Nathan Mondrowitz

Our dogs are precious to us. We love them and forgive them for everything, the way they seem to forgive us. But there are some things that can be challenging about caring for another living being — for example, dog grooming and cleaning. Here are a few tips for grooming and for cleaning a household with dogs that we hope will make the task easier for you and maybe even give you more quality time to spend with your doggy.

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Brush Your Dog Often

Brush your dog often to keep shedding under control. Grooming your dog outside is ideal, but when the weather doesn’t allow for it, a room with a hardwood or tile floor will be much easier to clean up afterwards than one with carpet.

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Bath Your Dog Regularly

This is perhaps one of the more obvious tips on keeping your dog clean — clean your dog. The benefits in terms of general cleanliness and fresh smell are clear, but bathing your dog regularly will also reduce shedding.
Here is an article about the issue of how often you should wash your dog.
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Vacuum Instead of Sweeping

Try vacuuming up dog hair instead of sweeping, which tends to stir up more hair than it removes. Vacuuming daily will prevent a build-up of dog hair on the carpet which may then clog your vacuum cleaner. Use your vacuum attachments on furniture and in small cracks between sofa seats where hair often gets trapped.

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Your Doggy Can Help

Train your dog to stay off the sofa and other furniture by creating a special place for him to lie. If that’s just not your style, cover your furniture with a slip cover or blanket that can easily be removed and washed as needed.

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That’s How We Roll

One of the really neat dog grooming and cleaning tips is to keep a lint roller handy for quickly removing hair from clothes and other fabrics, including your car seats. Heavy tape works just as well.

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Immediate Action

When training a puppy, clean up messes right away using paper towels and an enzyme-based dog odor neutralizer which will kill the scent.

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The Natural Approach to Fighting Fleas

Part of grooming your dog, and increasing the quality of life for both of you, is getting rid of fleas. If you’re worried about the use of toxic materials (and who isn’t?) here’s a natural way to fight fleas that you might want to try to avoid or reduce the use of those materials.

1. Every week wash your doggy and the bedding
2. Daily, use a flea comb
3. Use soapy water as a dip to kill any fleas that come off your doggy
4. Daily vacuuming may help but be sure to get rid of the bag to keep fleas from getting out.

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Brushing Your Doggy’s Teeth

You might need a bit of patience to introduce your doggy to brushing their teeth. Here’s a few ideas on getting started on this aspect of dog grooming from Lisa Peterson, AKC expert.
Don’t use toothpaste at the start, just your finger to get your dog accustomed to their lips being lifted and their mouth and teeth being touched. Do with your finger what you will be doing later with the toothbrush – just pretending and doing the actions. Do it for just a little while and over time spend longer in your dogs’ mouth.

For more detailed explanations take a look at these:
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Wipe On Entering

Keep a nylon mat with a vinyl or rubber backing inside the door, as well as an old towel to wipe your dog’s paws or dry him thoroughly on wet days. This will help reduce wet dog smell, keep mildew from forming on rugs or furniture your dog likes to use, and eliminate muddy footprints.

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Safety First!

Clean your home with products that are completely pet safe, such as a half-cup of white vinegar in a gallon of water. Even if you’re using natural cleaners, be sure to rinse thoroughly after use and to store them where your doggy can’t get at them.

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Bonus Tip | For Future Doggies

This may be one of the best grooming and cleaning tips for dogs if you have some flexibility in the type of dog you desire. You may want to try and reduce the problem altogether by taking a look at:

Top 10 Dog BreedsThat Dont Shed

Hope you enjoyed these Top 10 Best Dog Grooming Tips. We hope these great grooming tips will be useful next time you are cleaning or grooming your dog!
If you have a few favorites of your own be sure to include them in the comments below.

Sources:

www.bbcleaningservice.com

marthastewart.com – pet-grooming-tips

Dog-Smell—8-Great-Tips-to-Get-Rid-of-Dog-Odors

www.aspca.org/Pet-care/

Cats-and-Dogs—How-to-Keep-a-Clean-House-and-Enjoy-Them

Helpful-Hints-For-Keeping-a-Multi-Dog-Household-Clean

www.dogchannel.com

Nathan Mondrowitz, Staff Writer

Here’s the definitive list of the Top Ten Cutest Puppy Breeds. We’ve done the scientific research and there can be no further discussion.

Just kidding.

First of all we have to state emphatically that All Puppies Are Cute! Having said that, we do notice that mass attention and volume of photos does tend to go toward certain breeds. We’ll count down the top ten, but we really want to hear from you if you think the order of the Top Ten Cutest Puppy Breeds should be different, or if you think others should be included, or if, perish the thought, you think that some of these don’t belong on the list.

