I have a question re: grooming, specific to GSD's. I keep seeing online that you should comb/brush a GSD AFTER a bath while he is still damp, vs. before a bath for most other breeds. Is this true? If so, why? Just curious.
Also, how do you get a puppy used to being combed, when he just wants to bite/chew either the comb or your hand? LOL. Right now, I am having to bathe my poor puppy every day because he has mange. The Demodex shampoo from the vet is clearing up the problem, but in the meantime, it's daily baths for a month. Ugh. I'm halfway through, and today noticed that my 3 mo old GSD, Kodee's coat is a little tangled around his hind end. Needless to say, that's not his favorite place to be combed.
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Usually the breeds it is suggested you brush/comb prior to bathing are those prone to matting. GSDs don't matt (unless really longcoated), so no worries - wash away! As a matter of fact when I was a groomer (I sort of specialized in grooming show standard poodles) we rarely brushed/combed prior to bathing. If a pet was extremely matted we used clippers first. If the owner insisted on not having the dog clipped, and there was hope to get the matts out, we still washed first, but used a ton of conditioner & carefully combed out the matts while the dog had the stuff on it. Of course this did not apply to the show dogs, but they rarely had any matts!
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