Dog Grooming Clippers and Blades
Part of dog ownership is coat maintenance. Whether a dog has a short, smooth coat or luscious locks, you will spend at least some time making sure they look their best. Even hairless breeds need to be cleaned, moisturized, and yes, occasionally clipped, as they all have at least a little hair—and often in delicate areas.
If you want a dog to look their best and avoid angry pet parents, a good set of dog grooming clippers and blades are an absolute must. Longer hairs around the face, ears, paws and tail are a magnet for dirt, food residue and excretions. Unfortunately these are the areas that dogs are often very sensitive about, preferring not to be handled.
Training Your Dog For Regular Grooming
Careful desensitization is the first step to successfully learning to groom a dog yourself. Teach the dog that it is fine and even pleasant for you to handle his paws, tail, and face.
But in order to achieve full success in trimming these parts of the dog’s coat, you will need to have consistently pleasant experiences with actual clippers. If the clippers happen to nip the dog early in the training process he will certainly resist more, becoming fearful and less cooperative for subsequent attempts.
How can you ensure that you don’t traumatize a pet while clipping their hair?
Good Clippers: The Secret to Dog Grooming Success
A good pair of dog grooming clippers should be a true joy to use. Add perfectly sharp and well maintained blades and you and the pet will have a wonderful grooming experience.
Low quality clippers will be noisier and have a less smooth action, leading to scarier grooming experiences. Their blades will become dull quicker, which makes the grooming process much slower and less precise and can also contribute to pinching.
On the other hand, a quality pair of clippers will have a reliable motor, smooth action, and a soothing and quiet tone that the dog may even learn to find relaxing.
Sharp Blades Are Paramount
Clipper maintenance is crucial for the continued performance of your investment in dog grooming success. Quality blades will stay sharp for many uses, and if properly lubricated will continued functioning for a long time. Don’t underestimate the importance of getting top-of-the-line clippers and blades for all your dog grooming needs.
Dull blades will take several passes over the same area to catch all the hairs. As the hairs are pulled and rolled through the teeth of the blades they will also tend to tent the dog’s skin, which can lead to painful pinching.
Spare yourself and your dog the aggravation and pain by simply getting quality equipment from a reputable brand. Equip yourself with dog grooming clippers and blades and confidently undertake the task of making a dog look his best—while also building more trust into your grooming relationship.
