Detangling of the dog’s fur: treatments and advice
The love we feel for our four-legged friends is truly indescribable, as is their unconditional love towards us.
It is therefore inevitable that their well-being is particularly important to us, because we know that to preserve their health it is essential to ensure a healthy lifestyle.
However, not everyone is aware that, in addition to a healthy diet and constant movement, it is essential for their health to guarantee hygiene.
Oh yes, because, although often underestimated, we need to pay a lot of attention and dedicate time to caring for the fur of our animal friends, especially if they are long-haired.
But let’s go into more detail on the issue, focusing on how to avoid and then treat the knots that could form in the fur of our dogs if the one that is instead it should be constant hygiene.
The knots in the dog’s fur
To maintain our Fido’s fur well-kept, clean and fragrant, all possible precautions must be taken. This also means making use of innovative and natural products. The fur of our four-legged friends is really very delicate (in this -> article we explain why). It is for obvious reasons, especially the long one which is easily subject to the formation of very annoying knots.
So what to do? The first simple gesture to do to prevent the facilitation of the formation of knots is to brush the coat daily or almost daily. Then guarantee regular grooming, be it professional or DIY, in order to protect our dog from dirt and any parasites it may come into contact with.
If not treated properly, knots can cause infections and irritation and even breakage of the hair. Knowing how to act is therefore important. So, how to behave and what to do to untie the knots? Let’s go and see.
Where knots are formed
It should be noted that untying hair knots is a practice that causes our dogs a lot of discomfort and pain, which is why it is important to act with caution and above all use products suitable. Just as it is also essential, if your dog is particularly agitated, let him calm down before continuing with the untangling.
Although knots tend to form throughout the dog’s coat, there are specific critical points where they form more easily.
The most critical areas are those behind the ears, under the neck and in the genital area. These types of knots are formed especially when the dog is forced to scratch itself repeatedly due to poor hygiene and therefore attacks by fleas or ticks.
So what can we do to prevent the formation of knots and avoid discomfort and annoyance to our beloved dogs and cats?
How to untie knots
Before we get into this part of the discussion, we would like to reiterate that knots are formed due to poor hygiene and care of the coat of long-haired dogs and cats. Also remember that regardless of their shape, knots cause some discomfort to our faithful four-legged friends. So, as you may have noticed, there are many reasons that push you to pay close attention to the care of their coat.
Having said that, let’s now find out what we should do when we notice that our dog has knots.
If while stroking their fur we notice the presence of knots, and that perhaps they have already become too hard, closed and compact, never remove them with scissors and, be careful, never use a comb to untangle the fur. By doing so you would only make the situation worse and also cause pain to your dog.
What you should rather do is rely on expert groomers or resort to the use of specific products that facilitate untangling without damaging the hair, including detangling shampoo and conditioner that open the knot without breaking the hair, nourish it and restructure it.
We at Aries Soluzioni Naturali always recommend natural-based, 100% organic products. From our experience we know how effective they are while at the same time respecting the delicate skin of our animal friends. By virtue of all this, to eliminate and prevent knots and felt we have created an entire line of specific products Break Up line.
