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Grooming Your Dog

Grooming is vital for healthy dogs, not only to take care of their skin and coat, but also to get the dogs used to being handled. This section is full of Dog shampoo, Dog Towels, Dog Combs and Dog Brushes. You will also find a variety of gentle Grooming aids for Puppies, including Puppy Grooming Kits. We have the comprehensive Crufts Clipper Kit and mini and large nail trimmers for all your home grooming needs. The uniquely designed Ancol Knot Buster is a must for getting rid of your dog's tangles and knots easily.

Tick Information: Lyme Disease is hugely underestimated and can cause major problems in both dogs and humans. In dogs Lyme Disease can cause lethargy, swollen joints, loss of appetite, swollen lymph nodes and high fever.

Prognosis in dogs is good, so long as the disease is spotted early and it can be treated with antibiotics, but it can re-occur resulting in further treatment.

Prevention, therefore, is a better solution. If you see a tick on your dog, try to remove it as soon as possible (the Mikki Tick Picker will help you do this easily). There is conflicting advice about putting substances on the tick to kill it - ie lemon juice, white spirit or vaseline. This can have the effect that the tick goes into shock and regurgitates the contents of its stomach back into the skin, thus placing more bacteria into the dog. Clean the area and make sure none of the tick is left in the skin. To prevent further ticks use a repellent - the Skudo Tick and Flea Repeller or a chemical solution such as Frontline. Most of all - check your dog (and yourself!) regularly, especially after forest and long grass walks.

Johnson's Veterinary Calm-eze Tablets, 36's

Price: £3.99