Instructions Things You’ll Need: Basic knowledge of the grooming process Step 1: Ask for recommendations. Just like human hair, a dog becomes a walking advertisement for its groomer the moment it leaves the salon. If you see a dog that has an...
Instructions Step 1: Decide what type of grooming you want to perform. General care, bathing and nail clipping will require little experience. On the other hand, if you want to work with show dogs or perform specialized hand scissoring work, you will...
Instructions Step 1: Determine whether a grooming facility or mobile groomer will work best for you and your pet. Step 2: Ask for recommendations from a friend, veterinarian, boarding kennel, dog trainer or pet store. Step 3: Conduct a phone interview...
Instructions Step 1: Get recommendations from friends, relatives, a veterinarian’s office, pet supply store or animal rescue. Step 2: Check online or in the yellow pages under “Pet Grooming.” Step 3: Inquire over the phone as to how...
Instructions Step 1: If you are choosing a new pet groomer, schedule a visit for them to meet your dog. Mobile groomers are the most convenient, and are more reasonably priced than you may think. The good ones will come to your home (at no charge) and...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: Phone Notebook Step 1: Make a list of all the groomers in your area. Stop in at each of the ones that you are interested in. Step 2: Understand that many grooming shops are run by one or two people. They are very...
When you buy your equipment you don't have to get the most expensive but please do not get the cheapest because you get what you pay for and you want to be able to do this to save money. Plus a to of times it is so much easier then to pack the animal up...
Hi, I am Carolyn and I am going to show you how to cut your cat down some without using the clippers. And you are going to like comb it back and you don’t have to have a groomer scissors, but you want scissors that will cut hair because otherwise...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: Slicker brushes Pin brushes Steel combs Matting rake De-matting spray Clippers Blades Step 1: Comb and de-matt the dog frequently. If shed hair remains in the dog's undercoat because of lack of combing, it can get...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: Natural bristle brush Slicker brush Metal combs Thinning shears Step 1: Brush daily using a slicker brush, natural bristle brush and metal combs. The coat of the Norfolk Terrier is water-resistant and fairly easy to...
In contrary to a lot of people’s beliefs, in fact some groomers, all depends on how you were taught you do not comb a dog out. I get so tired of telling people that a comb is just styling or check for mats. You brush the mats out and I have seen...
One of the best ways of keeping your coated dog in a nice coat is frequent brushing. So this dog here that we are working with had a bath about 2 weeks ago. She was all brushed out for a show about 7 days ago. So if I want to maintain that in her, I need...
You don’t have to get anything special. You don’t have to have the hemos. You can do it like this. But that hair right there. Well you will know it because, you will know. Right in there. You don’t pull it. It’s what is down in...
Don’t ever start on the face. When you start on your dog always start on the back like I did her tail. You start on the back and you want to keep the dog in a position that is comfortable and one that he can get into. Like you’re not going to...
Hi! I'm Dr. Adrienne Mulligan and I am the owner of Camp Verde Veterinary Clinic. I am here today on behalf of expertvillage.com and I am here to talk about cat grooming. The first thing that I can tell you about grooming cats is that if you want to...
You can use baby powder and you can use baking soda but something so; you can get these hemostats. You can get them at a fish tackle store for about $3 but you want to take the ear out and a lot of groomer’s do this and it is so cruel. I’m...
Instructions Step 1: Consult with official resources at your county and state level about legal regulations of dog groomers. For instance, find out if you may operate a dog grooming business at home and if you'll need a certification to groom dogs. Step...
Hi! I'm Dr. Adrienne Mulligan and I am the owner of Camp Verde Veterinary Clinic. I am here today on behalf of expertvillage.com and I am here to talk about cat grooming. Another way to deal with matted cats and this is not necessarily going to work here...
Hi, I am Caroline, and I am going to demonstrate on how to care for your cat, long, medium, or short. And contrary to a lot people’s beliefs, your long haired cats shed the least, or they get it on your clothes the least, because the long hair...
And their legs, they don’t particularly like it. You know this running over their bone so what you can do is just touch it lightly and don’t actually touch them. See, it is irritating to them. Some of them just flat won’t let you do it...
If you want to do your own animal I suggest getting a good pair of clippers because you can get your money back in three grooms. On the professional clippers they last forever and just play with them because you are not going to cut yourself. Most people...
I’m Tracy Tenner with Better Behavior Dog Training at Extra Care Animal Hospital in Davie, Florida. I am here today on behalf of Expert Village.com at the Tri County Humane Society in Boca Raton, Florida, where I have volunteered as a trainer and a...
Instructions Things You’ll Need: Treats Dog clippers or toenail clippers Lip balm, styptic powder or flour Step 1: Get your puppy used to being handled. Run a grooming brush gently over her coat. Check her teeth. Hold her gently on her back and rub...
Hi, I'm Jim Leske, animal trainer for Expert Village. Today we're working on dog training tips and right now we're going to work on what's called stand and stay. Stand and stay comes in very handy because inevitably you're going to one day take your dog...
Micro-chipping your dog is very important. I hope none of you have ever lost a dog, or has known someone whose dog ran away or they had their dog lost. Micro-chipping can be done at various groomers or vets in your neighborhood. It just simply, it just...