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Brushing or combing your dog’s hair coat is one of the integral parts of grooming and dogs’ health management. A shining and healthy coat is a sign of a healthy dog and brushing regularly with right guidance can help pet owner achieve it. Owner should make sure the experience of brushing the dog should be comfortable and pleasant and should never be forceful
Advantage of Brushing-
• Remove Loose hairs from coat
• Prevention of Mats/Knots
• Redistribution of healthy natural skin oils over hair shaft
• Remove dirt from the coat
• Regular brushing reduces the frequency of bathing
• It helps in maintaining a healthy relationship between Dog and owner
How Often to Brush Your Dog?
Frequency of Brushing your dogs varies from one dog to other. It depends on many factors like coat type, Length of hair, type of activities of dog etc. Dog with different kind of coat require different type of tools for brushing the coat. Regular monitoring of dog’s coat is required to understand the requirement of brushing. Tangling, dullness, Mats and dirt are some indications that the dog may require brushing. Brushing may take few minutes to hours depending upon type of condition and coat of the dog.
Medium to Long haired dogs require more frequent brushing as compared to dogs with short hair as former are prone to Mats, Tangles and knots. Some dog breeds have very short hairs and might not be in need of brushing. Instead, occasional use of soft grooming glove is sufficient to remove loose hairs.
General Guide:
• Smooth and Short Haired Dogs: Brushing once fortnightly to remove loose hair is sufficient. Example: Labrador, Rottweiler etc.
• Short and Dense furred dogs: Brush once a week or 14 days. Example: German shepherd, Husky etc.
• Long Coat and double coated dogs: Once or twice a week. Example: Golden retriever, Lhasa Apso etc.
• Puppies: It is very important to start training the puppies for grooming and make them feel comfortable about when they are just month old. This is very important exercise as this prepare your dog to be handled easily in future grooming sessions and even vet visit.
• Dog with outdoor activities: many dog owners take their dog out for swimming, play ground and into the woods. For such kind of dogs mild brushing after every visit is very important as it will remove any kind of dirt, leaves or insects attached to the dogs’ fur. Dogs those are into swimming should be cleaned with normal water and brushed to remove any kind of harmful objects from fur.
