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Dog Grooming For Dummies [Paperback]

Margaret H. Bonham (Author)
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April 10, 2006
Handle grooming yourself to save money and bond with your dog

Brush, bathe, and clip your dog like a pro!

Whether your dog is destined for a career in the show ring or a spot on the living room couch, good grooming is important. This friendly guide shows you how to develop a grooming routine that will keep your dog clean - and strengthen the bond between you. It includes detailed, step-by-step grooming instructions for all types of coats.

Discover how to

  • Train your dog for grooming
  • Care for nails, teeth, and ears
  • Use clippers and scissors
  • Groom specific types of coats
  • Prepare a dog for the show ring

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From the Back Cover

Handle grooming yourself to save money and bond with your dog

Brush, bathe, and clip your dog like a pro!

Whether your dog is destined for a career in the show ring or a spot on the living room couch, good grooming is important. This friendly guide shows you how to develop a grooming routine that will keep your dog clean — and strengthen the bond between you. It includes detailed, step-by-step grooming instructions for all types of coats.

Discover how to:

  • Train your dog for grooming
  • Care for nails, teeth, and ears
  • Use clippers and scissors
  • Groom specific types of coats
  • Prepare a dog for the show ring

About the Author

Margaret H. “Maggie” Bonham is a four-time award-winning professional dog, cat, and science fiction and fantasy author who lives in Colorado. She has worked as a vet tech, grooming dogs for clients. She also has groomed various dogs as pets and for show. She has trained more than 50 dogs in sledding, agility, packing, obedience, weight pulling, and conformation, earning multiple titles on several of her own dogs. She has written educational coursework (dog agility and activities) for dog trainers with Thomson Education Direct. She also is a professional member of Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT). Maggie has been a professional writer since 1995, writing novels, nonfiction books, short stories, courses, educational materials, and articles. Her books include Having Fun with Agility; A Dog’s Wisdom: A Heartwarming View of Life; The Complete Guide to Mutts: Selection, Care and Celebration from Puppyhood to Senior; Bring Me Home: Dogs Make Great Pets; Bring Me Home: Cats Make Great Pets; The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Labrador Retrievers; The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Dog Health and Nutrition; The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Designer Dogs; The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Golden Retrievers; Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers; An Introduction to Dog Agility; Northern Breeds: The Simple Guide to Getting Active with Your Dog; Cancer and Your Pet: The Complete Guide to the Latest Research, Treatments, and Options; Your Siberian Husky’s Life: Your Complete Guide to Raising Your Pet from Puppy to Companion; and Prophecy of Swords. Her work has appeared in various national publications including Dog Fancy, Dog World, Dog and Kennel, Pet Life, Pet View, The Dog Daily, The Daily Cat, Catnip, Natural Pet, Contract Professional, and Mushing magazine. She has been a columnist and contributing editor for Dog and Kennel and PetView magazines, and she was a frequent contributor to Pets.com and Vetmedcenter.com Internet sites. She is editor of Merial PawPrints, a newsletter that covers topics about dogs and cats and is distributed to veterinarians for their clients. Maggie currently trains various breeds for agility, sled-dog racing, obedience, and conformation. She lives with many purebred and mixed breed dogs, and one cat.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (April 10, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0471773905
  • ISBN-13: 978-0471773900
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #141,152 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I am an award-winning author of thirty books living in the wilds of Montana as a Colorado refugee. Because I love confusing people, I go by Margaret H. Bonham with my pet books and M. H. Bonham in my science fiction and fantasy. I train in shotokan and ninjitsu martial arts, I race sled dogs, and podcast. I frequent science fiction conventions, so be sure to check out my blog for places I'll be at.

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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Dog Grooming for Dummies October 10, 2007
Format:Paperback
This book is full of useful information, but unfortunately it is lacking in illustrations or photos that would help the "Dummies" learn from scratch how to bathe, clip, and otherwise groom their dogs. This is too visual/hands on a process to be simply described in words.
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book was a disappointment: was not about grooming your pet to a certain cut, or which parts to do first, blade differences for paws and ears, but more about how to get your dog into a tub or be brushed. Some nice tips on getting nasty things out of fur, but anything more than that, the book seems to recommend going to ask your local pet groomer to teach you. Not helpful for folks looking to undertake seriously grooming their pet. I did try the Everything Dog Grooming book, which was much more helpful.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By L. Cain
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This was purchased just in time to supplement the adult Ed. Intro to Pet (dog) Grooming classes (10 hours) at the local JVS.
The class is strictly an INTRO to dog grooming, BUT, was disappointed that instructor/school for our $150 fee did NOT give us an actual book on the subject. We got some printed copies of pages from insructor's book...
DOG GROOMING for DUMMIES is a GREAT source for home groomer want-to-be's.
I think it is well written and not at all boring.
I am glad I got it for I have 2 new pups and two older dogs, and, I I have found out, I can do a LOT more for both me and the dogs' benefit.
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Any one with a pet should read this book. I learned things that was new to me in the way a pet should be fed groomed and treated.
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I know that when I think of grooming, the vision of the froufrou doggie beauty parlor springs to mind, complete with bows, silly hairstyles, and nail polish. Read the first page
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