Personal Note:

On the day this is being written, on A Place To Love Dogs on Instagram, we have posted 1447 photos. If you do a general search on Instagram for #aplacetolovedogs you’ll find over 72,500 photos that have been tagged by proud owners who would like to have their dog’s photo seen by the rest of the world. We only display a small fraction of them but I have to tell you, that when I see all those photos, whether dark and out of focus, or bright and brilliantly composed, it touches my heart to think of the tremendous pride and love that every one of these thousands of humans has for each of their own sweet dogs. It is such a privilege to see this outpouring of love and care for these wonderful loving and trusting beings. All puppies are beautiful.

10. Pug Puppies

Pugs have the cutest “saddest” sweetest little faces.

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9. Corgi Puppies

Corgi puppies are a double threat really. Amazing face and unbearably cute little bodies.

This gorgeous doggy is Sydney Sue via tammy.sue79

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8. Golden Retriever Puppies

Golden Retrievers as a breed have such amazing personalities. As soon as I see one on the street I already feel like I’m recognizing a familiar friend. The puppies share this sweet disposition making them even more irresistible even beyond their cute appearance.

For more Golden Retrievers click here

7. Beagle Puppies

Beagles are classic cute puppies. They’ve been used extensively in advertising because they shine their powerful cute glow on anything they are near.

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6. French Bulldog Puppies

French Bulldog puppies are powerful, magical creatures. Just trying walking down the street with one and see how far you get before you have to stop to deal with the outpouring of gentle loving fervor by everyone around you.

For more French Bulldogs  click here

5. Bulldog Puppies

A Bulldog puppy is going to grow up to be a muscular brave strong dog. In direct contrast, the puppies are sweet little bundles that you just want to grab and hold and love forever.

For more Bulldogs click here

4. Dachshund Puppies

Dachshund adults are just crazy cute, but when they are little they’re just too cute to bear!

For more Dachshunds click here

3. Samoyed Puppies

These angelic little babies are like tiny fluffy snowballs that have drifted down to earth from some other mystic world.

For more Samoyeds click here

2. German Shepherd Puppies

German Shepherds as adults seem to be particularly responsible and hard working. They deserve a beautiful care free childhood and have a tender sweetness that just goes straight into my heart.

For more German Shepherds click here

1. Husky Puppies

These puppies are like little royal children, decked out in the finest robes. They are almost unreal in their beauty even while being playful kiddies.

For more Huskies click here

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We’d Like Your Opinions On The Cutest Puppy Breed List

So please tell us your opinion on our choices, but don’t be too hard on us, to separate 10 puppy breeds out of the rest of the puppy world is after all an impossible task.

Dogs and Heaven: The way heaven uses dogs

The fellow worked hard and when he arrived • He looked at the angel and waited for praise • The angel said buddy you squandered your life • It’s really a shame how you wasted your days • To be happy and share it was your only goal • The reason you lived and were given a soul • The fellow said yes But how could I know? • We taught all the dogs Didn’t they tell you so?

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Why dogs are happy…

Dogs are happy because…Dogs are not happy because they have the best of everything, they are happy because they make the best of everything

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Submitted by Nallely J:

when i went in and rescued this wonderful creature she was recovering from a hit-and-run car accident. she had no one and no home as winter just began. now she’s nice and plump and has her pick of any food, bed, blanket, treat she wants and she has my heart.
i used to think i saved her, but she saved me.

Note from A Place To Love Dogs:

This submitted photo and description is so touching. I almost teared up when I read it. It sums up what so many people feel when they have rescued a dog. The sweetness and depth of feelings that we read in the submitted photos and descriptions we receive from all of you is just wonderful. We are so lucky to be in this position where we can receive and share so much love. We named it A Place To Love Dogs, but you all made it come true.

Dogs are inspirational. When I see people and dogs walking together I am often struck by the difference in their demeanors. The people in many instances are subdued, with their heads down in thought or worry. The doggies’ heads are high up in the air, walking along energetically and happily, expecting something wonderous to appear at any moment. And they are not disappointed… because the wonder is not in what is waiting for them around the next corner, but in their capacity to remain constantly open to all aspects of life rushing into their hearts and souls.

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Dogs are the best friends humans have. Shouldn’t we be theirs too?
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Nathan Mondrowitz, Staff Writer

1. Which two breeds are the tallest dogs in the world?

2. What breed has the ability to blush when excited?

3. Which dog was originally bred by monks to guard monasteries because their sharp bark could warn hard-of-hearing monks?

4. Which dog was bred to fight badgers in their dens?

5. Almost all dogs have pink tongues, which two have black tongues?

6. Which dog has 6 toes and can close its ears?

7. In what Beatles song did Paul McCartney record an ultrasonic whistle that only dogs could hear for his Shetland sheepdog?

8. Which rock star saved his wife’s Pomeranian from a coyote by grabbing and wrestling it until it released the dog?

9. Can dogs see more or less detail than humans? Are dogs more or less sensitive to motion and light than humans?

10. What is the only animal whose evidence is accepted by an American Court?

Answers: