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- Step one, clean corners of eyes with a #10 or #15 blade. Use the blade
away from the eye. Some dogs are not used to the clippers on their face,
you may have to use thinning shears in place of the clippers. Run the
thinning shears up in between the eyes to clean out the corners and keep
the hair from irritating the eye.
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- Clean hair around the ear canal with a #10 or #15 blade, again
your dog may not be used to clippers so you may use blunt scissors or
thinning shears.
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- Shave around the anus to keep clean.
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- Clip hair around penis to keep clean.
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- I usually do a rough clip before bathing. You can use any length blade
you want. I am using a #2 snap on comb to give this dog a puppy
appearance. Other blades to use would be #4, #5, or #7 This will make
the coat shorter. The higher the # blade the shorter the cut.
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- You want to clip with the grain
of the coat. Meaning the way it lays.
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- When shaving under the chin make sure you stop at the breast bone.
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- Clip hair from the arm pits
towards the breast bone. This will prevent a hole where cowlicks are.
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- Make sure you clip the sides all
the way under the belly of the dog to make it even. Again going with the
grain of the coat.
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- Clip the inside of the legs with the same blade as you are using on the
body. I clip it close by the genitals then skim the rest of the way down
the leg.
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- Pluck the hair out of the ear
canals using ear powder ( this helps to grip the hair ) and a pair of
hemostats. Make sure you just get the hair in the canal, pulling hair on
the outside will hurt your dog. Then clean out with a good ear cleaner
with a drying agent. Shih tzus have floppy ears and moisture will get
caught in the ear and cause bacteria to grow, this will cause
infections.
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- Clip the nails each time you
fully groom your dog. Just take off the tips or the part that curls.
Make sure you have quick stop incase you make one bleed.
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- Express the anal glands just before bathing. This secretion stinks and
you want to wash the dogs thoroughly after. This keeps your dog from
scooting on the rug or floor and helps prevent blockage and infections.
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- When washing or rinsing the face
of your dog it makes it easy if you grab some hair on his chin to keep
him in place. Then run the water around the nose to keep the water from
going into his nose. This is a short nose breed of dog (bracealsaphalic)
and the water going up their nose may drown them.
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- Make sure you rinse all of the
shampoo out of your dog. Leaving shampoo in will cause irritation and
skin problems. I use a mild oatmeal shampoo with my dogs and bathe no
more then once a week.
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- I use a spray on leave in
conditioner on my dogs. This helps keep the coat healthy and mat free.
Apply this when the coat is still wet and dry in the coat.
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- Blow dry the coat using a force
dryer or place your pooch in the crate with a cage dryer attached. Force
drying is quicker, but your dog may NOT like it because it is very
forceful and maybe on the loud side. I get all of my dogs used to
everything at a young age.
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- Drying your dog takes patients and time. Make sure you get every inch,
If you leave coat to dry on its own you may cause skin irritations on
the dog. A wet basement never dries it just grows mold and mildew and
bacteria. Thick coated dogs don't air dry to the skin very well and
bacteria grows to cause skin irritations.
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