Keeping Your Pet Well Groomed and Clean

Cleaning and grooming your pets is a important part of routine care. It helps keep them healthy and active. Grooming pets can include teeth cleaning, nail clipping, and wiping ears and eyes.

At Summit Dog and Cat Hospital, serving Summit, NJ, we offer different grooming and care services to help your pets stay healthy and maintain great appearance. Read on to learn why cleaning and grooming your pet is important and what it can prevent.

Reasons Why Your Pet May Need Bathing and Grooming

During bathing and grooming, you get the perfect opportunity to inspect your pet's body and check if there are any underlying health conditions. Sometimes your pet may have cuts, lumps, or grazes in places you can't spot in your daily interactions.

Pet grooming and washing is a good way to eliminate messy bumps and stinky smells. In addition, it can help improve your pet's appearance, leaving them smelling nice. You can handle the grooming at home, but if you feel your pet needs more professional attention, you can get help from our veterinarian.

The Importance of Bathing and Grooming

Proper pet grooming is important eliminating ticks, fleas, and shedding. It's also a good way to notice and handle possible health conditions. Grooming takes more than just your pet looking all nice.

It's also a good way to help eliminate unhealthy conditions and unwanted behaviors. For example, some pets don't like grooming and may become aggressive. If this happens, seek help from our vet. A veterinarian can have the proper training to handle pets and will help make the grooming process enjoyable for your pet.

What It Can Prevent

Regular pet grooming and washing can help prevent long hair growth and matting. Matting can seriously cause restrictions in the air flow and even worsen to restrict your pet's movements. With regular grooming, you can also prevent the growth of parasites and dental diseases.

Pets may also need thorough dental cleaning; unattended teeth can cause eating problems for your pet and general pain throughout the day.

Visit Our Veterinarian on Our Veterinary Team for Help

Sometimes, grooming and washing your pet can be challenging due to an underlying health condition. At our veterinary, Summit Dog and Cat Hospital, serving Summit, NJ, we can examine your pet and provide grooming services to keep your pets looking and feeling healthy. Call us at (908) 273-2200.