How to Groom a Dog : How to Shave Your Dog
Hi! I am Ann Marie for Expert Village and
today we are going to learn the basics of
grooming a dog. In this series we are going
to start with the #10 blade. With the #10
blade you get the hair out from between your
dog’s eye and shave toward the eyes, be
careful not to poke the eye with the blade
and then you come away from the eye to get
the corners. This will help the dog be able
to see and get rid of that overgrown hair
that would poke him in the eye. After you
do between your dog’s eye you then move
to the inner ear. We will come back later
and learn how to get the hair from deep inside
the ear with the #10 blade we just shave this
hair right here so that we have a clear path
for when we need to pluck the hair out a little
later. Next we move to the armpit area, its
best done when the dog is standing. You gently
lift the arm in a position that is comfortable
for the dog. You can shave out in here. This
will avoid any hair getting tangled as the
hair grows longer and the dog moves about.
Do the same on the other side then we move
to the groin area. This is most easily done
when the dog is standing as well. Once again
if you gently lift the leg in a position that
is comfortable for the dog almost as if he
is lifting his leg to go to the bathroom.
You can then shave out away from the groin
and also back in. This is called a sanitary
part and it will keep the area clean when
the dog goes to the bathroom or runs through
dirt and mud. One other area we need to do
we don’t talk about too much but we just
shave this hair right around the anus that
way when the dog goes to the bathroom you
don’t have things stuck that’s it for
the #10 blade.
