The ideal dog grooming equipment required includes which of the following:

Some curly-coated dogs have double coats that grow continuously like human hair:

A Kerry Blue Terrier should look like the Wired Fox Terrier, but the coat is wavy, rather than wiry.

The Bedlington terrier requires a Roman arch or Roman nose top knot.

Corded coats are very easy to groom once the cords have formed; this is normally done by three years of age.

Wire coats are not supposed to be soft and silky, like the coats of most other dogs.

The best way to groom a wirehaired dog is by plucking out any unruly hairs using your ____________ or a stripping knife.

A cylindrical head terrier will have a long, square, angular beard and protruding eyebrows.

The Wirehaired Pointing Griffon should have a natural looking coat that seems unkempt and medium in length.

Toy breeds should be kept natural and shaped, and are easy to hand-strip.

High frequency electricity with the Long Parted coat can be a problem while brushing.

With a size ______ blade, shave the dog’s abdomen from the groin to the navel and down the insides of both thighs.

The side knot is a very attractive way of keeping the long hair on the top of their head, out of the dog’s eyes.

Trim the pads of a Long-coated small dog with blades ranging from a 15 to 40, using very light touches to clean the pads of long hair

The dogs that fall under the long-coated sporting breeds must be carefully brushed out and combed, as the finished look must look natural.

A smooth-coat will require a good weekly brushing and a monthly grooming session.

Soak the mats in a pretreatment spray.

When cutting a mat out, place a comb between the mat and the skin, and used the curved blunt-ended scissors to cut the mat from the comb.

The ears and eyes should be checked every grooming session.

Hold the ears closed while working around the head or placing cotton wool balls inside the ear to block the ear canal.

If there is a lot of wax further down the ear, then use a cotton bud in the ear canal.

Signs of an eye that you shouldn’t clean:

Dogs with bad or rotten teeth can be made extremely ill by the bacteria from the mouth travelling to other places in the body.

The anal glands are three glands situated internally on either side of the dogs anus.

Using your thumb and index finger push out, ______ and ______ to empty the anal glands.

Before towel drying begins, excess water is removed out of the coat with your hands by running your palms along the coat like a squeegee.

______ dog towels are truly a wonderful addition to your grooming bag.

PPE stands for ______

When a dog is comfortable with the dryer, you can focus on the most effective way of using it.

______ uses gentle, warm air with rapid light brushing to fully straighten the coat to get a quality finish.

When drying the animal, it is important to make your brush strokes long.

To know that the dog’s coat is dry, you will have to look at the entire dog, parting the hair in several places, and checking that the hair is dry from tip to skin.

Trimming the foot correctly will accentuate the dog’s foot and will add to the finished picture of a well-groomed dog.

To remove all the excess coat from the foot pads where you will quite often find matts located in this area you will either use:

Once you have all the hair between the toes standing up, you can begin to trim with either ______ scissors or small scissors.

Trimming the top of the feet and hocks you will want to use a longer blade using:-

Adding ointment or cream on the dog’s foot after soaking can trap moisture and form a sticky surface that the contaminants can cling to, which will cause the dog more issues in the future.

It is important that you make sure the water temperature is warm and comfortable to touch and not too hot, this can be done with your ______

Keep the water nozzle very close to the skin to allow the water to fully penetrate the coat.

Breeds that absorb the water easily will take longer to wet down.