How to groom cavalier King Charles Spaniel?

Do you want your cavalier King Charles Spaniel feel healthy and look perfect? Grooming is an essential procedure for this dog. Regular grooming keeps your Cavalier clean, healthy. It also prevents problems caused by fleas, ticks, matted hair, uncleaned teeth, excessive buildup of earwax, dirt and bacteria.
Usually grooming a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel isn’t very difficult because these dogs are extremely social and enjoy constant companionship from humans and other dogs alike. However, in order to make grooming easy at the same time fun for you and your dog, you’d follow some tips below:

• First of all, gather all necessary requirements. Probably you’ll need different tools to clean the eyes, ears, brush teeth, bathe, dry, trim nails as well as hair. Again, make sure you have all these things before doing anything else.

• Remember, that before bathing your dog, you need to brush and comb away mats and dead hairs as this become tight and unmanageable when wet. Such dogs as Cavalier King Charles Spaniel require daily brushing to make sure that the coat does not get matted and that foreign objects such as grass and sticks do not become entangled. So comb or brush your pet from top to bottom using the appropriate comb/brush for his coat. You’ll need different types of comb, such as combs with fine teeth, with medium teeth, with coarse teeth and combs with or without handles. Besides there are brushes with short metal pins, slanted metal pins, with flexible plastic pins, oval-shaped brushes and rectangular brushes.

• It’s important to avoid wetting your pet's ears, eyes and mouth. You should clean your dog's ears regularly to prevent excessive buildup of earwax. The cavaliers have excessive hairs growing on the ear canal. You might want to trim this hairs. However breed standards for Cavalier King Charles Spaniel demand that this must be kept long. Anyway, the best thing to do is to ask your vet or groomer about this.

• You should begin shampooing at the neck and move downward. Pay careful attention around the nose, mouth, ears and eyes. After shampoo, rinse your dog thoroughly because shampoo residue will cause hot spots, an irritating spot of bald, itchy, red skin.

As soon as bathing is over, dry your dog. If you need to blow dry your dog, choose a good quality dryer to eliminate or minimize the risk of burning your pet.

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I have two dogs: a cocker spaniel and a cocker spaniel-poodle mix.Let me tell you, they are a handful.The hardest part, beyond having to teach them not to pee on my couch, was having to groom.

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One of my dogs freaks whenever she sees a hairbrush and other water-hating (and I mean hate).Although there is an abundance of animal handlers and do-it-yourself shows in the region, there are situations where I need to be grooming one of my dogs start to finish in my own house (like last week when it rolled in the sleet and left my house smelling like.. . you guessed it, wet dog!).
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Getting a Dog used to Grooming.

It is very important a dog learn to get used to grooming sessions starting from a very young age. The age a puppy must get groomed varies from puppy to puppy depending on the type of coat he has and on the breed, usually this begins at four to eight months of age.It's suggested to bathe your puppy for the first time before he turns eight months old so that he little by little gets used to bath times, to water, to getting dried, brushed, getting his nails trimmed, etc. It's best to put the dog on a table so that he becomes used to it and becomes familiarized with it and stays on top calmly. Usually breeds that need a lot of grooming are not aggressive or rebellious. Their style of living usually involves getting dirty in some cases but usually these animals are very docile.

To groom your dog place him on top of a table, this way you won't have to bend over to clean him etc. You should also place an anti slip mat under his feet so that he does not slip. Do not allow the dog to jump off the table or walk around nervously. If you notice that the dog is nervous and uptight calm him down by talking to him by using a calm soothing voice. Start out by putting the dog on top of the table for a minute at a time at first and gradually go increasing the time. Whenever the dog does well on top of the table make sure to congratulate and praise him for a job well done.

You can repeat this process again after about an hour and continue doing it several times more during the day if you think it necessary. Make sure to encourage the dog during the whole process. When the dog has overcome his fear of being on top of the table, you can then start to brush him coat for a few seconds and then do the same with the rest of the grooming accessories.

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Be patient and careful with the dog you groom

Don't try to rush to get your dog grooming care job done too quickly, go at your own pace and make sure the blade is always flat up against the dog's skin. The best area to start out in is a flat and wide part of the dog's body such as the back. This type of haircut is useful for companion dogs; however, normally dogs that are to be used for a dog show get trimmed. It's important to first visualize and look at areas that need to get cut before actually starting. Let's say you are giving your poodle a haircut; you would have to stop on the top part of its shoulder blade, and at the superior part of its thighs (the paws will need to get done with scissors).

Make sure to always be aware of the precautions and to leave the dog's hair a little longer than you had intended since you can then go back and fix it up. Most importantly is to be very careful and attentive at all moments. Remember that a dog that has been trained to be groomed from the moment he is a puppy is more likely to cooperate than a dog that hasn't.

Nasty mats and scissors: If while brushing your dog's hair you run into a stubborn knot or mat and you don't want to trim the dog with an electric trimmer, scissors are always a good option, however, there are techniques to using them. Never cut the mat by the base horizontally as this will just turn into a big hole in your dog's coat and it is something irreparable and it will not look nice. Just the same way you would untangle knots from the dog's ears is the way you will need to precede to untangle stubborn mats or knots from the dog's body. Very carefully open the mat lengthwise with your fingers then brush it with the de-matting comb.