In fact, instruct the dog to bathe without too much diligence, 10 days, half a month once, because the skin surface of the indicator dog is different from humans, washing too frequently will destroy the bacterial ecology of the epidermis, and cause skin diseases. Bathing the instruction dog is a great way to enhance the relationship between the dog owner and the dog! Here are a few bathing steps for friends to make a reference:
1, brush hair: before bathing, first carefully brush the hair of the whole body of the dog, on the one hand, to avoid being entangled in the hair and comb the waste hair, on the other hand, to check whether the dog has skin. Illness or trauma.
2, flushing: the water temperature of about 40 ° C is ideal, first let the dog adapt to the water temperature, and then from the feet, body to the head, the whole body wet. Be careful that your dog's ears are in the water and the sudden sound of water frightens your dog.
3, rubbing lotion: you must first dilute the bath, from the back to apply the bath, from the back, neck, shoulders, waist, chest, feet, buttocks, tail, should be carefully cleaned, with fingers massage and kneading foam. Be careful of the dog's abdomen, the skin on the abdomen is soft but easy to dirty, you can try to wash it with a sponge. It is important to avoid washing water into the dog's eyes, and if the bath flows into the eyes, rinse off with plenty of water immediately and light eye drops.
4, wipe: you can first use your hands to wring out the water, most of the instructions will be the dog will dry the body by itself, and then the dog owner with a large towel, with the pressure to dry the water, and then with the reverse hair drying, smooth hair drying alternate way, can reduce the time of blow drying. At this time, also dry the moisture of the ears, nose and eyes. Wipe the ears and eyes as far as they look, wipe clean with a cotton swab, and ear drops in the ear canal can refresh the indicator dog and prevent otitis.
5, blow dry: finally use a hair dryer to blow dry, this is a very necessary step, otherwise it indicates that the dog is easy to form hair balls, but also easy to catch a cold. When drying the coat near the face, reduce the air volume, leave about 10 cm to avoid the dog's fright, and do not blow the wind directly into the dog's face. After blow-drying, remember to comb the hair again. Combing hair not only makes the dog's hair beautiful, but also promotes blood circulation and metabolism.
6, dry cleaning: in addition to wet washing, you can also dry cleaning for the indicator dog, dry cleaning is only suitable for the indicator dog that is not too dirty. Dry cleaning agent is a powder, this powder can remove excess oil on the fur, so that the color of the fur is more vivid, when used, the dry cleaning powder is sprinkled into the hair of the indicator dog, and then combed with a comb, but the dry cleaning method is only suitable for short-haired and more under-haired dog breeds.