"Can I wash my own dog? It can not be that hard can it?" These are the words I hear every day that I take care of my business who works at the Pooch Parlor in northern Idaho. Every time I go to a client through this process, I wonder why in the world something so simple is so damn hard to explain. Wash your own dog may seem simple, but - only if you think and speak "dog" - the language of your own dog.
I have a self-service shop and full service dog grooming and bathing, and I love it! There are dogs and owners of all sizes, every race and every temperament who come to use the dog wash self-service. Most owners are excited, some are afraid, and some are swollen, but no matter what they are or what they do in life, nothing is more intimidating for them as washing your own public dog ! The idea of this can give even the most confident person, the performance anxiety, and for good reason! This is a true test of trust and tolerance and friendship for the person and the animal. And, at a very basic level, it is an honest mirror to the owner, and how he or she deals with life and conflict. The probability of a successful experience for both is totally dependent on the psychological relationship between them, and to a large extent, the ability to both understand the language of the other body. You might be surprised to learn that I have found that dogs are better read supremely human beings are human beings read them. It is this relationship between human and canine shamelessly displayed during bath time, and what makes me work every day with a smile on my face.
My clients have given her dogs in my bathroom stores in more than 10 years, and every year is more entertaining than the past when it comes to seeing normal people who wash their own regular dogs. The average person who comes through our doors is a great success, which usually means - smart - and because like attracts like, so is your dog. And why oh why, they ask, should be so difficult this simple task to clean your dog? I ask again and again: "Well, how I speak dog?" Invariably, their response is a blank stare Therefore, this is the time to ask. "How well you speak dog"
There is much to say about the theories of why dogs and humans behave as they do, but I'm going back to find practical things for your own dog bath. The key is to remember that energy and your dog's personality traits are a mirror to your account. Keep this in mind when trying to put him in the bathtub and he is happy.
1. Decide when bathing your dog. timing and personality traits: Time is important. Watch your own needs in terms of time how your dog will react. Are you the kind of person who is at all times? Or do you need to achieve your day in a planned and systematic? How do you make new experiences? Do you find them refreshing and fun, or feel comfortable with fear of a new activity? Your dog will address the bath time experience in the same way that you deal with life experiences. Remember that your dog will reflect your own personality traits - not necessarily the traits that show the world, but the features that are really into you.
to. Human fun-loving, outgoing and social. If you like regular exercise, then so will your dog. For this type of person and the dog, I suggest you take your dog for a series of exercises before bathing. In the city where I work, we are fortunate to have a beach on Lake designated only for dogs and their humans - dogbeach. There is a long way to run or walk, and there is a great beach for swimming and playing. This is the perfect setting for the time pre-bath. The dog may choose to get muddy, running, socialize, or just enjoy the outdoors. In all cases, the dog is able to spend large energy reserves outside a funny way, like let children play human before nap. If you want to exercise, do something with your dog before bringing in your own bathtub or in a professional center for a dog bath. A common failure of social dog and owner: Just because you're nice, outgoing person does not mean that everyone wants to accept his friendly and outgoing movements. It is hard to imagine, I know, but it's true. If you have a very sociable dog (if you are a social person), it is easy to forget that many dogs (like their owners) are not social and do not appreciate the social demands (such as end-sniffing) of other. Please remember to respect your space in public or otherwise. Keep your dog restrained and under control, even if your dog has friendly intentions.
b. Human and not social, active or inactive. If your personality is not conducive to social interaction, so I always suggest that you walk your dog or do something that you feel comfortable in your life that involves light exercise before bathing your dog . Taking a walk with your dog does wonders to relieve pressure or stress, for both humans and dogs. By getting rid of stressful energies for a walk, which occurs during bath time. Exercise is especially important for people, (I mean dogs) who are very nervous. I recommend giving your dog valerian root (liquid form) or Rescue Remedy (liquid or spray) orally 30 minutes before bathing. Both products are natural remedies to soothe nerves- nervous and works very well for humans as well. If time is important in your life, take your dog to a bathroom self-installation when fewer people are there, usually early or late in the day. A common fault that no dog owner and social: bad communicate within their own species and other species. Many people tend to isolation, often do so because they have never found a way to communicate effectively in human society. Dogs usually have the same problem. I've seen it happen many times that adverse aggressive dog owners inadvertently encourage your dog when they think they are doing the opposite behavior. They do this by projecting their worrisome thoughts on "if" of a social situation. The dogs of this type of act on their own dogs interpretations of their human owners signals. Dogs often reflected the "what's so human fears as the demand for human rights occur in reality the creation of conduct" what-if ". Without intervention and fixation of human limitations by owner (requiring advanced communication skills), it is quite common for this type of dog showing a behavior increasingly aggressive. Most owners are dismayed by the aggressive behavior of your dog, but just have the skills to communicate what their behavior and do not let your dog. I recommend that if you have a dog that shows more and more aggressive consult a behaviorist or trainer dog professional behavior. Just a few simple tricks transmit a specific message to a dog that is more likely misinterpreted your expectations.
