Dog Care FAQ

Tips for Bathing Dogs – as part of the expert series by GeoBeats. Hi my name is Jeana Ward, and I am the owner of Jeana Dirty Dog Salon in Cambridge Massachusetts. We are going to show you how to bath your dog at home and what the proper approach is. So first of all you do not want the temperature of the water too warm, you actually want it tempest. Your dog has the dog’s skin if you look under a microscope photograph of a dog’s skin, you will see it is almost scale like so you really do not want to lift those scales and open that up it will set them up for dermatitis problems or just maybe basic dry skin issue, when you thoroughly wet your dog, you should probably use a tearless shampoo on your face just to avoid any problems with shampoo getting in the eyes. A shampoo that is not tearless can cause problems with your dog’s eyes like ulcers in the eyes and really if not attended to and if it is stays long in the eyes long enough can cause blindness. I am going to quickly rub that wonderful smelling stuff we use, this is our blue berry facial that we use make sure you really clean the teary area on your dog’s face. Tear stains and matters that is left in the corners of the eyes will cause eye problem for your dog’s infections and just does not look pretty. Okay if you thoroughly shampoo your dog, you should only have to shampoo them once. If you have a really dirty dog, go for twice, if your dog is white, it is probably wise to use a bluing Shampoo which will help …