Have you ever looked at a wild animal and wondered why it isn’t completely matted if there’s no one to brush it? Everyday I walk past the goats where my horse lives and the billy goat, who is named Harold but has many ‘special’ names because of his behaviour, would have to be sedated in order to be brushed, yet, his coat isn’t tangled. That’s because of his natural oils. The skin contains sebaceous glands that produce an oily secretion called sebum. Sebum coats the hair as it

When I first came across Emmi Pet and Cleany Teeth in 2017, they seemed too good to be true. A device that can be used by any lay person to remove tartar from a dog’s teeth was surely a gimmick. I was intrigued though and looked for a course so I could offer it to customers. Aha! There was the catch – there were no course, training, book, nor guide available. All I could find was a seminar at a grooming competition, so I eagerly attended, hungry to know more about this magica

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