It means maintaining a well-groomed body starting from the ears, nails, teeth, and coat to keep disease and other forms of harm away from your dog. Here, dog food and nice shelter is not what your dog needs. What you dog needs are dog-grooming supplies especially made for them. Starting off with dog shampoo. For dogs with long, thick, coarse or straight coat, daily brushing and frequent trimming is required. Dogs with smooth coat require weekly brushing. They can be washed occasionally. Dogs with this type of coat are Dachshunds, Labradors, and Dobermans. They tend to be some of the easiest dogs to groom. The color of the skin of the flaps must be pale pink. If there's an unpleasant smell, black/red skin, consult the veterinarian immediately. Dampen a cotton with lukewarm water or oil. Make use of it to clean the entire canal and flaps. Be careful in cleaning, do not go too extremely into the canal. 4. Dog clipper and blades For some, dog grooming means having dog clipper and blades. In fact, god owners love to talk about their clipper for it signifies that they maintain the grooming of their dogs. Some dog clippers have permanent blades while some have changeable ones. It depends on you, however, to choose between the two. The nails should be trimmed frequently for the comfort of your dogs. The third thing that you have to consider is the ears. Make sure to keep your pet's ears clean all the time. A dog with unclean ears is sure to suffer from ear infection. This condition is very painful for your dogs, and worst it can lead to total hearing loss. Taking time to clean up your pet especially dogs will strengthen the connection between you and your pet. In addition your pets would not do such messy things. Grooming and brushing of dog's hair will take away unchained and tangled hair and it would keep your dog free from skin diseases. Dogs that have long hair needs to be cleaned daily while dogs with short hair can leave with daily grooming.