Brushing your dog

Do you know the importance of brushing your dog daily??  It is often an overlooked aspect of the dogs health as people do not associate brushing the dog's coat with promoting good pet health.  But the truth is, brushing does promote healthy skin.

Brushing can reduce shedding.  Dogs do shed their fur and by brushing, you remove the dead hair and therefore you wont find much hair around the house.  Most people brush once a week and claims that their dog sheds a lot.  But I think, its because they wait too long and all the dead hair is all over the place and so they feel that the dog has 'shed' a lot.  If you brush daily, removing most of it, you can hardly find any hair around.

Another reason why brushing is so important is because it prevents bacterial build up.  Dogs shed its fur and also dead skin.  If the dead fur and skin is not removed, they get caught in the deep layers of the dogs fur and subsequently the dead skin may begin to grow bacteria and this could lead to skin problems and also bad odour.

Dogs also have a natural layer of oil on the skin and brushing will help distribute the oil evenly.  This natural oil is very importand and bathing them to often with harsh shampoo will take this oil away.  Only give your dog a bath when necessary and not every other day. Once every two weeks is fine, but if your dog is really clean, you can even do once a month.  I bath my dogs once a month and yet when I go walk them, I would often be asked this - "did your dog just have its bath???" hahahahha, its the magic of brushing them daily that makes them pretty....

Lastly, the dogs enjoys it.  They love being touched and brushing is one of the ways of giving them this attention.  Apart from all that,  you will have a dog that looks absolutely gorgeous and will turn heads when you walk them :)  Whatever breed it may be, short hair or long hair, you need to brush them.

Remember that the morning sun is very very imporant and very very good for the skin too! If you see your dog sitting under the sun, dont scold it and ask it to come in......they know what they are doing.