How to Give Your Dog a Bath

First, clean the dog's body debris: Gently brush your dog's fur all over its body. This is to untangle and remove any dirt and mats from the hair. Prepare the bath: Fill the bathtub with water and let the dog stand in it. Slowly wet the dog's fur by scooping water with your hand. Apply shampoo: After creating a foam in your hand, apply it to the dog's back, tail, limbs, and finally the head, avoiding the eyes as much as possible. Rinse: Start from the head and rinse all the shampoo off the dog's body until there is no residue left. Dry and blow dry: After the bath, use a absorbent towel to wipe off excess water from the dog's body, then use a hairdryer to thoroughly dry the fur. It is also recommended to stuff cotton balls in the dog's ears to prevent dirty water or shampoo from entering the ear canals.

Many pet owners give their dogs baths at home, so let's learn how to do it as meticulously as a pet store.

1. Tools Needed for Dog Bathing

First, you'll need to prepare some tools. If you plan to bathe your dog at home long-term, these are essential and not too expensive to purchase.

Tools include: nail clippers, hemostatic forceps, hairdryer, comb, cotton swabs, towels, table, and clippers;

Care products: ear hair powder, ear cleaning solution, eye drops, hemostatic powder, toothbrush, and toothpaste.

2. Dog Bathing Care Steps

1. Perform care before bathing: Clip the dog's nails, making sure not to cut the bloodline. If you accidentally cut the dog's skin and it starts to bleed, apply hemostatic powder to stop the bleeding (this can prevent long-term licking of the paws, which can cause interdigital inflammation).

2. Trim the hair on the dog's feet and belly. This means the hair between the dog's toes and the hair on its belly. Just remove the protruding hair, without needing to be too clean, and avoid hurting the dog (regularly cleaning the belly can prevent flea skin diseases in cats).

3. Clean the ears: First, sprinkle ear hair powder into the dog's ears, then use hemostatic forceps to pull out the ear hair. Next, wash the ear canals with ear cleaning solution and clean them with cotton swabs (this can effectively prevent ear mites and detect ear problems early).

3. Precautions for Dog Bathing

Bathing itself is quite simple, but you should note that every two weeks, squeeze the anal glands. Just hold the dog's anal area at a 45-degree angle upwards and squeeze. Be careful not to spray yourself, as it can be quite smelly. Make sure to rinse the eyes and remove any remaining foam from the body (regularly cleaning the anal glands can prevent anal inflammation and other diseases).

4. How to Dry Your Dog After a Bath

Drying requires technique. For example, when drying a Teddy dog, use a comb to blow dry in the opposite direction. This will straighten the hair, making it fluffy and achieving the grooming salon bathing effect. Dry the dog bit by bit and don't miss any spots. Then, use cotton swabs to wipe the inside of the ears dry. If you have scissors at home, you can trim the long hair in the middle of the eyes, and you're all set (you can detect skin diseases and fleas in the process of drying the hair in the opposite direction).