Grooming
Whether your big white is out in the fields with livestock or out hiking and watching over you, it’s important to keep up with these big white double-coats for them to work efficiently. Daily grooming with a slicker brush, and then once a week do a more through grooming with a slicker and comb including trimming the dew claws front and back. Those dew claws have a purpose so do not remove them. Here is more information about their purpose.
Never shave them. There is a good chance their coats will not come back properly. Therefore, they will not be efficient to keep them warm in winter nor cool in summer. Here is an article on how their double coats work.
It's also important to groom your working dog to check him over for any bumps, lumps, cuts or other injuries.
If your dog is healthy, you will not need to bathe them as this removes needed oils from their skin. Of course, they may roll in something stinky, so a bath will be in order. Remember, dogs have 98.9% DNA of wolves. Wolves never have baths, at least not with soap. They eat species-appropriate diets that keep them healthy.
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