Grooming your dog is an essential and rewarding part of ownership. Although many people are familiar with grooming basics, such as removing tangles and shampooing. There are many benefits you may not have thought about before.
The first thing is grooming is not just for improving the look of your dog抯 coat. There are many health benefits as well when done regularly:
1. Grooming takes away dead hair and skin. It not only removes an unsightly and unwanted mess, it improves air circulation to your dog抯 coat. This is essential in the summertime when it抯 hot and humid.
2. You抣l also find that grooming increases the blood flow to hair follicles, which will improve the health of your dog抯 whole coat.
3. It stimulates the lymphatic system, similar to the results a human would get from a deep tissue massage. We humans know how good that feels.
4. Another benefit of grooming, it will put your dog in a great mood. Combine this with your gentle voice and you抣l be helping to strengthen the bond between you.
5. A benefit many people don抰 think about is that you will become more familiar with your dog抯 body. You will be able to detect many health problems before these become serious issues.
6. Make sure that you brush and check every part of your dog. This includes their ears, eyes, coat and skin. Finding ticks or other insects attached to your dog can be extremely serious even deadly, so keep an eye out for these freeloaders.
7. While you're at it, clip their nails. This gives you a chance to check the pads of their feet, noting any problems.
If you don抰 have the essential tools or materials, no worry they can be found at your local pet supply stores. If you would rather shop online there are many sites that offer the equipment for sale as well, an added bonus to online shopping is most provide a lot of great information and advice.
If your interested in learning more, check your local community college, they may offer a program to teach dog owners how to groom.
You may find that you enjoy it so much you move beyond the basics and become an excellent groomer, you might think about starting your own service. Many pet owners don抰 have the time to groom their dogs themselves, but know it is a necessity. Turn your passion into dollars as you groom others?pets.
Providing this service could become a part time or even full time business venture. Either way, as a business or just personal satisfaction you will be confident knowing your own dog is being properly cared for. Set aside a regular brushing grooming appointment time, you抣l be surprised to find how quickly you best friend will learn this scheduled appointment and be anxiously awaiting.
Begin when they're puppies; many rewards go hand in hand with grooming, so start as soon as possible.
