The complete guide to grooming your pet Golden Retriever at home! This is not show grooming but includes every step of basic home grooming to make your dog look great. It discusses every part of pet Golden grooming, beginning with equipment needed to groom your dog at home, tips for training your dog to enjoy grooming, and bathing, drying, and trimming the dog. The trimming in this video applies to Goldens but any doublecoated dog (Lab, Border Collie, Aussie, Great Pyrenees, etc) can benefit from the bathing and drying techniques!

I am not a professional, these are just some tips and skills I’ve learned while grooming my own Goldens at home. This was a needed update to my last grooming video posted 3 years ago!

~ Quick links to times:
General Equipment: 0:55
Training: 2:20
Bathing: 12:34
Drying: 18:13
Trimming tools: 26:22
Ears: 28:00
Feet: 35:39
Pasterns/front legs: 41:35
Hocks: 45:51
Tail: 50:26
Neck thinning: 53:30
Final look: 55:17

~ Equipment List: (in order of appearance)

Master Equipment adjustable height grooming table
Master equipment grooming arm
Groomer’s Helper (loop and clip)
Hydra Moisturize shampoo
Hydra Senses: Bliss shampoo (was used on Roxanne in the video)
Hydra Senses: Bliss moisturizing serum mist
Hydra Senses: Bliss cologne
Chris Christensen Fair Advantage 2in1 shampoo and conditioner
Shernbao Super Cyclone HV pet dryer
Artero slicker brush
#1 All Systems pin brush
Greyhound comb
Straight shears and basic thinning shears (rounded tips)
Curved shears with curved tips
Small embroidery scissors (sharp tip)
Andis coat rake


Looking for a shorter, more basic video with less equipment? Check out my old video on How to Groom your Golden at Home:    • How to Groom Your Golden Retriever at...  

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