Language barriers for humans and dogs. It is not surprising that the lack of communication between the owner and the dog often. If you're a human being who is finding do not understand why your dog does what he does, remember, you learn another language and a different culture. Date time and give your dog time to understand. But do not expect your dog to act like a human being, especially during conflict. Time and practice is necessary for those who are learning a new human language. It is no different learning dog language. We all know how to interpret a human smile on society. When a dog pulls her lips on his teeth, which usually does not mean he is happy! A human dream to greet a new acquaintance feel the ass? Very well! But in the language of the puppy, which equates to shake hands. A dog that moves the head to get the drool from his mouth is no different than a person soften your pants or dust off his shirt for a polished look. The differences are huge, so you and your dog a break if you hit a brick wall bracket.
2. Decide where you bathe your dog: there are many options when it comes to bathing your dog. A. You can use your own spa at home that does not require human socialization - hard on your back, it's very messy, with extended after cleaning, and potentially traumatic for humans and dogs. B. Take your dog to a dog wash convenience store - better for your back, the owner requires some basic social skills and dogs, can be noisy, hairy necessary after cleaning, and it costs more shampoo. C. Lazo dog fence and wash it with a hose in the yard (hopefully a hot sunny day) - not easy to rear, disc dog with cold water, potentially traumatic for nervous dogs , but does not require socialiaing human or a dog. D. Wash the dog in the nearest lake that is popular in my neck of the woods - rear disc requires humans and dogs Social advanced skills, is potentially harmful to the environment, and cleaning can actually have a dog in the lake?
No matter where you wash your dog, think about their own physical limits and the physical limits of your dog. Is it worth ruining your bathroom and hurt your back to wash your dog at home? For clients that I see, the answer is a resounding no! Emotional demands are often a factor for dogs. For example, Retrievers (general) Labrador have no problem swimming in a lake (although clean receiving only), but often resent being retained in a bathtub with a hose sprayer pointed in his direction. For a farm dog who has never been away from home, Tying the fence is better than road transport to the city and asking them to have manners in a grooming shop, or in a lake populated solution . At least from the side of the fence, even with cold water, comfortable with where they are and what is expected of them.
My vote is, of course, to find a car wash Puppy. The team is professional and easy to use, the water is warm (mostly) and dogs usually get deals when they walk through the door, which makes them happy campers. So for those who want to know washing her dog in a laundradog center, here you go:
2. Get your dog in the tub and you get to be there! This grooming shop, the average dog that comes self-service is around £ 100. All dogs are washed at the size where they stand on a rack in the tub. Put them in the bath can be a trick. It's a bit like asking a man to put ice skates and standing on the ice and not worry about how. The best way for the dog and human is not to give the dog time to decide or not. (This is not the easiest task for the timid owners or overprotective). The owner receives a chain or cord fabric that goes around the dogs neck.
Leader: We have drive fast / pull the dog on the stairs with another person on the other end of the dog for a quick boost in the back end. The dog is on the grid, and in the bath before he decided to be concerned. Once the dog is in the tub, the owner agrees them (not something you can do in your bathtub at home) to a variety of metal brackets inside the tub.
Choking: Dogs who are new bath sometimes be triggered in the bathtub and pull the choke collar. We prefer a regular choke collar rope because the dog learns quickly with a collar that is in control of whether or not you feel the feeling of suffocation. The second dog realizes that he controls his own asphyxia, and realizes that its owner will be allowed to learn this (it's very difficult for the types overprotective and / or owners of the parent most of us!), Stops drawing behavior. With a loop of regular fabric, or who does not rule, dogs pull and pull and often never learn that they have control over their own pulling more than any other behavior while bathing. The owners feel like they are causing injury directly and must rescue dog immediately when they hear coughing and sometimes nausea. It is natural to feel concern for his choking dog, but it helps to think of the dog traction and similar to putting a child in his crib for a nap midday cough.
