Use the Appropriate Dog Grooming Tool in Readying the Feet of You Dog For BathingNow the dog grooming tool of choice will be your dog grooming clippers with a #30 blade attached to it. What you are going to do is to remove the hair from under the paws of the feet. With your dog on the dog grooming table and facing the same way as you had him when you trimmed his nails, bring his paw back and up in the same manner. With your dog grooming clippers in hand you will want to wipe the excess hair from under the paw by laying your clipper blade flat and sliding it over the paw.
Note on big dogs that run free I would only wipe the hair from under the pads of the paw since the hair gives their feet some protection. On other breeds of dogs that grow long hair this procedure is useful.
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Next you will want to remove the hair from between the big heel pad and the two pads that adjoin it. Do this by gently pushing up from under the paw, you will find that the pads separate some, then take you clippers and go lightly into the crevice and back out in a shoveling motion. This should remove the hair from in there.
