Ten Timesaving Grooming Tips

In This Chapter Making grooming easy for you Getting around certain grooming problems Grooming is time-consuming — there’s no doubt about it. Lucky for you, I’ve got some handy tricks you can use to speed up the time you spend on grooming your dog. The tips that I give you in this chapter are little…

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Ten Popular Myths About Grooming Dogs

In This Chapter Exploring the myths of grooming your dog Discovering why some myths have a basis in fact Spotting a bogus statement Everyone’s heard the urban legends about dogs. Unfortunately, you’ve probably heard so many strange stories through the years that you’re likely to take some of them as fact even though they’re fiction….

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Poodles: A Breed Apart

In This Chapter Understanding why you need to brush your Poodle every day Getting the basics of Poodle styling and grooming Deciding between a pet cut or show clip for your Poodle Discovering the grooming specifics of showing a Poodle If you own a Poodle, you’re probably familiar with the many ways you can clip…

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Tidying the Tresses of the Long-Haired Breeds

In This Chapter Exploring the long-coated breeds Grooming your long-coated dog Preparing your long-haired dog for show Long-coated dogs are among the most beautiful dogs, but they’re also some of the most grooming-intensive dogs to care for. Think big hair — like the double coats in Chapter Clarifying the Corded Breed’s Coif — only with long and…

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Beautifying the Stripped Breeds

In This Chapter Discovering the stripped breeds Finding out how to brush stripped breeds’ coats Stripping a dog’s coat Taking the time to prepare for a stripped-breed show As it pertains to dogs, stripping in a nutshell involves removing the dead undercoat from the rest of a dog’s coat. Most stripped breeds are terriers and…

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Shaping Up the Clipped Breeds

In This Chapter Discovering the clipped breeds Brushing the varied coats of the clipped breeds Handling the coat clippers Readying your clipper breed for a show In this chapter, I discuss the clipped breeds, with the exception of Poodles (I devote Chapter Getting the Sticky and Stinky Stuff Out to that special breed). Certain dogs need clipping…

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Warming Up to Double-Coated Breeds

In This Chapter Understanding what makes a longer-haired double-coated breed Handling the big hair Grooming and grooming your double-coated dog Sprucing up your long hair’s coat for show It’s time to talk big hair. If the short-coated breeds are the wash-and-wear dogs of the canine world (see Chapter Warming Up to Double-Coated Breeds), the double-coated breeds…

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