Hi I'm Jitka the founder of Vita Canis. I am doggie mad and a happy dog mom of 5 mischievous terriers.
I started Vita Canis from the simplest desire to produce 100% natural aromatherapy products which have a useful purpose for both dogs and their owners. My personal belief in living an environmentally friendly lifestyle is a key driving force in how I run my business and this is at the core of all my product development.
Our products contain only the highest quality naturally occurring oils, butters, plant extracts and steam distilled aromatic waters. Wherever possible we use organic ingredients, currently 95% of our ingredients are organic and we are working hard to convert the last 5%!
All our products are handmade by ourselves, never compromising on quality and we always add 2 further special ingredients to each and every product - love & care.
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First, I think your videos are wonderful. Clear, instructive and I appreciate you doing a comparison. I have two Welshies, a 4 1/2 yr old female (a rescue, literally) and a 3 month old male. I groom my dog because it really has improved the bonding; she trusts me more and the cost. Where I live, it is about $100 for a groom. From an appearance standpoint it is worth it but, it can become an expense that is difficult to bear when you're retired. I have more time than money. Since I started grooming my female about 2 years ago she has lost that black saddle - it has turned gray; I want that back. As you can tell she is not a show dog but just a wonderful dog, very smart and very loving. My question: If I let her hair grow out to an inch or more and use the Coat King then clip to 5mm, will this, over time, bring the black back to the saddle? I don't mind doing the stripping if this will yield better results.
Thank you for your lovely comment. In the most cases the Coat king can help improve the colour. You could also try to rake the coat once a week with a carding knife. There are many factors that affect the coat colour and texture... genetics, food, cosmetics, and if they are neutrated. Hope it helps :)
Hi Jitka. Just watched this video and it brought back great memories of the care you gave Hector over the years. We hope you are having a great life together in Slovakia. Niall & Chris
I found this very helpful. I've watched alot of videos but this one goes through the process slowly while explaining the reasons and purpose. Very well done! Thank you
😮 absolutely ridiculous. You do not bathe your dog's hair the same way you wash your own hair. Dry your dog the best that you can. Then take it outside and let them shake the rest off. When they come back inside give them one more rub down with a fresh dry towel. Then a very good brushing.
Hello this video is very useful thankyou. I just have a few questions. After this groom how many weeks was it until her next groom? And then how often did you groom her doing the rolling strip instead? Is there a video of when she next came in and what you did on her /how her coat was looking? Thankyou!
I don't understand - handstripping and rolling are described as the same thing, so why do you roll every week yet handstrip only a couple of times per year? there must be differences? Also, would you card before every handstrip? This topic is very confusing to me!
Handstripping is the practice, while rolling is a coat type. If you only handstrip every 3-4 months, the dog will have a longer, less structured, fluffier coat (they often use this schedule for puppies who are getting used to grooming). If you handstrip every 1-4 weeks, this will give the dog a not too long or short, varied coat that reveals depth in their coloring, this is called a rolling coat. Hope this helps 👍
I am a professional groomer starting my journey to being able to hand strip my clients and I must say your videos have been a major help! I am stripping an Irish Terrier for the first time tomorrow and I feel prepared thanks to you!
@@vitacanis1117 thanks a lot for your answer. I'm a dog groomer. I have a beautiful Airdale. She comes every 10 weeks and is very difficult to stripped.At the beginning, when she was looking for a groomer, she had a longer break and it was easy to stripp. The owner takes great care of it and won't every 10 Weeks stripped.Is it better to suggest, to try 12 Weeks? About terrier group I'm learn everything from you. You Airedale Videos are the best.
I recently bought and used Vets Best flea and tick spray to combat a small amount of fleas on my dog. It contains peppermints and eugenol oil. Shortly after, I found many online reviews and sources saying peppermint oil is toxic for dogs.
@@vitacanis1117 Thank you very much, I've got one to do soon. I've stripped many small and medium terriers/dachshunds but this will be my first Airedale.
