{"id":8,"date":"2026-10-11T00:07:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T12:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-groomly\/how-often-should-your-dog-be-groomed\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T00:07:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T00:07:39","slug":"how-often-should-your-dog-be-groomed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-groomly\/how-often-should-your-dog-be-groomed\/","title":{"rendered":"How often should your dog be groomed?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is no single answer: how often a dog needs grooming depends mostly on its coat, its lifestyle and how much brushing happens at home. These rough intervals are a good starting point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By coat type<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Curly and long coats<\/strong> (poodles, doodles, bichons, shih tzus): a full groom every 4 to 8 weeks, with brushing at home several times a week.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Double coats<\/strong> (huskies, shepherds, golden retrievers): a bath and de-shedding brush-out every 6 to 12 weeks, more often when they shed. Their coat should not normally be shaved.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Short, smooth coats<\/strong> (labradors, beagles, boxers): a bath, nail trim and ear check every 8 to 12 weeks is usually enough.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Wire coats<\/strong> (many terriers): a tidy or hand strip every 6 to 10 weeks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Signs your dog is due a visit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Knots behind the ears, under the legs or on the tail<\/li>\n\n<li>Nails clicking on the floor<\/li>\n\n<li>Hair covering the eyes or growing between the paw pads<\/li>\n\n<li>A coat that smells or feels greasy soon after a bath<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Puppies benefit from short, regular visits from an early age, once their vaccinations allow, so grooming feels normal. If you notice redness, sores, lumps or a bad smell from the ears, see your vet: those are health questions, not grooming ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A simple guide to grooming intervals by coat type, and the signs your dog is due a visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-groomly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-groomly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-groomly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-groomly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-groomly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-groomly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions\/40"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-groomly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-groomly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-groomly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-groomly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}