Giving A Shih Tzu Hair Cut
Grooming your Shih Tzu is extremely important and part of that grooming is a Shih Tzu hair cut. There are a lot of ways that a Shih Tzu hair cut can be given and a lot of advice that can be given about when to get them and who should give them but the most important thing is to just do what is comfortable to you. If you feel comfortable cutting your Shih Tzu’s coat then go right ahead. But if you do cut it then there are some rules you need to keep in mind that are very important.
First off you have to know a good age to start giving hair cuts and that can be anytime from around eight to ten weeks on up. Always start off easy with your Shih Tzu and get them used to hair cuts by starting out with little things at first and take your time doing it. Always mix in brushing and combing as the Shih Tzu generally likes brushing so it may relax them. Full cuts can probably start around sixteen weeks.
A Shih Tzu has hair and not fur and that is a rare thing in the dog world so you need to treat your Shih Tzu dog’s coat like you would human hair. When you are cutting think of what would be painful and shocking to you and then amplify that by about ten to understand the effect on your dog. Pulling on the hair when you are cutting, or tugging when you are cutting, or using dull scissors that pull out hair instead of cutting it all are very painful for humans and they are even worse on a Shih Tzu. So when you do your Shih Tzu hair cut keep that in mind.
An area you want to always be sure you cut when you are doing your Shih Tzu hair cut is around the eyes. If you do not feel comfortable doing this then take your Shih Tzu to a professional groomer regularly to have the excess hair cut over the eyes. Not only can hair in the eyes get annoying for your Shih Tzu but it can also cause infection so make sure it is taken care of.
Always make sure your Shih Tzu hair cut makes the dog’s coat shorter in the summer and a little longer in the winter. In the summer it needs to be short otherwise your Shih Tzu will start to experience health problems with the heat. In the winter you can leave it as long as you like, but make sure the dog can still run and walk without tripping over its coat. Some people like to leave little pieces of hair so they can attach bows and ribbons, which is common among owners. The dogs, however, do not always like it.
Giving your Shih Tzu a hair cut yourself is just fine but you may want to watch a professional do it first. After you see what goes into doing a proper cut you might come to realize that the money you pay a professional once a month or so is well worth it to get your Shih Tzu hair cut done right.
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