People who keep pets like to spend a lot of time dressing up their pets, and of course pet dogs are no exception. Among many pet dogs, the Shih Tzu has relatively long hair. Many people like to keep it and it is also a dog that is often groomed. Shih Tzus are cute and easy to groom. However, there will be some bad phenomena during beauty treatment. What should we pay attention to when doing beauty treatment? What are the beauty methods?

The appearance of the standard Shih Tzu dog should be that the whole body is covered with long hair, the head cover is round, must be wide, the ears are large, and the hair is long and beautiful. The base of the ears is slightly lower than the top of the head, and the distance between the ears is wider. The body is round and long, with a short back but kept level. The neck is gently sloping, the head is elevated, and the limbs are short and covered with hair. The tail is high, mostly feather-like, curled upward toward the back, with dense long hair that cannot be curled, and the undercoat is woolly. According to this characteristic, when grooming a Shih Tzu, the coat of the body should be separated from the midline of the back to both sides, and an appropriate amount of oil should be applied 3 cm to the left and right of the back line to prevent the coat from breaking. In order to prevent the hair on the abdomen from getting tangled and to facilitate walking, the hair under the abdomen should be cut off about 1 cm with scissors. In order to make the raised tail look better, cut off 0.5 cm of fur at the base of the tail. Excess hair around the feet should be trimmed as much as possible. Let the dog stand on the trimming table and trim the lower part of the body hair (the hem) to a length slightly longer than the body height (that is, the length of the hair is slightly longer than the body height). However, if it is too long, it will affect its movement and cannot give full play to its lively characteristics. .

The Shih Tzu's hair is slightly brittle and easy to break and fall off. The hair on the face is also long, which can easily cover the eyes and affect vision. Therefore, these long hairs should be ligated to prevent breakage and shedding, which can also increase the appearance. The method of ligation is: first use a comb to separate the long hair on the bridge of the nose to both sides along the midline, and then comb the hair from the bridge of the nose to the corners of the eyes into upper and lower parts. Starting from the corners of the eyes and back, cut the hair up and down in a semicircle. Separate the hair, hold the long hair from the eyes to the top of the head with your left hand, and use a fine-meshed comb to comb the hair against the hair. This can make the hair fluffy, tighten the hair on the top of the head, tie a rubber band, and then tie a small bow. You can also comb the long hair on the head into a knot on the left and right sides, or braid it into two braids. (Picture source: Internet)

I believe everyone has a certain understanding of the above-mentioned grooming methods, but you must also pay attention to not harming the dog's body and skin when grooming. If the dog is harmed because of grooming, the original intention of dog grooming has been lost.