What not to cut when grooming a dog?
Tiffany Gerhold
2025-08-07 02:16:32
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Cutting the quick of the nail will cause your dog to bleed and can cause pain and infections. You also need to learn how to find the quick of your dog’s nails. For dogs with light nails, you’ll see the pink through the nail, but if your dog has dark nails, you have to be extra careful to make sure you don’t clip it. If you shave them or trim them down too close to the skin, it puts them at risk of sunburn and heatstroke. If your dog’s face frequently gets dirty, you may be tempted to remove as much hair from the area as possible. But, since we now know that a dog’s coat protects them, shaving your dog’s head isn’t a good idea. Similarly, if your dog’s ears get dirty easily, you should probably leave trimming your dog’s ear hair to a professional groomer.
Nikita Osinski
2025-08-06 23:21:51
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When grooming your dog, do not wash the insides of their ears, as this can cause an infection by increasing moisture levels inside the ear canal. Instead, use a little pet ear cleaner, massage into the ear canal and use a soft clean cloth to wipe away any visible dirt. Never stick anything into your pet’s ear, especially a Q-tip. Additionally, do not brush your pet’s hair after a bath, as water can make knots and matted areas much harder to deal with and you may end up damaging her fur and/or hair follicles. Not using sharp enough clippers and rushing nail trimming should also be avoided, as dull clippers will crush rather than cut your pet’s nail. Take your time, go slowly and make sure you don’t cut the quick when trimming your dog's nails.
Marina Wilkinson
2025-08-06 23:10:37
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If you want to groom your dog safely and make things as enjoyable and comfortable as you can for them, there are a few things you need to avoid.
Leave too long between grooms, brush a wet coat, leave your dog unattended while grooming, allow water to get into your dog’s ear canal, pull hard when brushing/combing as this can put your dog off the entire process of grooming.
Forget to cut their nails as they can become ingrown and cause huge discomfort for your animal and potentially lead to infections.
If they are a double-coated breed don’t forget to brush out the undercoat.
Blow the dryer in your dog’s face as this can scare them and cause problems from future grooming, get shampoo in their eyes or ears.
Fur-bearing dogs whose fur typically grows to one length and maintains that length should ideally NOT be shaved.
SHAVING YOUR DOG IF IT IS DOUBLE COATED, many owners believe that shaving a fur bearing dog for summer will help it cope with the warmer weather however this is a very misunderstood coping mechanism.
If your dog is double coated shaving your dogs coat will damage the quality of their coat and when the coat grows back it often grows thinner and thicker in differentiating areas.