I believe that the first trouble that many pet owners encounter is bathing their pets. Especially the younger ones often end up in a mess after giving their dogs a bath. Next, the editor will tell you the correct way to bathe your dog. Let’s take a look~
1. Clean the dog’s body debris. Brush your entire body before taking a bath to prevent tangled hair from getting worse. Stubborn knots can be cut off with scissors. Clean leaves, debris, etc. from your body.
2. Make preparations. Put a collar on your dog before bathing it so you can control it during the bath. Plug the dog's ears vertically into the T-shaped ear canal with cotton swabs or cotton strips (do not use cotton balls, otherwise you will wash them halfway. When the dog shakes its head, the cotton balls will fall off), and apply chlortetracycline, chlortetracycline or KY ointment on both eyes to prevent detergent and dirty water from entering.
3. Let the dog adapt to bathing first. Let the dog stand still in the special bathtub. First, wet the whole body with water of appropriate temperature. Gently comb the dog's hair to make the dog feel comfortable, calm down and ready for a bath.
4. Drop shampoo. First apply shampoo on the back, rub from the back to the buttocks, and rub the whole body to create foam. Finally, wash the dog's head, ears, soles of feet, chin, and around the anus. Be careful to avoid getting the foam into your dog’s eyes. While you scrub gently, hold your dog's collar with one hand to prevent him from jumping out or getting water everywhere.
5. Start flushing. The direction of flushing is to clean the dog's head first, and then clean the dog's body. Start from the head and gradually flush backward. Do not grab it all over the head. Be sure to rinse the detergent thoroughly after washing to make sure you have completely washed away the remaining detergent on the dog. It is recommended that you use conditioner every time. The acid-base balance is conducive to thoroughly washing off the remaining detergent on the dog. Remaining on the dog's body, these things will cause itching of the skin. The dog can easily cause inflammation and infection during the scratching process.
6. Dry the dog with an absorbent towel specially designed for dog bathing. Absorbent towels are generally sold in pet stores. Remove the cotton balls from the dog’s ears and wipe them clean. Wipe it with a towel first, and then blow it dry with a hair dryer. Be sure to blow it dry. Moist skin can easily cause skin diseases in dogs.
7. After drying, comb the dog's hair and pay attention to whether there are any skin diseases on the dog. Finally, use toilet paper to clean the dog’s eyes and ears.