Is Professional Dog Grooming Really Required?

If you can do it yourself, why do you need to pay someone else to give your dog a bath, trim its nails, brush its coat, and maybe do a little hair-snipping? New dog owners often wonder the same thing. Professional dog grooming is highly recommended, because even when you are handy with the scissors or the nail clippers, or think you do a fairly thorough job cleaning your dog's coat with every home-grooming session, you still might miss important things that can cause health and hygiene problems for your beloved pet. This is why the occasional trip to the groomers is needed not only to give your pet a nice new do, but also to keep them healthy.

Professional groomers have all the proper tools to ensure safe grooming. They also use the best products to make sure that they stay healthy. Proper grooming tools are very important as they are designed to make grooming safe for the dog as well as the groomer. The best grooming facilities even use organic products as much as possible to avoid the negative effects of chemicals in other commercially available products. Professional groomers are also trained to handle your dog properly, which means avoiding unnecessary injuries (in your dog or yourself), especially when trying to clean sensitive areas like the ears, the mouth, between the paws, and elsewhere.

Perhaps most importantly, a professional dog groomer can more effectively check for injuries, abnormalities, skin diseases, and other less-obvious conditions that your pet might be suffering from. A professional groomer has a better eye for detecting skin abnormalities, infestations, and other health conditions that you might not recognize right away. Taking your dog to the groomers on a regular basis is also equivalent to a physical exam, where you can make sure that they stay clean and at the same time healthy.