Many human napping kids hate and cry hard enough to cough and gag. If parents to evacuate them from their beds when this happens, the behavior of your child coughs reinforcement. Parents who shows crying and coughing a safe distance when the child can not see them, they soon discover that their babies are napping quietly without waiting to be rescued every time he makes a sound. Naps and bathrooms can not be good to start, but both are essential habits of life. Dogs have the same learning attitudes to the rescue. Homeowners who overreact concern traction (as the dog is on hold), or cry and scream crises, discover that they are encouraging more traction and your dog's tantrums. This point is so important that it bears repeating. The more upset and worried the owner receives the behavior of dogs, rather than the dog's behavior. If the owner is calm and fearless - and expects to your dog, not long before the dog understands that rinsing is only hurting himself, and that crises are a waste of energy. When the owner thinks that all is well despite tantrums and throwing the dog does too, and stop unwanted behaviors agree that today is the day there!
So many owners find this difficult part of parenting, but try to remember, when you expect your dog to learn to control your own anxiety, he will learn, but requires you I learn. The best way to learn to control the anxiety is actually going through the experience of having anxiety and a lot with it. If you're the kind of owner who can not allow your dog to live this emotion without taking control and ownership experience, your dog will learn to enter a state of anxiety more easily because of the reaction to expect its owner. This becomes uncomfortable for the dog and owner, and you can see is a climbing cycle. If you allow your dog to go through this experience of the tub, anxiety, and all you will see that they will calm down and before you know it, you have a dog that allows it to swim! And having own dog is essential for most dog owners. When your dog is quiet, ie, stop pulling the rope and allows the bathing experience, which is the right to express more emotion of happiness with praise and treats time. If you take this time to congratulate your dog, it will not be long before your dog is waiting to be washed with a happy, eager to please attidude.
However, as with any rule, there are exceptions: the old, the very young, asthmatics, and dogs with neck problems or throat should be closely monitored if you have excessive pulling the choke collar.
Ignore or Ignore: Most of the time, I recommend to owners simply and quietly ignore their dogs are protesting for the behavior to stop (and it does), with the exception of a little puppy (like a Yorkie) or Dog old and frail. Young and old dogs who are not accustomed to the baths can damage their trachea or create a medical problem (such as asthma) their nervous behavior are allowed to ride. It is in this circumstance that tell the owners to use a harness to hold the dogs in the bathtub or in the case of a wild puppy, use a sink or bucket where you can dip the dog in the water hot and soap. The puppies are wired to swim and this is what they do if they find their bodies in the water. Swimming is easier to work with the grain going crazy jump. If you choose to ignore your dog in protest to the bathroom, do not forget to give lots of praise when the dog show signs of acceptance and / or begins to fade.
Dry dog: a dog drying depends on your hair type, temperament type and dog grooming experience. If you have a dog with short hair, towel drying is usually sufficient. In the grooming shop, we use high-power hair thick water dogs swelling or double layer, as shepherds, collies and Huskies - and in this case - Standard poodles.
Put cotton in the dog's ears before starting the dryer it is strong. Make sure there is a minimum of play in the rope or chain connecting the dog in the bath, because the more space that the dog must freak out, the more space you will use. Put the dryer at the rear end of the dog and point the side of the dryer to another moving to the head until the water is no longer dripping dog. Most private owners go home with their dogs still dripping anger factor. This is where the above information comes in. Most dogs are nervous at first, but soon learn that the air is just strong, it is not painful. If the owner is calm, the dog will quickly find that state during the drying process.
There are a few steps that occur in the store room, such as brushing, nail trimming, anal expression, ear plucking and cleaning, tooth brushing and scaling and more. You can see 'how' www.thepoochparlor.net information about these specific techniques. No matter who you are or what you do in life, the chances of your dog to have a pleasant experience while bathing is strongly dependent on the dog owner's ability to understand their needs in terms of life and society. Consider all factors, your dog's energy reserves - spare before the space wherever you will increase your chances of success. Consider how much you really know about dog language. Above all, do not forget that you, the owner, is in charge, and if your dog is temporarily in distress to a new situation, you must maintain enough to allow your dog to understand and accept the quiet experience. It is a curious idea that man would have to delve into the fundamentals of their own psychological needs give your dog a bath experience, but if you do, you and your canine friend will have many years of experience happy swimming and successful .
