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Grooming My Giant Dog In NYC

it's time to wash the floofy Newfie bear get in here news so this is one of the Bengal Bengal Newfoundlands I'm trying to be like that guy that shows the cats on the tick tock oh he's too heavy okay you ready it's time it's bath time you're stinky I took you out in the rain you were running around the field let's go in bath time excellent job Bear's really easy to wash actually because he's just like down for anything but I like to tell him like I do with my patients all the things I'm gonna do before I do them so bear the first thing I'm going to do is turn on the water then I'm gonna wet you I'm Gonna Get You very wet then once that happens I'm gonna get the shampoo and I'm gonna lather you up once you're fully lathered I'm gonna make sure I get all ends washed from top to bottom do you agree high five if you agree okay you agree good the problem with this water is sometimes it has really bad control over temperature so I want to make sure that it's not too hot because for dogs hot water is no bueno the craziest thing about bear is that he looks huge when he's all poofy but when he starts getting wet he's actually really skinny bear how you feeling about this his uh fur is actually a little oily the top layer so it prevents water from getting in they can have a kiss while I wash you thank you so you got to be careful when you get dog shampoo like I did I got the one that's concentrated so you're gonna need to dilute it pretty heavily okay this is your shampoo [Music] this is the version of a dog sponge so you want to introduce it to the dog so he he feels safe with it lets him smell it I mean Bears really laid back so it doesn't matter at all what you're doing but okay now we watch the new make sure we get deep into his skin folds the good part about this rubbery thing is it does a good job of getting through the fur even nuts also when you do this with your dog it should be a fun thing so like bring your dog snacks is great where do you want to snack or do you want to just lick my face your breath's gonna smell better after I brush your teeth though look how much fur comes out of this guy [Music] oh okay I feel like you're concentrating on solving on that problem which math problem are you thinking about clean the butt he doesn't like that go boy bear good boy oh my God look at this I have a special like shamwow-esque product here where you can actually put your hands inside of this it just hugs your dog like it's a giant little loofah giant a little loofah look at that he's being born and I want to do this as much as possible before he starts flicking it off all over the place yeah okay he did it nonetheless wow this is soaked already then I have the next sham wow dog towel these are super absorbent so they do a great job at holding the water and pulling the water off the dog okay come on you see the floors already soaked that he just came out May are you happy hang out here for a second tell me this doesn't look like the Twin Turbo back end of a jet you might look at this contraption and say to yourself why in the world do you need such a crazy dog blower dog skin is too sensitive so you can't really use heat the goal with dogs and drying them especially big floofy dogs like bear is to blow the wetness off of them thank you when you blow really forceful air you could actually see his skin and that allows me as I go through to see if there's any rashes or anything else popping up in the skin also a mistake that a lot of people make with these if you go in like circles like this you could actually create tangles in your dog's hair so the goal is to always do it in One Direction [Music] oh my low back oh the tail stays Waggy right right yeah this is like a shearing blade it's a comb but on the other end it's really sharp so when you're going through his floof it could actually take extra hair out and tangles out a lot of dog groomers will avoid using these because some people overuse them and start like ripping hair out of their dog so you have to be really conscientious about how you use this it'd be fun they said when hair clumps together on a dog like this oxygen and air stops being able to pass through it the dog becomes more vulnerable to skin infections fungal and bacteria I had a groomer for for about a year and then they just started jacking up their prices to like 600 even though this takes only two hours I mean they do come to you but then their scheduling system was a mess and I actually enjoyed doing this the only negative part about this is obviously the hair everywhere so you have to vacuum after and then also the fact that uh my water pressure sucks but otherwise it's great it's very therapeutic it's probably why like moms or dads play with like braid their children's hair it's like it's fun for them and you also see that in other primates I think monkeys love grooming each other too like I'm a monkey right now grooming a bear interspecies grooming do you think he likes it though look this guy drooling this is a wire brush it's like good for finishing his coat but I also use it in between to sort of get some of the smaller tangles out before I go with the bigger brush didn't he get bigger it's because he gets flu here [Music] crazy again whatever thing you use on your dog introduce it to the dog bear hasn't seen us in a little while because I wasn't cooking him so I need him to be calm but I turn this on turn it on let him see that nothing bad happens and then basically I just want to clean up the fur in between his paws here because when it overgrows it can be a problem [Applause] I'm actually surprised Bear's so comfortable with letting me play with his paws because when he was a puppy he actually cut his paw real bad and I had to take Staples out of it after he got an operation and he let me do it like a champ but it's important when your dog's a puppy that you handle their paws regularly for this exact reason so that you can groom your dog here we have a Dremel which is how I shorten Bear's nails if you actually apply a slight pressure to the top of the nail into the bottom of the paw pad like this you can express the nail a little bit further which will allow you to visualize the vein better [Music] foreign to take care of your gums and teeth to make sure that you don't get cavities there is a little annoying when brushing teeth because he likes to eat the toothbrush okay so we can get some of the toothpaste on the toothbrush and bear will give you his teeth and allow you to brush them and he'll eat the toothpaste like I said this is not a glamorous job but it's a job that someone has to do the hardest part is getting the back teeth yeah I'm getting those back teeth don't chew the toothbrush just wait wait before you chew the toothbrush please I actually don't mind when he chews so much on the back ones because then it's like he's helping me brush next we need to clean the inside of well not really the inside more like the outer inside of Bear's ear and I have these special wipes that my vet recommended they're called vets vest they have witch hazel aloe vera and tea tree oil all good ingredients against infections the goal is not to go inside your dog's ear fully but just to visualize the ear and get the gunk out bear gets a lot of gunk in his ears again because of his floopiness of his ears see how gross it is already I also sometimes will use a solution if there's like a lot of earwax or a lot of build up that you actually put into his ear and then let him shake his ear out oh and a lot of people don't let their dog shake their heads when they're cleaning their ears definitely let them because that could mean some water got in there and the way that they get it out is by shaking last part of Bear's grooming routine is to get them outside of the bathroom away from all this hair before we move on to the next section status check-in of the Barefoot hair all right part two we want to get him out of the bathroom because it's really wet in there and hairy so we want to do the finishing touches in here he's already coming to join us all right new we're gonna finish her coat now and blow you out then I'm gonna do a little haircut for you because you're getting a little bit too poofy high five if that's okay okay good play dead [Music] not the most glamorous part of owning a dog shaving his face but he gets a lot of rashes here because of the moisture gets trapped [Music] is this incredible dad well how would bear survive in the wild that's my question he would get so matted so quickly on his first day of being wet he would get skin infections Galore I think this is already more further than we had in the bathroom yeah I know the least glamorous part of having a dog here he's looking back at me as I do it yeah clean my foot gotta keep the back area hygienic right new look at the shine on this coat this is a healthy mammal right here how do you feel you smell nice mmm who's happy who's happy click give me a hug yeah you're happy I think a breath smells nice all right the floof is clean he's dry for the most part he's happy look at how much fur leaves this animal and honestly if I sat here brushing him for another hour probably I could double this but as you can tell it's pretty easy to groom a dog that behaves well so it's important to handle your dog early get them used to you being the owner and playing with them and cleaning their ears and their teeth and their paws because then it becomes a rewarding experience for the both of you that's why Bear's a happy pot right yeah a good one check out Bear's video when I first got him click here to check that out and as always stay happy and healthy

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