every 3 months is more than enough. Although the paws should be washed after a walk in damp weather, but without soap. The shampoo, again, should be specialized - do not try to lather the dog with your own. Fortunately, the range of all kinds of products for animals is now huge.
Decide what you need from the shampoo - protection against parasites (which does not exclude regular treatment with special preparations), softness of the coat, prevention of tangles. There is also dry shampoo. In structure, it is like talc. Smeared, combed out - and the animal is clean. By the way, about parasites. It is up to each owner to decide for themselves what is best for the pet - a spray, a collar that repels parasites, drops or talcum powder. The period of validity, consumption and frequency of use are different for them. Here advice will be given by a veterinarian, breeder or consultant at a pet store. The claws can be trimmed simply with scissors. But dog tweezers work best. You only need to cut off the tip and very carefully - it is very easy to touch the living tissue of the claw. After such a negative experience, the dog is unlikely to allow a manicure in the future.
Dogs' teeth are not brushed very often, but a good owner should monitor the condition of his dog's teeth in order to notice gum problems or tartar in time. For the usual procedure for brushing your teeth, you need a piece of bandage and tooth powder. A little of the powder is soaked until a homogeneous gruel is obtained and using a bandage, they wipe the teeth. The eyes are rubbed with a cotton swab dipped in tea leaves, and the ears are rubbed with hydrogen peroxide
Long-haired dogs are also sheared - usually 2 times a year, according to the standard provided for the breed. This is done by special hairdressers for animals. As a rule, you need to bathe the animal on the eve of a haircut. Overalls can also help to clean the coat. At least in it the dog will “collect” less dirt with its wool. And the dog is cleaner, and the apartment. In fact, this is only a basic list. Specialists have in their arsenal much more tools and care products, and they often cut their own hair. Often, many of these tools and means are much more expensive and, frankly, even better than "human" ones.
