How To Prepare Your Dog For Grooming
Grooming animals can be a tedious task, especially if your pet is more on the enthusiastic side and tends to never sit still. This often means that a professional groomer is more suited to getting the job done than yourself, but how do you prepare your dog to behave for a stranger?
The first step in ensuring grooming sessions go as smoothly as possible is to make sure your pet is well socialised. Often there will be multiple people working at the groomers as well as many other animals as well.
Make sure your dog is friendly and safe around other animals and knows how to behave around people as well. A friendly and well-socialised dog is more likely to be well-behaved while being groomed by a stranger than one who is anxious and afraid of people and other animals.
You can do this by introducing your dog to your family and friends in order to help them get used to the presence of multiple people that aren’t yourself.
You may also wish to introduce your dog to other animals. Taking your dog to visit family pets and friends’ dogs is a great way to let your dog meet other animals in a safe environment to help them get used to it.
Aside from getting your dog used to socialising, you will also need to help them become familiar with the tools that will be used. Regularly brushing or combing your dog's fur is a good way to help them become accustomed to grooming
Bathing your dog is also important as it teaches them not to be afraid of water. Regularly showering your dog, even if it is just rinsing their paws and legs after a walk, is a great way to get them used to the water.
You may also wish to normalise scissors. Many dogs may be frightened of scissors and therefore may struggle having their fur trimmed. By occasionally showing your dog the action of cutting their fur with scissors and reinforcing good behaviour, they will learn not to be fearful.
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