The Pet Trimmer discusses how to groom your dog at home with tips and information.
I want to be a dog groomer but i don’t know where would be a good place to learn how to do it with out spending a lot of money. I live in Wyoming, Michigan, does anyone know a good place to go for less money?
I had several mentors in my breeds show me at various times. I learned some from each mentor. Grooming is one of those skills that grows with time – and you can easily get overwhelmed trying to learn it all. Some of these mentors I PAID to learn from.
In my primary breed the first and most important lesson is: Get the dog dry all the way to the skin. The second lesson: Learn how to effectively line comb.
There are a bunch of tricks that can be used to make the dog look its very best that I learned over the course of years of showing.
Now that I’ve been doing it for years – I try to assist those who are novices and could use some assistance.
I don’t want web sites, but rather practical advise from someone who has done dog grooming. I want to groom my own shihtzus, have to for financial reasons ?
go to a book store……there are books that break it down by breed and give you step by step instructions including what clipper blade to use where and what to do by hand.
I want to learn how to groom dogs so i can open my own business, I already know how to cut nails, i just dont know how to cut hair all that well, I do know how I just dont know how to do poodles and things like that.
I have already purchased my own equipment, so just need to know how best to do the grooming.
It’s not hard at all. The easiest way to learn to groom your shih tzu would be to get a lesson from his breeder. Most breeders would be ecstatic to have a dog owned by someone actually not too lazy to properly groom the dog, rather than clipping him short.
Once you’ve gotten comfortable with the technique, it wouldn’t take you half an hour a week to do a shih tzu. When I was showing afghans, an afghan in full show coat would only take about 3/4 of an hour a week.
Grooming your dog is an amazing bonding experience – it’s time the dog loves because it’s all 1-on-1 time. And the brushing feels really good. Find someone to show you how to do the line brushing, show you the brushes you need and away you go. There’s no reason in the world to pay money to a groomer for something your dog would actually enjoy if his person did it!
It takes time and alot of effort to do it. I learn in my animal sic class.
I did that for two years love it alot. Need to get back in the feild and do it again.
Also do you groom your dog on a daliy basic? brush is like a daily thing to do.
I would also clean ears.
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