Tips for grooming your puppy at home

Everybody loves puppies! If you have just got a new puppy, you may be a little overwhelmed by the whole idea of grooming. Below are a few tips to help make your grooming session as positive as possible for you and your new puppy.

 

 

Brush daily & Comb Daily. The longer the coat, the more frequently you need to brush.  If you are not able to keep up with the grooming requirements for your dog, keep their coat shorter.

 

Groom your puppy when they are tired. They are less likely for them to become playful and bite. Biting may be cute when they are puppies, but as they get older it can hurt a lot. Biting is also a very bad habit to allow, especially if your dog needs regular professional grooming. You need to teach them the appropriate behaviour.

 

Have treats available to reward good, calm behaviour. Treats can also help to distract your puppy from what you are doing. It brings a good association to the grooming process.

 

 

Always follow brushing with a comb. A brush will often brush over the top of knots, where a comb will get caught in any tangles.

Pay particular attention to areas that have friction - under collars, harnesses, long ears, under front legs and around the tail & backside. A small tangle in these areas can turn into a big knot or mat up very quickly!

 

 

Long coats need to be blow dried after a bath. If you allow a long coat to air dry it can become extremely matted literally over night. Once they are dried you will need to brush and them comb through the coat to avoid knots. Any knots that have had water applied to them will become tighter, so it is best to remove knots before bathing.

 

 

Short coats should invest in a Zoom Groom. It helps to remove dead and dying coat. Great way to reduce shedding in your house. You can also use the zoom groom to help sud up your pup in the bath.

Keep grooming session short to start with. Make sure they are fun. If you are having trouble at home, do not persist and cause stress to you and your dog. Always finish your grooming session on a positive note. Take your pup to a reputable grooming salon for their help. Set your pup up for success for the rest of their lives!

 

 

For information on the dog grooming services we offer, including our free puppy grooms, click here

Free Puppy Grooms

 

Puppies come in all shapes and sizes and they all have different grooming needs. Every dog is going to have a bath at some time in their life. Whether it is at home with you or at a grooming salon.

 

Even if you feel that you are going to bath your dog at home, there may be an occasion later in your dogs life that you might want to have them professionally groomed.

 

As dog groomers, our job is to make your pooch look their best and we want to do that by causing them the least amount of stress possible.

 

Whether you have a fluffy dog who will need grooming every 6 weeks for the rest of their life or a short coated dog that requires minimum grooming, our free puppy groom is an essential experience for your pup.

 

The younger you start exposing your pup to sights, sounds and feelings of being groomed the more likely they will become used to it and accept grooming as a normal way of life.

 

The free puppy groom helps us to establish a relationship with your pup. We can also determine their requirements for grooming including their coat condition but also their behaviour. Some dogs are not very helpful when it comes to grooming and will require frequent visits when they are young to teach them to accept the grooming and avoid behavioural problems when they are bigger.

 

Please do the best for your puppy and introduce them to grooming from a young age.

 

Being dog groomers we obviously love working with dogs. Dog grooming can be a very hard job, but getting to groom pups like the ones below help brighten our day!

 

Free Puppy and Kitten Grooms

At Nose 2 Tail Pet Care, we are committed to providing the best care we can to any dogs and cats in our care. We want to make things as stress free and enjoyable as possible for your furry friends. 

Dogs and cats who have been groomed regularly from a young age become used to the grooming process and handle it much better than those who only have sporadic grooming.

Because of this, we offer an initial free puppy and kitten groom for long and short coated dogs and cats AND 50% off any full priced baths until 6 months of age.

We want to make your puppy/kitten's life of grooming a fun one that they are used to from an early age.

Please take advantage of this offer and please share with anyone you know who has a puppy or kitten!

Contact us at our store in Mount Ommaney on 3376 9917 to make your appointment today.

What is so important about establishing a grooming routine from a young age?

 

Puppies and kittens get to experience the sights, smells and sounds of a grooming salon. It can be a scary place to be for a young puppy or kitten, so getting them used to it can help them see a trip to the groomers as fun, not frightening!

They get used to being bathed and blow dried, their nails being cut, brushing and combing and having a groomer touch them all over.

This is something they are going to experience many times during their lives and getting them used to it from a young age means a much better chance of stress free, calm grooming in the future.

There is a crucial window of opportunity for experiences for both puppies and kittens, that help to shape responses to these experiences later in life. Allowing your puppy or kitten the opportunity for grooming when they are young, helps them accept the process as something normal and non threatening.

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Another great informative video from the guys at Urban Dog Training.

Top 20 Reasons Confinement Training with Puppies Works

This video has been made by Urban Dog Training. It talks about the benefits of crate training your puppy from a young age and why it works. These are great ideas and we highly recommend crate training.

Any time a dog comes into our salons for grooming there is a very high chance that they will be in a crate for some of the time they are in. Get them used to it from a young age so that they don't find it stressful.

Never fear, if your pup is a bit older - it is never too late to crate train and Urban Dog Training have a wealth of resourses on their website if you are after more information.

Urban Dog Training run our Puppy Pre School from our Oxley store on Tuesday nights. If you have a new puppy, be sure that you book them in for Brisbanes BEST puppy pre school!

What are your thoughts on crate training?

Free Puppy Groom

At Nose 2 Tail Pet Care, we are committed to an holistic approach to pet care. We believe that dogs who are introduced to grooming regularly at a young age cope much better with it and are better behaved throughout their grooming visits. To help encourage owners to bring their pups in and get them used to this, we have introduced a free 10 minute puppy groom valid for puppies up to 20 weeks of age (5 months).

You can choose from 2 options:

Option 1 : trim in front of eyes & under feet
Option 2 : hydrobath & partial blow dry
Choose option 1 or option 2 and also get nails trimmed, body brush & a yummy treat

For $10 we can include a bath with a partial blow dry if you decide on option 1.
Help your new puppy get used to being groomed from a young age. Bookings are essential.

Please phone Oxley 3716 0643 or Westlake 3376 9917 to book your appointment today!