How often should you groom your dog?

Answer as always: it depends.

Deke has curly and kinky poodle -like hair which is prone to matting. However, he loves getting brushed and I don’t have much trouble keeping him looking nice.

Delaney has velvety smooth hair but getting her to sit still for brushing is like a damn Olympic event. She likes it but she rolls all over, tries to bite the brush, etc.

Bottom line for dogs who have hair that grows vs dogs with short hair/fur that doesn’t: it’s about every 4-8 weeks.

Deke got his haircut and grooming a week or so ago. He hops into the mobile grooming truck and a couple hours later he looks great. Delaney has to have hers done at the groomer attached to the vet office and go through “Chill Protocol” which is a nice way of saying we need to drug the hell outta her to make her grooming even remotely possible. Hopefully as she gets older and more mature, she will calm down and start to embrace the pampering.

Here is a “before and after” of Delaney.