Things to note when trimming your dog's coat in summer
Things to note when trimming your dog's coat in summer
Trimming a dog's coat is not about cutting it into any shape you like, but about considering the dog's breed characteristics, considering its overall perfection, and trying to conceal the dog's flaws and exaggerate its strengths in order to have the ideal image that the dog breed should have. What should you pay attention to when trimming your dog's coat at home?
1.What are some tips for trimming the coat?
Generally speaking, it is cut shorter in summer and slightly longer in winter. The ideal shape of different dogs is different. For example, for a poodle with a small head, the hair on the head should be left longer and cut into a round shape. The hair on the neck should hang down naturally, and the hair on the ears should also be left long, so that the shape will be beautiful.
For dogs with big heads, you need to find a way to cut the hair on their heads short, but not the hair on their necks. For dogs with long faces, you should round off the whiskers on both sides of their noses to emphasize the point. For dogs with small eyes, cut off two rows of hair above their eyes to make them look bigger.
For dogs with short necks, you can trim the hair on the neck to improve the shape, and cut deeper in the center of the neck to make the neck appear longer.
For dogs with long bodies, if you trim the hair on the chest or behind the hips and then use a curling iron to curl the hair on the body to make it more fluffy, the body will appear shorter.
Dogs with low backs and short backs can be cut short in front and back like long-bodied dogs, and the hair on the feet can be cut into slightly thinner sticks to make them look taller.
For dogs with X-shaped or O-shaped legs, just leave the hair on the legs longer to make the legs look thicker and straighter.
For dogs with big hips, the hair on the waist should be cut short, so that the body can be tilted slightly backward to hide the shortcomings. For chubby dogs, it is best to cut the hair on the whole body short and cut the legs into sticks to make the body look thinner.
For dogs with hunchbacks, it is best not to cut the hair on the neck, but to cut the hair on the back short, and try to leave the hair on the shoulders and waist long, so that the body does not appear to be bent.
In August 2019, a little Teddy dog with shaved hair went to a pet hospital in Daoli District, Harbin for treatment. The dog owner told the doctor that the Teddy dog had been shaved off its hair in September last year and has not been able to grow hair again until now.
This little Teddy dog is 6 years old and originally had a very beautiful brown curly hair. Because the dog owner thought that the dog would be too hot in the summer, he shaved the hair on the back of the Teddy dog last September. However, more than eight months have passed since the shaving and until the dog came to the hospital for treatment, the Teddy dog has not grown hair in the shaved area. The owner was extremely worried, but the reply from the pet hospital made her regret it even more.
It turned out that because the Teddy dog's hair was shaved, the dog's skin had no protection when exposed to the summer sun, which caused sunburn to the skin and damage to the hair follicles. Sunburn to the skin can be treated, but damage to the hair follicles is often irreversible, which means that it is very likely that this poor little guy will never grow hair again.
"The damage to the hair follicles caused by sunburn cannot be cured. Some pet owners do not have relevant knowledge before raising pets and think that shaving the dog's hair will make it cooler. In fact, the dog's hair has a certain reflective effect on the sun, and the heat is mainly dissipated through the tongue. When summer comes, long-haired dogs can have their hair cut short. Whether it is a long-haired dog or a short-haired dog, it must not be shaved "close to the skin." - Life Daily
2.What should I pay attention to when trimming the coat?
(1) When trimming the dog's hair, be careful not to cut the dog's skin. The dog's skin is not very elastic and is loose. When pulling up the coat to trim it, it is easy to cut the skin. The dog will avoid or hate trimming its coat based on its experience of being hurt. Therefore, when trimming the coat, especially when trimming the coat short, be sure to keep the scissors parallel to the skin, trim against the direction of the coat or trim from bottom to top, so that it is not easy to cut the skin.
(2) Pay attention to trimming the hair between the toes of long-haired dogs. Trimming not only refers to trimming the coat, but also includes trimming the hair between the toes. Long-haired dogs have more hair on the bottom of their feet, and there are also longer and more hair between the toes. It is easy to get their feet dirty when walking, and sometimes it is easy to slip, so the hair between the toes also belongs to the trimming range.
(3) Pay attention to trimming the long hair around the external auditory canal and anus. Some dogs have a lot of long hair in the external auditory canal, which is easy to cause parasites or external otitis. It can be trimmed or removed regularly (pulled in batches, pulling out all at once is prone to infection).
Long-haired dogs also have a lot of long hair growing around their anus, which can easily cause contamination when the dog defecates, so it should be trimmed every 2 to 3 months to reduce contamination.
I believe you can master the measure and technique naturally over time. When trimming, try to be gentle so as not to hurt your dog!
If you are afraid of hurting the dog, going to a pet store to give it a bath, trim, grooming and hairdressing is also a good option.
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