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Grooming Your Chihuahua The Long and the Short of It Whether long or short coated, your Chihuahua will need a short grooming session once or twice a week in order to keep its coat gleaming. Many dogs and owners look forward to such grooming sessions as a relaxing time of bonding. With a short coat, you can use a natural bristle brush to distribute the oils, a rubber bristle brush to remove dead hair, and a flea comb to remove fleas or fine debris. With a long coat, you will also want to use a pin brush or a wide-tooth comb. You may discover some matting behind the ears or behind the elbows. Because the Chihuahua does not have a very thick undercoat, matting is seldom a problem, but mats are more likely to occur during shedding season or when the hair is oily or dirty. Try to split a mat with your fingers, starting near the skin and pulling it in half longitudinally. Hold the hair between the mat and your dog's skin to avoid painful pulling. Coat disasters such as stuck on chewing gum can be remedied by first applying ice, pine tar can be loosened with hair spray, and other tar can be worked out with vegetable oil followed by dishwashing detergent. Cornstarch can brighten and fluff a drab, oily coat. Use a soft toothbrush to work on stains. Avoid eye stains by diligent use of an eye stain preventive. Use mineral oil or an ear cleanser to loosen debris in the ear. Extracted from "Chihuahuas"-by Barron's Educational Series, Inc. |
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