Sue: First of all we’re going to look at double coated dogs. I—the old English sheep dog the last episode, Shih Tzu, and a Bearded Collie, and we are very lucky to have Lynda here with Thrift, a show beardy, thank you Lynda. We’re going to show you how to get a large dog onto a higher surface safely so you don’t break your back.
First of all, we want to get his front legs up onto the table. Have your hand underneath them very firmly, lifting up onto the table. Keep your hand on him to give him reassurance. Linda is going to hold head for me, I do my daily, lots of my groom in table up against the wall, and especially if you’re on your own it gives you much more control, and ideally have a hook on the wall if you don’t have another person to securely, to hold his head for you.
Now we’re going to start with the breed with the long coat like this is we’ll start at the edges which is the bottom of the feet where I caught the legs right into the middle very much it’s like spreading butter on a piece of bread. You do the edges first in the middle of filling, so you must have methods when you brush in. Clip half, a portion of hair with these clip hairs which you can get from any cheapy shop.
Now, Lynda is bold to long hair show her equipment, which is a bristle brush which we start to right from claw open. Always start at the end of the hair, and work your way up. And this is what we call a lay of brushing which is so important that you can actually see the skin, and there are no knots or whatever. We work up into another section do the bathing in to a time and another section.
Female: This dog is in immaculate condition, however, many dogs do get knots and this is how Sally points and deals rhythm on her Lhasa.
Sally: She’s a little knots away like as fast as you go and it should all come out as you’re brushing. If you carry on just brushing very hard then what will happen is it will actually rip away from the piece of hair that is attached to.
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