Grooming, washing and nails

Grooming is the half hour a week where you have your hands on the whole animal. Most of what is on these pages is about what you find while you are doing it rather than how the coat ends up looking.

Every page names where its facts came from, and where a source did not give a number, the page says so instead of making one up.

What shampoo is safe for a dog or a catThe dog flea product that can kill a cat, in the words of its own approved label. Essential oils, and how to read the back of the bottle.Grooming a catWhat brushing is actually for, what to do about a mat and what not to do, nails growing into the pad, and the short list of reasons a cat needs a bath.Bathing and grooming a dogBrush before water, rinse longer than you think, why a human hairdryer is the wrong tool, and what an ear is telling you.