What You Need To Know About Chihuahua Grooming
The Chihuahua is one of the most popular dog breeds in the world and that is not surprising at all. Not only are these dogs the tiniest of all breeds, they are the oldest as well. According to the American Kennel Club these dogs have been around from the time of the Aztecs. You will find these dogs to be very attractive growing no taller than nine inches and weighing a mere three to six pounds. They have a sweet small face with a sharp muzzle and large fox-type pointed ears. Their eyes are large and quietly intelligent. The Chihuahua coat comes in two varieties - one is short and straight and another is long and fluffy.
Grooming your Chihuahua mostly involves brushing and bathing which needs to be done at regular intervals every two to three months. You will also need to pay attention to its eyes, which tend to water creating tear signs on the face, and its nails that need regular clipping
Clipping the nails could be the trickiest part of grooming your Chihuahua. They are very frisky and normally hate to sit still which is absolutely required when the nails are clipped. This is a moderately challenging task, which will require your utmost patience and a certain degree of skill in order to do a good job.
There are no problems involved when grooming your Chihuahua is a routine matter. However, when your Chihuahua rolls into some indescribable stuff and smells terrible as a result of that you will probably need to give it a good bath. This will disinfect your dog from any unsanitary dirt and remove the awful smell that you might find it problematic.
How do you shampoo your Chihuahua to remove both the smell and the possible infection from its fur? Fight your nausea if it smells very bad, by tying a scented hanky around your nose and mouth. Now, take your Chihuahua and give it a good bath with dog soap or shampoo. Do not give in to the temptation to wash it with your own human shampoo or soap. Human soaps and shampoos are made with the human hair and skin in mind. Similarly, the dog soaps are manufactured keeping in view their requirements of cleanliness and retention of fur oils. Hence, using human shampoo or soap could be extremely harmful for your pet.
Sometimes it will be difficult to clip the nails of the dog even with the utmost patience and precautions when grooming your Chihuahua. But do not fret, because there are two ways to reduce the length of a dog’s nails. One is to exercise and the other is by having a professional do the job for you.
There are a few tricks that can help you with grooming your Chihuahua. Ensure that it has eaten recently or just before it wants to settle down for a nap. Have a few treats ready and reward it amply after the clipping session. With time it will associate the clipping session with the snacking and will allow you to clip the nails without any trouble.
If you have a cemented courtyard, you could make your Chihuahua run about ten to fifteen minutes everyday with the help of a ball or a Frisbee. The running should apply enough friction on the nails to file them and you will have lovely short nails without any clipping headaches
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