Keeping a Tidy and Healthy Doberman
The Doberman is an inherently clean and easy to maintain dog. Keeping good hygiene consists mainly of cleaning the Doberman’s areas in the home and bathing, ear cleaning, brushing teeth, and trimming the nails.
Doberman Grooming
Minimal but Essential
The Doberman was originally breed to have a relatively maintenance free coat. It’s short, barely sheds, is easy to wash, and dries quickly. Current Doberman breeding produces this same low maintenance coat but, coat wise, focuses on its beauty. The Doberman’s coat should shine, laying flat and straight, covering the body like a tight T-shit showing off his chiseled muscle.
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Trimming Doberman Nails
Starting Early Brings Cooperation
The Doberman has black nails, making the cuticle within more difficult to see and avoid with the nail clippers. This fact makes trimming a Doberman’s nails more difficult and often neglected. Also attributing to nail neglect is the common opposition many Dobermans display toward nail trimming. This opposition is almost always due to a bad experience when the cuticle was injured.
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Bathing the Doberman Pinscher
Dobermans Love a Good Bath
A good Doberman loves a good bath and it is important to bath consistently every two to four weeks with an appropriate shampoo.
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Ear Care and Cleaning
The Simple Cropped Ear and High Maintenance Unaltered Ear
The Doberman is born with long floppy hound-dog ears. This long floppy ear is difficult to keep clean, is prone to infection, and for a protection dog or a dog that likes to play rough like the Doberman, this type of fragile ear is a liability. It can easily be grasped or damaged.
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Oral Care for the Doberman
Keeping those Teeth Clean and Healthy
Oral care should not be overlooked in the Doberman. Dogs tend to keep their teeth in good order by chewing on bones and their saliva is a powerful antiseptic that limits bacteria growth significantly, but there are still areas in the Doberman’s mouth that seem not to benefit from bone chewing. Also, the Doberman can be rough on his teeth so the mouth should be inspected regularly for wounded guns or damaged teeth that could be causing pain not otherwise displayed.
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