When the towel is wet switch to another towel, and rub him again paying particular attention to his ears and legs. Then with a small moist towel or flannel wipe away any remaining debris from his eyes. The reason you do this is because the towels, especially a micro-fibre one soaks up most of the water, so enables for a quicker drying procedure, for the young dog, and will also prevent mats forming in the wet hair.
To dry Toby there are a few options I can choose from, but I am going to describe two of them. I could choose a high-velocity dryer which would be, the quicker way for young Toby, however there …show more content…
One of the good points is that this dryer can be used on different coat types. One of the bad points is that it will be incredibly loud to Toby's ears. I also could choose a Kennel Dryer, as these are useful for some different coat types, including a double coat like Toby's. One of its good points is that it's useful, if Toby can't tolerate the high-velocity dryer, but one of its bad points is that it doesn't dry the coat thoroughly. So therefore a hand-drying procedure will have to take place, to completely dry the coat.
Different coat types can affect the techniques and equipment used for drying for example, you shouldn't use high-velocity dryer on a poodle, as this would cause the hair to dry too quickly and crinkle. This is why you should dry the poodle with a hand held dryer (stretch drying), because you have to brush the hair with up to four brush strokes a second, together with warm air as this sets the coat staright, this will give the coat a nice fluffy appearance. Another example can be that for breeds that need a flat look, like a golden retriever, you can kennel or cage-dry until the majority of the