How To Dry Your Dog's Coat

Article Title: How To Dry Your Dog's Coat
Author: Kelly Perry

Grooming your dog is very important to his hygiene. Grooming
your dog involves bathing, combing, drying, and cutting the
coat. Proper drying is an important to make sure the coat looks
its best. Even with a good haircut, the coat can still look
messy if not properly dried.

There are a couple different ways that are used to dry the dogs
coat. The most popular way for at home grooming is the towel
dry. The towel dry is very easy to achieve. This is also the
most practical way to dry at home. To towel dry just use a
towel to briskly dry the dogs coat. This method is used with
short haired dogs.

If you have a long haired dog, or show dog other methods should
be considered. The next method used is the cage dry. This takes
slightly more time, and equipment. To cage dry the dog is place
in a cage with a cage fan. This fan or drier is clipped onto the
cage, and blows into the cage to dry the coat. When doing this a
towel needs to be placed in the bottom of the cage. If your dog
is too big for a cage a table can be used instead. The only
problem may be keeping the dog on the table. A leash to keep
the dog on the table may be needed. Keeping an eye on the dog
to make sure they still don't try to get off the table and get
hurt is also a good idea.

Another method that is most often used at a grooming center is
the fluff dry method. This method is used for long haired dogs.
This method takes time and patience. Show dogs are very popular
breeds to have this drying method used. Most often the hair is
not only dried, but straightened as well.

To fluff dry a high speed floor dryer is used. The dryer is
pointed at small sections at a time. The purpose of the small
sections is so that each area can be thoroughly dried and
straightened. The warm air dries the hair as the groomer,
whoever it may be, uses a brush to brush the hair upward. This
upward stroke with the brush will fluff and straighten the
coat. Once one section is completely dried and straightened the
dryer is moved to the next section, and the same process is
repeated. This method takes time to learn the special
technique.

The breed of dog you have will have a big effect on which dry
method you can use. If you have a dog that needs the fluff dry
method a dog groomer is usually the best bet, as not all these
methods can be used at home and still have a good looking coat.

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