All Breed Dog Grooming
Posted on 23. Jul, 2012 by admin in Canine Health
All Breed Dog Grooming
Only professional groomers can perform all breed dog grooming. Regular dog owners are interested mainly in the way to groom their pet’s breed, as it is natural. Classes and courses are necessary to get qualification for all breed dog grooming. Plenty of schools have appeared over the years, and presently there is even the possibility to take a certification online, through long distance courses. If you choose this alternative make sure that the trainer has authorization for organizing classes.
Once the all breed dog grooming training is complete you can move on to the next level: starting your own business. Vet centers, rescue centers, kennels and local groomers service local neighborhoods. A first difficulty with all breed dog grooming is equipment, because you’ll have to buy a fully equipped grooming table that comes with all the accessories, since only such a tool is designed for the needs of dogs of all sizes.
The rest of the equipment items are equally important.
All breed dog grooming cannot be performed without a very large set of hair combs, brushes, clippers, grinders and the rest, so that you can handle any grooming task successfully. Skill and experience represent the advantages that will win you most customers. Be prepared to groom different types of dogs, but hairy ones in particular. The explanation is very simple: a pet owner cannot groom a thick-haired dog at home because of the very the nature of the dog’s coat. There is a lot of work for such cases, but there is more money too! It is neither easy nor cheap, hence, everybody has something to gain.
All breed dog grooming is also tackled with in lots of books written by expert groomers.
Nevertheless, although such guides are practical and useful, they do not qualify one for a real dog grooming career. The part with the professional training we’ve mentioned above stays valid. There is no business without authorization, and that should be your main concern!
Tip: check out Dani’s dog grooming book and discover the secrets of master dog groomers and save hundreds of dollars on your dog grooming bills without even leaving your home!
Yuni
29. Sep, 2012
well what breed of dog do you own, does it require any spaeicl shampoos, are you capable of expressing your dogs anal glands and are you confident in nail trimming since i dont know any of these answers ill give a baisic run down of a few dog bathing tips: begin by placeing a drop of mineral oil in each eye mineral oil will not mix with water or soap and will create a protective barrier around the eye, second clean the animals ears with a drying ear cleaner like epi octic or t8 flush or a similar solution, use q-tip and a cloth to remove excessive debris, now trim the nails and keep a container of kiwk stop blood power handy incase a nail bleeds, next get your glove and check the animals anal glands, finally begin the soap and water portion of the bath first spray the animal down with water apply shampoo and follow directions on the bottle, when the animal has been thoroughly rinsed you may towel dry and follow up with a blow dryer or brush dry the animal now you are ready to clip and or cut your animal, if you invest in a good grooming set that comes clippers, combs, combs sissors etc you may get an instructional guide to help baisically its hit and miss at first but you have to be careful when using clippers not to burn the dogs skin