German Pomeranian Spitz with hair. However, such beauty requires regular thorough care. This is not only periodic combing, bathing, but also hair cutting. It is carried out in certain cases, at home conditions or grooming salon.
Varieties of haircuts
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The long fur of amazing Spitz pets lets you choose for them a hairstyle for any “taste and color”.
Home haircut
Simple and quick option: a certain layer is removed from the pet hairline – not more than 3-5 cm of the outer coat and undercoat. A short haircut makes it easier to care for your dog – washing, combing out.
Spitz home haircut:
Hygienic haircut
This option is necessary to make life easier for the pet and owners. The wool that interferes with the life of the Spitz is removed, making it difficult his movement.
Another advantage of the hygiene procedure: in the grooming salon, in addition to a haircut, it also includes other useful measures – cleaning ears, eye wash, clipping.
Examples of hygienic haircuts:
Teddy Bear Boo
Option “under the bear” – one of the most popular and interesting haircuts Spitz. Fame brought her prevalence in social networks. The dog, trimmed “under the teddy bear”, looks like miniature plush animal. Wool on legs, body evenly shortened.
The round head of the dog with protruding ears is indicated. A “bearish” look complements a miniature nose and black button eyes.
Breeders do not recommend cutting dwarf spitz popular hero Boo – wool is removed too much. Such a loss may adversely affect the state of the animal, which has a fragile health.
Bear haircut:
Teddy Bear Boo
Option “under the bear” – one of the most popular and interesting haircuts Spitz. Fame brought her prevalence in social networks. The dog, trimmed “under the teddy bear”, looks like miniature plush animal. Wool on legs, body evenly shortened.
The round head of the dog with protruding ears is indicated. A “bearish” look complements a miniature nose and black button eyes.
Breeders do not recommend cutting dwarf spitz popular hero Boo – wool is removed too much. Such a loss may adversely affect the state of the animal, which has a fragile health.
Bear haircut:
Lion haircut
An interesting but rather controversial option. On the back, abdomen, the belly cuts the hair so short that sometimes it’s not restored later. Often she is completely shaved: this popular haircut white spitz.
On the top, back of the head, chest, do not touch the fur so that it resembled a lion’s mane. Leave a “brush” on the tip of the tail, with certain haircut options, there will be layering of wool on paws.
Option under the lion:
Examples before / after
Haircut significantly transforms the appearance of the Pomeranian. The owner chooses the variety that is relevant to his pet: hygienic, exhibition, for the summer.
Photos before and after:
Necessity, frequency of procedure
Professional breeders do not recommend cutting Spitz too often. Such a procedure is shown only in certain cases:
- Coat too long. The coat is disturbing the animal eat, run, play. The problem is relevant for short dogs – their legs are literally tangled in wool.
- Koltuny. Pastime in the fresh air turned around for dogs are a big problem: dirt adhered to the coat, formed “impenetrable” lumps. Koltuny impossible not to wash, not to comb.
- Molting. Already at the age of three months, Spitz puppies begin to molt – dump huge volumes of wool. If this process is too pollutes the apartment, it is advisable to cut the animal shortly.
- Heat. Summer for fluffy animals is not an easy time. Animal in it’s hard for a dense fur coat to be in the sun, to run, to play under in the heat. Spitz suffers from thirst, suffocates, quickly gets tired.
- Diseases, parasites. A soft spitz coat often becomes “home” for bacteria, fungi, skin parasites. To their appearance, fur coat contributes to reproduction. The animal begins suffer from allergic reactions, inflammation.
There is a list of reasons to trim the Spitz. unreasonable:
- Protective function. Fluffy coat, especially for young individuals, – protection against cold and heat, temperature drops, intrusive insects. Its removal makes the spitz vulnerable to colds, viral diseases.
- Heat. Specialists do not recommend short hairstyles for Spitz conditions of hot weather. Dog heat regulation is different from human – they are cooled not through bare skin, but through protruding tongue. If the skin is excessively open, getting on direct sunlight is fraught with the appearance of burns, development dermal diseases.
- Mental consequences. Grooming procedures are often caused in animals negative emotions: fear, aggression, apathy. Special disturbing pets when a stranger touches tools their belly. In canine communities, they are suspicious of representatives without a fur coat.
Spitz haircuts should be carried out only in case of acute need. The frequency of the procedure is no more than 2-3 times a year. Best done her in a professional grooming salon where specialists work, able to handle animals, quickly and efficiently perform their work.
