Welfare Grooms

Firstly. If you have concerns about your pets condition and welfare, please always speak to a Vet and take their advice. If you notice irritation or sores, your vet should always be the one you seek help and support from.

In our ever busy lives, we all look to save time and reduce the hours we need to spend on the tasks we don’t necessarily enjoy, such as mowing the law - hence the increase in ‘fake’ lawns.

The increase in woolly mixed breeds, such as Cocker-Poos (or most Poodle cross breeds) has been partly due to us wanting pets that don’t moult. Unfortunately, sometimes we welcome these breeds into our families, without realising that their coats need quite a lot of maintenance.

Without regular grooming, their fur can matt.  Once this matting process starts, it continues rapidly.

The coat twists and knots together, creating a felt like structure called matting.

This can be extremely uncomfortable and painful for the dog.   As it continues, it pulls against the skin causing irritation.

Matting can become a real welfare issue if it is not dealt with.  It may feel similar to having your own hair pulled to the point of pain (In some cases, it can knot and pull the hair out).  The skin can become sore and irritated, moisture can trap between the fur and skin; causing an ideal breeding place for bacteria. infection can set in and you can end up with a painful condition and a very poorly pet.

If you have not yet reached that point and you can see you are starting to get a problem, sometimes the only way to remedy this, is a full clip.

This can be time consuming (depending on the severity) and often, we don’t know what may lay beneath a matted coat. 

If you find yourself in this position.  Please contact me and we can assess the situation and come up with a solution.  Your pets welfare is at the heart of everything I do.