Grooming Rescued Mini Schnauzer Named Cash

This is Cash the Mini Schnauzer. His mommy and daddy is soo busy at the moment and could not shower him with attention as often as they'd like to. What with wedding plans, fixing up their new house and meeting deadlines at work all happening at the same time... May & June truly is the busiest time of the year.

His mommy panicked and called me when she saw the wound behind his ear cause by scratching. Time to clean him up...

Grooming process begins with bribery with treats. Just like how children get sweets when they visit the doctor, or ice cream when they visit the dentist... We start off by trimming the nails first.

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Most of the fur is removed first. To check his skin for any scratches, wounds or ticks. It also helps that there's less fur to wash and dry, making the grooming process a lot faster. Fur from his ears are removed. The ear wax are removed with cotton, cotton buds and a special anti-mites ear cleaning solution.
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After Cash has had his bath, he is blown dry. Then a more detailed clipping process.
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Trimming with scissors around areas like face, legs and ears.
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Finish. For practical reasons, his fur is shaved right down to the skin from tummy to just before

his chest. Picture on the right shows cleaned ears.

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Top view of his head, and his paw is clean shaved so that it's easy to wash off mud and dirt.
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A happy dog feeling cleaned, pampered and light.