I am sorry, but should this not be done by a professional groomer, especially since you are using a knife? And you are very close to her anus. I would feel very uncomfortable doing this with a knife.
Thank you 😊 hand strip some hair, and you can tidy up with scissors. But mainly hand stripping, this way you will keep a good colour & texture. Hope it helps 😊
Hola felicitaciones por tu video, tuve un Airedale Conan que era maravilloso 😍😍 y creo que lo mejor que lo pude tener es como esta la bella Airedale al principio del video, quizas un poco mas corto 😊 arrancandole el pelo con los dedos solamente, me faltaba la mesa y las cuchillas para intentarlo, espero volver a tener un Airedale y me encantaría intertar hacer lo que explicás en el video, podrias compartir por favor mayor detalle de las cuchillas e instrumentos necesarios para realizar el hand stripping ....saludos de Temuco Chile
Wow... I always consider hand stripping to be an form of art. This is amazing! And just out of curiosity, will dog coat texture change when switching from hand stripping to clipping? And will the color of the coat change as well as time passes?
yes, the coat woule change. It will become softer and paler. If you rake the coat before clipping it will keep a pretty good colour and texture, however not as good as when hand stripped. However, it's affected by breeding as well
When hand stripping we are pulling the hair by thumb & finger, stripping knives, or stripping stone. No power tools are used. If you prefer to do hand stripping just by thumb & finger that't up to you
Should all terriers be carded? I have an Irish Terrier, who is a pet, and I do my own hand stripping. Should I be removing her undercoat by carding her. I was under the impression that the darker undercoat is what is seen once the longer dead hairs are stripped out and should not be removed, but I may have misunderstood. Any clarification would be greatly appreciated.
Hi. It's a way my airedale eats everything but daily food. Blackberry, piece of cheese, something it stole from kitchen, fly and a lot of other things.
As #Astrid said: its a pleasure, how you are handling the dogs - besides seeing the very talented hands of a great gifted yourneywoman! Thanks for your good advices, thanks a lot.. .
Thanks for the video, my great aunt rescued Airedales, and when I live somewhere where I can have a dog I'd love to have an Airedale. I didn't know the females could be bald after hand stripping after they've had puppies, I guess having kids can be hard on the body for dogs too.
I tried the baking soda and water in a basin and use it to dip / rinse my dogs paws and legs before he came back in the house from running in the yard. I think his main issue is pollen allergy which he spreads all over his face and body with his paws. It's working out great. No more paw licking and scratching.
My puppy paw has turned black and disintegrated it looks.like.a black hard burn..,and iv tried everything taltwater and disinfecting for puppy still rock hard I carnt get it to go soft hard like a brick at the edge and she only has 2 pads on one paw as the rest is black and rock hard ,it's so to lait now I thought it was just trapt poo ,iv cleaned and cleaned to try to get rid of this black it turned brown but is toty rock hard I don't understand how to get this material soft as nothing works ,the paw has , disinterested.what I mean is it has like a layers crust the pad where there should be a pad is not there and has a hole where it surport to be a pad it is hollow and hard . nothing softens this material I was hoping to kill what ever cause the pad to be a hole inside of a pad and bring back to life ,but now I think it's just to lait and I have a deformed puppy if not any better will take vets , puppy eats ok sleep ok ,I am hand rearing this puppy , because all other pups born dead ,the other week the puppy got poo in its eye,and the eyeycame out of its head like you would not believe,I cured this amazingly with salt water .then it was constipated,iv cured this with adding moy water to bottle formula,now a gammy foot .I don't think I can cure this I feel like cutting the edge off where her paw is ,buy I believe that the pad that should be right next to the hard stuff would not come back ,I think it's to far gone ,it's the edge where her toa pads are just sent there are gone anyway,I'm going because I carnt explain myself properly she had pads now they are gone and has only two pink pads offers look like they have bean chopped of and rock hard good luck with guessing what I mean as I don't even know anyone I give up .
