Grooming your dog at home

 Paying for grooming is expensive,
and grooming your dog at home can be fun

Here are my doggies, Roby and Sammy, in the bath tub hoping I'll change my mind about giving them a bath. :-) Actually, they're usually reluctant about getting in the bathtub, but once they're out, feeling all clean and frisky, they seem very happy and much more comfortable.  

I really love giving my dogs their baths, and it's become much more easy since I got instruction on how to do it better.

And the money I save!! To take both my dogs to the groomer once a month is about $75 to $100 a month, depending on how much work they need.

Here's what I did: I purchased a book called Grooming Your Dog at Home - the Ultimate Guide. Incredible book, filled with EVERYTHING you need to know, for next to nothing. It costs less than $20! You'll save way more than that the first time you skip a visit to the groomers. What's really nice about bathing and grooming them at home is that you get to bond even more to your pet. They learn to trust you more, and you learn to trust yourself more.

But it REALLY HELPS to have a professional train you to do every step the easiest, best way.

One of the most difficult things about taking care of Roby is cleaning those floppy cocker ears. I learned a LOT about the best and easiest way to do this, and how to KEEP his ears clean and get rid of that nasty smell FOREVER! Yay! Nothin' worse than smelly ears -- yuck!

Sammy has trouble with eye boogers. If I don't keep after him, he's got those black globs under his eyes on that cutie-pie cream-colored face. Learned some great tips about taking care of that too.

In Grooming Your Dog at Home - the Ultimate Guide, you learn about different coat textures, how to take care of long-haired dogs, and taking care with your dog's diet so that the coat is super shiny and soft. There's LOTS of information for all different kinds of breeds. And the book is filled with pictures and step-by-step instructions so you can do the whole process like a pro.

(It must have been really fun bathing Dexter, to the right. Photo by Jeff Bellamy.)

And, oh, my gosh -- SHEDDING! You really can learn how to keep it under control. I don't think I've seen another book anywhere that deals with the problem of shedding like this one does.

Do you have a double-coated dog or a single-coated dog? Roby is double-coated. Sammy, bless him, is a Lhasa-Poo mutt; the Lhasa makes him ornery (but cute). The poodle part of him makes him NOT SHED!! Love that! But it does mean that his hair grows. He has a big burly coat in the winter, and in the spring, I shave it all off. And then the naked, all full-of-himself part comes out. LOL.

Anyway, I highly recommend this book -- Grooming Your Dog at Home - the Ultimate Guide. I've only mentioned the very tip of the iceberg here. I can't believe they're selling it for so little. It's an instant download, too, so you'll be able to get started right away.

Check it out!