this is Lucy seven-year-old chocolate Labrador Retriever she's typical of a breed with short hair and she's about to have a grooming makeover in the hands of a real expert yet Kaku Silva is one of Europe's top dog groomers so she's enjoying herself originally from Slovakia she now lives and works in Britain she's been showing in grooming dogs for 20 years and has won an impressive array of awards British groomer of the Year award 2006 euro groom winner three times in a row and in 2011 she clipped and sniped away to the world championships as a member of groom team England you can sharing a champion tips and techniques to help you keep your dog in pristine condition grooming a Labrador is fairly easy because of the texture of the hair other breeds with coats like Lucy's include beagles Rottweilers basset hounds bull mastiff and pugs so the grooming techniques are similar short coated breeds have a very dense short hashcode close to the body these dogs when they dirty we can feel film on their coat washing a big dog isn't easy so if you can't cope take your dog to a professional groomer or use a waterless spray like this one this is a shampoo that sprays directly onto the coat works by removing any excess dirt or dead firm the best thing is you don't need to wash it off as the name suggests it's waterless leaves your dog's coat smelling nice and fresh rabbit into head coat many owners expect short-haired dogs to shared less hair than some of the hairier dogs but that's not the case smells very nice short-haired dogs still shed the hairs are just smaller sometimes people when they get short-haired dogs they think they don't have to do much but this type of coat needs some attention as well dogs should be brushed we have to remove their dead hair we still have to clean their ears cut their nails now I'm going to dry her off we can see already the coat is visibly cleaner than it was few minutes ago using good high-quality product is very important regular grooming is a great way to bond with your pet you start at an early age your dog will get used to the experience and even enjoy it now I'm going to use a Furminator it's special tool designed for short coated breeds to reduce shedding a normal brush removes a certain amount of hair but only from the outer coat furminator reduces shedding by 90% by meeting right down to the undercoat and gently pulling away any loose hair after 10 minutes of brushing closest cop is free of blows hair and nice and shiny if you don't brush hair all this help you ended up in your carpet after this grooming Lucy feels much better she smells nice and she looks great Labradors can molt all year round she'd brush the coat once a week up to every two or three weeks depending on how the dog is shedding Lucy's shiny coat is a good sign that she's a healthy dog