Joanna from Enia, a Barcelona grooming salon, walks through how to bathe your dog at home like a professional. She covers shampoo choice, the right technique, and coat care so your dog comes out clean without stress.
Hi, I'm Joanna from Enia, a dog grooming salon in Pared del Valle's Barcelona. She's Bimba, a Maltese that her owners left us. In collaboration with Beforation, we're going to show you how to brush her in the previous video. Now we're going to bathe her. Well, now we're going to bathe her. First, I wanted to explain shampoos. Shampoos usually come in concentrated form. We have these little bottles that you can mix in one part shampoo with the rest of the water. Each shampoo has its own ingredients that you can m. In this case we've used white hair and we've also mixed it with a moisturizing shampoo. The first one is usually a cleanser to remove dirt. You can always go to your trusted hairdresser for advice on which shampoo would be best for each type of coat. Because a short haired dog is not the same as a long haired dog in terms of hydration and short hair in terms of shine, etc. For for her we are going to use, as I said, a cleanser and a mix shampoo for white hair with hydration. We are not going to use a mask normally if it is for maintenance. If you keep her at home, it would be advisable to use a mask to hydrate the hair. But since the client has asked us to cut her well for the purpose of doing the cut, it is better so that it does not get marked and so on. So we are not going to use a mask. Warm water, always, always warm. A little colder than what we notice. In other words, if we like it warm, one degree, two degrees less. Okay, we start by wetting the animal. We have to be very careful not to get water in her ears because it can cause otitis and other diseases. So we start by wetting her from above and letting the water fall off. This depends on what is most comfortable for you. If the dog, for example, is more comfortable being held by one hand and so on, then you, more than anything, want them to be comfortable in you too. Always let the water that falls when it is in the ears fall from top to bottom. Don't lift the ear and put the stream in. Let's use this one first. Let's move it well and start from up here and then here on the paws with the other hand, move it so that the shampoo absorbs the water and remains stagnant. The problem with these shampoos, right? Well, yes, for us a bit, is that they don't foam much. So it gives the impression that they don't clean, but then they leave it very well. When you bathe a long haired dog, what you don't have to do is rub too much, because if you rub, you create knots. So grab the hair when the shampoo is well impregnated and pull it. Since the shampoo is trapped in the water, once you have done it, moving it will be easier. It is always important to let it sit for three to five minutes so that it penetrates the hair follicle well. While it's working, you're going to give it a little massage. You're going to calm it down, okay? We rinse and rinse in the same position. First the head, because it's the highest point. And you're going to remove the excess shampoo. You're going to lower it and if you can, you're going to help yourself with the other hand.
Okay?
Once you've removed the foam from the first wash, before all the water has run out, then you do the second one.
Okay?
You apply it as before. It's important to always wash your dog with shampoo because of their ph, because shampoos are already prepared for all of that. No shower gels or our own things, or our own shampoo or masks, because what they do is alter the ph. So here we start the same. We start with the back leg. We rub.
Okay?
Now we let it sit for a while. The mask. There are also many masks on the market. What you need to look for is one that matches your pet's hair type. This isn't it for us. Well, I have one that's designed to moisturize this type of hair that's more porous and absorbs more. As I said before, if I did it now, it would give it too much moisture and then the issue of cutting it would show up more. But the issue of maintenance would be to put it on.
Okay?
Regarding baths, these dogs are like all dogs. Not all dogs can be bathed. The same dogs that live outside and so on have a hard time. Well, those will take longer to bathe. But these dogs that live inside the house, who are used to getting on the couch, in bed with us, sleeping and so on, need to be cleaned. So with good shampoos they can be bathed every 15 days. When bathing short haired dogs, the procedure is the same. You start on the same side and so on. What happens is that we normally use a type of glove to remove the coarse hair, which is what they release, and to remove a little more dirt so as not to leave it because their hair is a little stiffer than these dogs and it was rougher on the hand. So with a glove, you will be able to create more lather and remove more hair and dirt. Well, to rinse it off, we start with the head of shedding dogs like golems, German shepherds. And so when you bathe them while the soap is working, what you can do is brush them to remove excess hair and allow the shampoo to penetrate better.
Okay.
We wring out the water well as much as we can and squeeze it a little.
Okay.
It is important that when you take the towel, you do not rub it, because when you rub it, it tends to get knots. Then you have to take these dogs and start squeezing them a little bit. And that way you dry them a little, you remove the excess water.
Okay, we're done.
If you like the subject of animals and want to learn about dog grooming, you have at your disposal before masi oacuten.com and there you will find all the information you want to find about it. And if you have any questions or want to know more about dog care and so on, annapulukorea canina.com or if not, search for Neopaleucorea Canina and you will find our information too. Okay, well, thank you very much and greetings.