Home haircut
To cut a spitz at home, you will need the following:
- Sharp little scissors – for handling hard to reach zones.
- Blunt scissors – for working with undercoat, delicate areas.
- Thinning scissors – for processing thick wool on the abdomen, chest, crown.
- Comb with teeth of various textures, lengths.
- Massage brush for finishing.
Animal shearing is carried out sequentially:
- The ears. The auricles are clamped between two fingers, gently hairs are cut from their inside.
- Collar. Using a comb to form a “mane”: front comb down, back – comb on the back of the head against hair growth. They outline a line from the top of the head to the back of the head, pass along it with scissors. Withstanding the selected length, trim the fur on the chest, chin.
- Rear part. The hair is combed in growth in different directions, lift the tail of the animal. Only long hair is removed interfering with walking, bowel movement.
- Tail. It is combed by the growth of hairs, placed on the back Spitz Then the wool is divided into left and right sides, evenly only long hairs are cut.
- Paws. The hair on the limbs is trimmed, maintaining the set length. Blunt knives remove hair between fingers and pads.
Finally, pass with thinning scissors to give her neat look.
The procedure at home:
Examples before / after
Haircut significantly transforms the appearance of the Pomeranian. The owner chooses the variety that is relevant to his pet: hygienic, exhibition, for the summer.
Photos before and after:
Necessity, frequency of procedure
Professional breeders do not recommend cutting Spitz too often. Such a procedure is shown only in certain cases:
- Coat too long. The coat is disturbing the animal eat, run, play. The problem is relevant for short dogs – their legs are literally tangled in wool.
- Koltuny. Pastime in the fresh air turned around for dogs are a big problem: dirt adhered to the coat, formed “impenetrable” lumps. Koltuny impossible not to wash, not to comb.
- Molting. Already at the age of three months, Spitz puppies begin to molt – dump huge volumes of wool. If this process is too pollutes the apartment, it is advisable to cut the animal shortly.
- Heat. Summer for fluffy animals is not an easy time. Animal in it’s hard for a dense fur coat to be in the sun, to run, to play under in the heat. Spitz suffers from thirst, suffocates, quickly gets tired.
- Diseases, parasites. A soft spitz coat often becomes “home” for bacteria, fungi, skin parasites. To their appearance, fur coat contributes to reproduction. The animal begins suffer from allergic reactions, inflammation.
There is a list of reasons to trim the Spitz. unreasonable:
- Protective function. Fluffy coat, especially for young individuals, – protection against cold and heat, temperature drops, intrusive insects. Its removal makes the spitz vulnerable to colds, viral diseases.
- Heat. Specialists do not recommend short hairstyles for Spitz conditions of hot weather. Dog heat regulation is different from human – they are cooled not through bare skin, but through protruding tongue. If the skin is excessively open, getting on direct sunlight is fraught with the appearance of burns, development dermal diseases.
- Mental consequences. Grooming procedures are often caused in animals negative emotions: fear, aggression, apathy. Special disturbing pets when a stranger touches tools their belly. In canine communities, they are suspicious of representatives without a fur coat.
Spitz haircuts should be carried out only in case of acute need. The frequency of the procedure is no more than 2-3 times a year. Best done her in a professional grooming salon where specialists work, able to handle animals, quickly and efficiently perform their work.
Home haircut
To cut a spitz at home, you will need the following:
- Sharp little scissors – for handling hard to reach zones.
- Blunt scissors – for working with undercoat, delicate areas.
- Thinning scissors – for processing thick wool on the abdomen, chest, crown.
- Comb with teeth of various textures, lengths.
- Massage brush for finishing.
Animal shearing is carried out sequentially:
- The ears. The auricles are clamped between two fingers, gently hairs are cut from their inside.
- Collar. Using a comb to form a “mane”: front comb down, back – comb on the back of the head against hair growth. They outline a line from the top of the head to the back of the head, pass along it with scissors. Withstanding the selected length, trim the fur on the chest, chin.
- Rear part. The hair is combed in growth in different directions, lift the tail of the animal. Only long hair is removed interfering with walking, bowel movement.
- Tail. It is combed by the growth of hairs, placed on the back Spitz Then the wool is divided into left and right sides, evenly only long hairs are cut.
- Paws. The hair on the limbs is trimmed, maintaining the set length. Blunt knives remove hair between fingers and pads.
Finally, pass with thinning scissors to give her neat look.
The procedure at home:
