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The internet is filled with questions like “How do you clean your dog's ears?” to “ Do you really need to brush your pet's teeth? ” Thanks to the crowdsourcing nature of the web, there's a bevy of instructional TikToks and fellow pet parents engaging in heated debates on everything from what your dog's poop means to how to best clip your cat's nails.

With so much information to sift through, I decided to test some pet hygiene products on my cats, chat with experts like vets and groomers, and do a little investigating of my own to come up with WIRED's guide on How to Clean Your Pet. (Spoiler: It

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