(playful rhythmic music)
- Here we have Ripple.
This is our final grooming dog for the day.
Ripple, as I said, is two.
She has pretty much of what I call a full coat,
but it is not as bushy and quite as long
as Smoocher's coat is.
If I can get you just to turn around here, honey.
Now, Ripple has also been outside today
playing in the mud and the muck,
and you can see that she has a bit of dirt on her paws here.
These paws are still wet.
So, while Hazel...
or Hilda, I'm never going to get her name right.
While Hilda's paws were completely dry after being outside,
Ripple's are still a little bit damp.
Smoocher's were lower as well,
and that's because they have more coat on them.
So, you can use your handy-dandy dry shampoo for this.
All you have to do is,
Ripple, sit honey, please sit; thank you.
(foam whooshes)
Just get a little handful like this.
You just rub it over the paw area
or wherever you're cleaning.
Just like that.
Oh, yes, oh, I know.
Oh yes, you're gonna fall right over.
Although you can't see, or I can't see (chuckles)
'cause she's gonna go upside down.
Now, this is a dog who loves being groomed.
This dog loves being groomed
because she loves the attention.
Then you just brush it out (soft brushing).
If you have a towel, which mine is now on the floor,
you would give it a little wipe,
and you would have most of the dirt off.
Woops, she's stuck in my microphone here.
Just got to get her hair out.
There we go.
So, Ripple is really easy to groom
because she enjoys being groomed.
We spent a long time making sure
that we had a really strong bond with one another,
and that the amount of time she spends just being held by me
is worth it to her.
That's what we're working on with Smoocher's.
You're not going to get that overnight.
You have to work consistently at it.
So, same thing with maintaining Ripple's coat as Smoocher's.
The first thing we're gonna want to do is start working.
We would work right at the back.
Make a line down to her skin.
Take the brush.
Brush out (soft brushing).
You can hear when it's got a mat,
and you can also feel when it's pulling.
Then just move up a bit.
When you do it in nice, small areas like this,
it's really not hard to do.
It's not painful at all for your dog,
and it's not a difficult experience.
(soft brushing)
So you can see, it's not hard to get through it,
whereas if you just took the brush
and simply went like this (soft brushing),
all you would be getting is this first little bit of coat.
Then when you go to the groomer's,
they're gonna tell you, we have to shave your dog down
because the mats are all going
to be down here at skin level.
So, that's why it's important you pull the hair up
right up 'til you can see a line of skin,
and you brush out from the skin out.
Now, if you do have a mat...
Ripple's got a little bit of sticky here.
So, if you do have a little bit of a mat,
then you just going to brush like this.
Quick strokes, and go in different directions
until you get the area completely cleaned out.
Again, use the comb.
Just go through on the angle.
Look, it just goes through like there's nothing there
because you've already removed all of the problems.
See, now here we have a little bit,
but it's easy to do with the comb.
You don't have to go back to the brush.
And then, she's being such a good, little princess,
we're going to give her a treat and tell her
what a good girl she is.
What a good girl, Ripsy-Dipsdy.
Mommy loves Ripsdy (lid shuffles softly).
Mommy loves Ripsdy (lid snaps).
Then same thing on her head.
When they're older, you can use the brush.
You just want to give a little brush
right around the neck area (soft brushing) and the head.
The neck you're gonna want to go down
to the skin, but on the top of the head knot,
and then just follow through like that.
Make sure that there aren't any kinks in there,
any gook, any mats.
Then underneath the ears, of course.
You can see on Ripple's face here
underneath her ear how deeply shaved she is.
Because she plays ball a lot,
she is often in the bushes chasing her ball,
and she does tend to mat up there.
That's it; it's really simple.
It's really quick.
For me to do all of Ripple
full from bottom to top
probably takes me about (sighs)
20 to 30 minutes.
You should do that probably every third day
to keep them mat-free.
Now, that's if your dog is outside running around a lot.
If you're going to bath your dog at home,
make sure you do all of this
before you put them in the water.
Now, a couple other things to keep in mind.
You'll notice none of our dogs are wearing collars.
There's a reason for that.
The collar is always moving around their neck,
and this causes a lot of friction and matting with the hair.
(lips smack) I love you, too.
So, our dogs never wear their collars
except for when they're going out for a walk.
If they're on our property or in the house,
there's no collars.
If your dog wears a harness,
you're going to have the same thing under the armpit
and also right around up on top of their neck there
where the harness is rubbing.
So, take the harness off; don't leave it on.
Take the collar off; don't leave it on.
That way you'll help eliminate a lot of mat problems.
So, I hope that's helpful for everybody.
The main thing is just do it in short bursts.
Always make it so that it's a really fun experience.
If your dog's starting to get annoyed, fidgety,
not enjoying it, break it off.
Leave it; leave it always on a positive note
(playful whispers) with a treat,
a treat and a special kiss,
and your dog will learn to love grooming.
You'll learn it's really easy to maintain
your Labradoodle at home.
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