subject: Simple Techniques To Bathing Puppies Easily [print this page] Bathing puppies is one of the essential activities that you need to learn if you want to open up a business in dog grooming. You have to understand that most puppies, if not all, will show resistance when you bathe them. This is because of their fear of the water. It is therefore crucial that you introduce the puppies to bathing properly as whatever they experience with it while at this stage will most likely determine their behavior in bathing later on.
Make Their First Bathing Experience Delightful
For puppies you have to bathe for the first time, you have to be extremely careful to make their first bathing experience as delightful as possible. To do this, you need to establish a leisurely environment where puppies will get used to and see the process as enjoyable rather than an ordeal.
Here are some useful techniques in bathing puppies the first time:
-Create an environment that will encourage the puppies to view it as play area rather than a bathing area. It helps to fill the area with several toys that puppies will love to play and look at.
-Their bathtub should be filled with these toys as well, and allow at least five (5) minutes of playtime prior to bathing. Gradually fill the tub with water holding the puppy gently in the right places until he becomes accustomed to the water in the tub.
-As the puppies become accustomed to the water and offer little resistance, you can start to bathe him taking extra precautionary actions on sensitive areas such as the mouth and ears.
How to Apply the Simple Techniques in Subsequent Bathing
After the puppies first bathing delightful experience, it is now easier to handle them in their subsequent bathing. You can now develop your own techniques in bathing puppies that will make it easier for you to handle them and make the puppies benefit from the process.
For instance, before you actually dip the puppies into the water, you may want to detangle his coat first. Brushing his coat for a minute or two when the coat is still dry will help detangle it and save you time and resistance from the puppies when you do when wet where their coat is harder to detangle. It also makes it easier for you to clean the tub after bathing as there will be lesser coat strands. If you do this for a business, it is crucial not to hurry up things especially when bathing puppies. You have to earn their cooperation and trust. Remember that they are on their most impressionable stage and they will most likely to carry their impression of bathing as these puppies grow older.
The Benefits of Bathing as Part of the Dog Grooming Process
Bathing puppies is beneficial to ensure the puppies' cleanliness. This will prevent the puppies to invite all sorts of diseases. Keeping puppies and dogs in general well groomed is important to keep his good health to spend more time with your pets as they live longer. Getting the necessary dog grooming training is also basic and essential to start your dog grooming business on the right track.
