Even Chesapeake puppies need grooming. They don’t need a lot but they still need to be prepared for the grooming that they will receive as adults. You should start any puppy out weather they need grooming or not by handling their toes because all puppy and adult toe nails grow and need to be trimmed on occasion. It is much easier to start getting them used to this procedure than it is fighting with them as adults when they don’t want it done. You should squeeze each toe and hold on to the paws so the puppies get used to this. I have been doing this since day one and have been trimming their toe nails once a week.
Next I have been wiping their privates as sometimes this will need to be done as adults. Male dogs can have smegma (a green or yellow discharge from the penis) as girl dogs can have tucked up vulva’s that tend to get infected so they might need to be wiped as adults so I was getting them used to it now. As well as wiping their privates I was getting them used to having their ears cleaned. Ear infections can happen and when they do you need to clean the ears and apply medication. Touching the ears and massaging them gets them used to this when they become adults and the treatment is not as stress full.
You should also massage the puppies gums and practice brushing the teeth, you should open their mouth and get them used to that. You should be touching them any chance you can get, this will really help them out as adults.
Giving bathes is important too, why was it important to give a bath? Well let me tell you….our pal Noodles over at Noodle4president is having his very first contest. It was a grooming contest. He wanted the best before and after photos of your pet being groomed. I of course had to enter as I have been practicing grooming on my puppies. Purple girl was the chosen one for this contest. Here is our submission.
You can hop on over to Noodles page and place your vote, contest is open until Sept 4th.
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