Does your home look messy and smelly with your furry friend hairs everywhere, you can easily prevent this with proper pet grooming. Now-a-days pet grooming is not just giving baths, brushing your fur baby and using bows and ribbons for just good looks and great smell. It is much wider concept and if pet grooming done in right way, it can protect your furry friend from a lot of diseases. Every breed has different grooming requirements which a professional pet grooming services provider understand. Grooming include everything from brushing their teeth to cleaning their paws to prevent infections.
Long haired breeds require daily hair brushing to avoid hair knots, frequent hair trimming by pet groomers especially around eyes otherwise long hair around eyes can irritate them and he/she might end up scratching his/her eyes which can lead to serious damages, sometimes permanent blindness if not treated timely and properly.
Daily hair brushing in long haired breeds can prevent hair matting along with a lot of skin diseases like skin eczema, dandruff, bacterial and fungal infections. Hygiene cutting around their rectum area, belly and face keeps fur healthy and makes the cleaning process easy for you.
Short haired breeds grooming requirement is less compared to long haired breeds. Short haired breeds also need regular hair brushing to maintain healthy blood circulation in their skin which can stop hair-fall to greater extent and avoid the possibility of dandruff and dry skin. Regular baths to keep your furry companion clean and healthy.
Many people complaint about their pet not liking grooming, but it is something you can start training them at early age. Making them familiar to scissors and trimmer sounds, scissors and comb near their face, regular hair brushing and tooth brushing with positive rewards and proper training methods. Even if you have adult dog, you can train him/her too. It might take time but It’s possible with proper training methods. You can seek advice from professional pet groomers too.
Benefits of Pet grooming
Healthy skin and coat
Daily brushing remove dead hairs, improve blood circulation in skin and improve air circulation which reduces the risks of skin eczema, bacterial and fungal infections, dandruff and hairfall. Daily brushing makes fur healthy and shiny. Daily brushing and regular baths prevents hair matting and preserve the fur of your furry friends. Regular bath keeps your pet’s skin moisturized, healthy, odour free and promote healthy hair growth.
Keeping your furry companion away from ticks and fleas
If your dog loves his/her morning-evening walks and visiting dog parks, he/she might be prone to ticks and flea infestation. These stubborn bugs cause many types of diseases like Flea-allergy dermatitis, skin infections, hairfall, pruritis, Tick-fever etc.
Tick fever is life threatening disease, if not treated properly and timely, it can lead to multiple organ failure and paralysis. But all these can be avoided with regular pet care. Professional pet groomers use medicated shampoo which reduces ticks and fleas infestation. Regular brushing can help in early identification of ticks on body so that proper medication can be used timely and your furry friend stays healthy.
Maintain Oral Health
Many pet parents are not aware about dental hygiene. Poor dental hygiene can lead to cavities, early tooth loss, pain, inflammation, digestive problems and some chronic health disorders. To avoid these, you should brush your pet’s teeth atleast 2-3 times in a week. You can train them from puppy age. In adult dogs, you can introduce tooth brushing with positive reward methods and using their favourite flavoured toothpaste.
Ear cleaning
Regular ear cleaning prevent your pet from mites, ear infections, inflammation and many painful conditions. Generally dog’s ear flaps are larger in size which reduces proper ventilation in ear so dogs are prone to ear infections. Regular ear cleaning can maintain your furry friend’s ear health, keeping ear canal infection free.
Anal Gland cleaning
Dogs do need frequent anal gland cleaning to prevent diseases like anal sacculitis which is very painful. Common signs are scooting, rubbing anus frequently, bad odour and chasing tail. If your dogs shows any of these signs, it means his/her anal glands are full and needs to be cleaned. With regular grooming along with anal gland cleaning, your canine companion can stay comfortable and bad- odour free. But if this issue is not controllable then you must need to take the help of nearby veterinary doctor.
Bathing
In dogs, bathing should be done once in 7-15 days depending on breed requirement and weather. Bathing removes any dirt or excess oil from your pet’s skin and fur, making their coat healthy and shiny. It keeps skin healthy, tick free and infection free. While drying after bath, pet groomer can observe any infection on skin, lumps which can lead to early diagnosis and prevention.
Hair fall control
Regular grooming removes dead hairs, stimulate growth of new hairs, reduces risk of matt formation with dead hairs. Regular hair brushing reduce shedding and minimize fur around the house.
Increase bonding time
When you brush your pet, you spend time with him/her. It strengthens the connection with your pet. Your furry friend will feel relaxed and secure around you.
Reduces the risk of Arthritis
Yes you read it right. Overgrown nail can alter the gait and posture of your pet. This imbalance can lead to arthritis at early age. Your animal companion slips more often due to overgrown nails which can cause serious injuries. To avoid this, timely nail trimming should be done.
Cat Grooming
There is a lot of misconception that cats do not need grooming, cats groom themselves. Yes cats groom on their own but to a certain limit. Cats don’t need frequent baths as dogs but cats do need regular hairbrushing to remove dead hairs, prevent hair matting in long haired breeds. Professional cat groomers can guide you about specific grooming requirement of your cat according to age, fur and other factors.