Grooming your Bull Terrier

Bull terriers are compact muscular dogs with perky ears and short, fine fur. They tend to be very easy to groom as they have fine short fur and very few problems with odor or infections. However, even they need some grooming in order to keep their coats, ears, teeth, and nails healthy and to promote bonding between the dog and the owner.

Praise Your Dog a Lot

Being relatively easy to care for, bull terriers do not need to be bathed nearly as often as many other terriers. In fact, it’s recommended that you only bathe your bull terrier about once a month or even once every few months. It’s all their coat needs for outside assistance, and too much bathing can badly irritate your dog’s skin which makes it very hard to clean since shampooing will lead to further irritation. Use canine shampoo and pay special attention to their neck as this is where fleas can gather. You’ll also need to praise your dog a lot; bathing isn’t easy on anyone and it’s a rare dog which enjoys it.

Trimming the Whiskers

At about the same degree of regularity, you’ll want to trim your bull terrier’s whiskers in order to keep your dog looking tidy. Some owners prefer not to trim whiskers and that’s fine too. You’ll also want to clip your dog’s nails, especially if he is prone to long nails, either by family history or because he doesn’t spend as much time walking on rougher surfaces. You can either clip or file them down, depending on how long they get.

Get Rid of Shedding Hairs

Most of the time however, all you’ll need to do to groom your Bull Terrier is brush it weekly with either a rubber brush or a knobby grooming glove. This way, you get rid of shedding hairs before they make a mess and can help spread the dog’s natural coat oils around where it will do the most good. Regular grooming also helps you keep an eye on the health of your dog’s skin and maintain your dog’s shiny coat. You can also mist your dog’s fur with coat gloss after a bath to make his fur extra shiny.

The one part of the bull terrier that you’ll want to watch when you are grooming your dog is the ears. Ears have to be gently cleaned out once a week or so in order to prevent a build up of dirt and wax. While bull terriers aren’t particularly prone to ear infections, the fact that they stand up as opposed to being flapped down means that they have more exposure to dirt and dust and so need to be cleaned with some regularity.

Easy to Learn

The final part of the bull terrier which will need cleaning regularly are the teeth. Using canine toothpaste, brush your dog’s teeth daily with a brush or a finger brush to remove plaque before it becomes problematic. Bull terriers have to be exposed to tooth brushing as early as possible in order to tolerate it, so begin a regime when your bull terrier is a puppy in order to prevent fights later on.

It’s very easy to learn how to groom your bull terrier; they require very little maintenance, especially compared to other breeds; and it can be very enjoyable for both you and your dog.