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Pet Grooming Tutorial

The pet grooming tutorial mainly removes waste hair, then combs it, then trims the coat, trims the pet's nails, and cleans up the dirt inside the nails.

1. The importance of pet grooming:

Grooming pets is one of the responsibilities of owners. Just like you have your own personal hygiene habits, the same goes for pets. , with appropriate training, they can often perform well in keeping themselves clean and tidy.

However, in some cases, pets still need to help with grooming. This includes combing (especially during the peak shedding period), nail clipping, ear cleaning and teeth brushing. With correct technique and patience, grooming your pet can also be a fun time for owner and pet to enhance emotional exchange. At the same time, it also provides the owner with a good opportunity to carefully check the pet's health and determine whether it is necessary to go to the veterinary hospital for a health check-up, such as skin lumps, ear inflammation, gum sensation or signs of pain in other parts of the body.

Most of the normal hair loss cycles of pets occur in the second quarter of life. However, some household pets may shed hair all year round. It may be because the lights are turned on at home at dusk, disrupting the normal sunlight cycle. Some pets shed a lot of hair every day, but this is not necessarily related to skin problems.

Nail problems have many causes, including infection, trauma, cancer and immune disorders. Because nails and nail beds are areas of constant use and stress, nail problems can be very painful for your pet. The turbid ground and friction between the toes are both factors for effective healing.

Dander refers to too many thin flakes on the skin and hair. Certain types of skin are prone to breakouts of dandruff. Conditions that cause excessive dandruff also include: bathing too often, too rough skin, bathing with harsh shampoos, parasitic symptoms, hormonal abnormalities (such as hypothyroidism) or feelings.

Hair loss may occur in various parts of the body. Causes include skin parasites, allergies or hormones. Over-organizing sometimes causes problems like this. Hair removal is different from hair loss. Most of the hair is bald on the entire skin. The veterinarian will look for possible causes based on the method, location, severity and speed of hair removal.

2. Pet grooming methods:

1. Remove waste hair

Use a steel needle comb and a card cloth comb to comb the knotted coat smoothly. If the coat is heavily knotted, you should use a knot-detangling comb. When removing waste hair, you can use a rubber comb to remove waste hair, or you can use a rake comb or a brightening comb.

2. Combing

Massaging the pet's coat can play a role in blood circulation. You can use a wooden handle steel needle brush, an oval nylon brush, and an oval bristle brush.

3. Grooming the coat

After combing and massaging, it is necessary to confirm the hair in other small parts of the pet's coat (such as the tail, abdomen, back of the head, etc.). At this time, a two-sided comb should be used. , wide pitch comb, narrow pitch comb, and right and wrong pitch comb.

4. Nail trimming

ControlTo prevent nail damage to the fleshy balls and prevent nail damage to furniture and floors, you can use scissor-type nail clippers or guillotine-type nail clippers.

5. Clean the dirt from the coat

You may wish to use a double-sided bath brush, or use a bath brush for long-haired dogs and a bath brush for short-haired dogs.

6. Get rid of fleas

To prevent skin diseases and relieve tightness, you may wish to use a flea trap, a flea comb with a handle, or a flea comb without a handle.

7. Ear cleaning

Check your pet’s ears every 2 weeks, especially pets with long ears that should be cleaned frequently.

When grooming pets, you need to pay attention to the type of pet.

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