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CONTENTS Introduction Part 1 What You Need To Know Chapter 1 Breed Groups and Coat Types Dogs The Breed Groups The Gundog Group The Hound Group The Pastoral Group The Terrier Group The Toy Group The Utility Group The Working Group The Coat Types Double Coats Silky Coats Smooth Coats Wire Coats Wool Coats Cross Reference System Cats The Coat Types Long Coats Short Coats Curly or Wavy Coats Wire Coats Hairless Chapter 2 Equipment & Techniques Combs Dematting Tools Coat Kings Stripping Equipment Clippers Looking After Your Tools Recommended Maintenance of Clippers Use of Clippers Blades Comb Attachments Scissors Scissor Use Scissor Exercises Nail Clippers Ear Care Tool Box Restraints Finishing Touches Grooming Tables and Work Stools Oiling Equipment Sterilising Chapter 3 Pre ¿ grooming and General Care Eyes Ears Mouth Facial Care Nail Care Anal Glands Conditions Causing Hair Loss Lumps and Bumps Skin Tumours Hernia Chapter 4 Preparation Dogs Handling Introducing a Dog to Grooming and Handling Human-Dog Interaction In the Salon Dog-Dog Interaction Grooming Out Matted Coats Rough Trimming Cats Chapter 5 Skin Conditions Structure of the Skin Skin Functions Skin Glands Claws and Footpads Claws Footpads Coat Growth Parasitology Terminology Life Cycles of Common External Parasites Life Cycles of Common Endoparasites Chapter 6 Bathing & Drying Dogs Shampoos Drying Drying Equipment Towel Drying Hand-held Driers Stand Driers Cage / Cabinet Driers Cats Chapter 7 Basic First Aid Aim and Objective Evaluation Initial Management Handling and Transport Checks and Observations Life Saving Techniques Bleeding (haemorrhage) Shock Heart Condition Poison Insect Stings Fractures Dislocation Soft Tissue Injury Wounds Eye Injuries Paraphymosis Metabolic problems Diabetes Mellitus Epilepsy Heat Stroke Bandaging Anatomical Directions Chapter 8 Diseases Micro-organisms Incubation of the Disease Infection Methods of Disease Control Bacteria Viruses Fungi Protozoa Zoonoses Diseases of Dogs Canine distemper Canine infectious tracheobronchitis (kennel cough syndrome) Canine parvovirus Canine viral hepatitis Leptospirosis Rabies Diseases of Cats Feline leukaemia (FLV) Feline panleucopenia or Feline infectious enteritis Chlamydiosis or Feline pneumonitis Feline viral respiratory disease Feline infectious anaemia Feline infectious peritonitis Feline immunodeficiency Immunity Part 2 Getting Started Chapter 9 Bathing and Drying Techniques Smooth Coat Double Coat ¿ Type One Double Coat ¿ Type Two Wire Coat Wool Coat Silk Coat General Grooming Points Terminology Trimming tips Scissoring Feet Round Feet Tight Feet Natural Feet Cat Foot Padded Hocks Layering the Coat Chapter 10 Checklists 1. Health 2. Pre-trimming 3. Dog Bathing 4. Dog Drying 5. Cat Bathing 6. Cat Drying 7. Hand-stripping 8. Colour code 9. Blade sizes 10. Maintenance of Equipment 11. Trimming Chapter 11 Breed Profiles Use of breed profiles and grooming tips. Afghan Hound Airedale Terrier American Cocker Spaniel Bearded Collie Bedlington Terrier Bernese Mountain Dog Bichon Frise Border Collie Border Terrier Bouvier De Flandres Boxer Cairn Terrier Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Chow Chow Clumber Spaniel Cocker Spaniel Dachshund ¿ Long Coat Dachshund ¿ Smooth Coat Dachshund ¿ Wire Coat Dandie Dinmont Deerhound Dobermann English Setter English Springer Field Spaniel Flat Coat Retriever German Shepherd Giant Schnauzer Golden Retriever Gordon Setter Griffon Bruxellois Irish Setter Irish Terrier Irish Water Spaniel Irish Wolfhound Italian Spinone Kerry Blue Terrier Labrador Retriever Lakeland Terrier Lhasa Apso Lowchen Maltese Miniature Schnauzer Newfoundland Norfolk Terrier Norwich Terrier Old English Sheepdog Papillion Parson Russell Pekingese Polish Lowland Sheepdog Pomeranian Poodle Rough Collie Samoyed Schnauzer Scottish Terrier Sealyham Terrier Shetland Sheepdog Shih Tzu Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier St. Bernard Sussex Spaniel Tibetan Terrier Welsh Springer Spaniel Welsh Terrier West Highland White Terrier Wire Fox Terrier Yorkshire Terrier Cross ¿ Breeds Grooming Competitions Associations Reading Material
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Dogs -- Grooming.
Cats -- Grooming.