Introduction to the Pekingese:
The Pekingese, also known as the Pekingese and Palace Poodle, is native to China and is one of the oldest dog breeds in the world. Its ancestor was a tribute from the Dalai Lama to the emperor, a special dog for the royal family, treasured in the palace for generations, and it was recorded in the Tang Dynasty. During the late Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi hired someone to breed Pekingese in her palace. When the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China, five Pekingese dogs were found in the palace, brought to England and presented to Queen Victoria. The breed was once speculated in the 1990s and is now widely domesticated in the private sector.
The Pekingese has a subdued and dignified gait with a slight twist behind the shoulders. Because of the curved forelegs, wide and heavy forequarters and light, straight and parallel hindlegs, it will twist with a fine waist as a fulcrum. The twisting gait is smooth and easy and can be as free as bouncing and jumping for joy.
The Pekingese is only close to its owner. It is confident, stubborn, arrogant, independent, somewhat indifferent to the outside world, but shows complete devotion, loyalty and love to its master, and has a desire for independent possession, it does not trust strangers and is highly subjective, making it an excellent watchdog. The Pekingese has the majesty of an emperor, self-respect, self-confidence, stubbornness and irritability, but is sweet, friendly and affectionate to those who earn its respect. This is what sets it apart from other dogs and makes it a delightful, mesmerizing family pet, especially for adult-only households.
Pekingese Care and Trimming
one. Primary Care
1. Brush the hair: use a needle comb to comb first, then use a beauty comb to comb through. Note that the back of the ear is easily knotted.
2. Cleaning the eyes: eye wash and cotton can be used to clean the eye dirt, as well as cleaning the folds between the bridge of the nose and the eyes to keep them dry and prevent eye infections and odors.
3. Cleaning the ear: no ear hair, only use ear wash to clean the outer ear canal and auricle.
4. Trimming toenails: Trimming toenails after fixing using the side-lying bonding method, pay attention to rest in the middle, don’t make the dog gasp and go into shock because of too long bonding time.
5. Bathing: ears should be stuffed with cotton and anal glands squeezed.
6. Blow-drying: Use a needle comb to blow-dry while combing.
7. Trim the hair on the soles of the feet.
8. Restoration of undercoat: Use No. 10 tip.
Second, modeling pruning
1. Hand-cut styling
①Trimming the coat around the anus: use dental scissors to trim the coat covering the area around the anus hole to expose the anus hole, taking care that the range should not be too large.
Trim the coat on the rump: an imaginary line in the center separates the left and right parts, and the center line should not be too obvious. Then use straight clippers to trim the buttocks into an “apple” shape.
③ Trim the hair of the hind limbs: above the fly section according to the thickness of the leg with dental scissors to trim out the sense of roundness, like a “big chicken leg”; below the fly section trimmed neatly, a small cylinder. The hind legs with straight scissors around the toes edge of the hair cut flush into a round, pay attention to not show toes.
Trim the tail coat: pinch the tip of the tail with your hand to make the tail and body into a straight line, comb the tail coat downward, trim it into a “chopper” shape or a “half-moon” shape with straight scissors, and pay attention to the coat to stay as long as possible.
⑤ Trimming the waist coat: use dental scissors to properly close the waist treatment at the intersection of the middle 1/3 and the back 1/3 of the body length, taking care that the waist is not too obvious.
(vi) Trim the side coat: leave the top 2/3 of the side coat untrimmed as much as possible, and trim the bottom 1/3 of the coat with dental scissors to a rounded shape.
(vii) Trimming the abdominal coat: Use dental scissors to trim the coat into a “boat bottom” shape.
⑧ Trimming forelimb coat: use dental scissors to trim the back side of the forelimb coat tilted at 45 degrees, and the natural connection of the ventral line, the other three sides of the forelimb according to the thickness of the rounded sense of shear, so that the shape of the entire forelimb like a “little chicken leg” shape. The front feet are rounded with straight scissors.
Trimming the coat on the front chest: Use dental scissors to make a full round trim from the lower jaw to the chest, lifting up the center point as much as possible, requiring a rounded and bulging shape on the front chest, and combining the lowest part of the chest with the belly line in a natural way.
⑩Trimming the head coat: The coat on the head and ears is not trimmed as much as possible. If the top of the head is too round, it can be trimmed appropriately.
2. Electric clipper operation
①Lion: Comb the coat in front of the shoulder blades, shave backward from the shoulder blades to the end of the sit bones with a 7F blade, shave 2/3 of the tail, and trim 1/3 of the coat at the tip of the tail in the shape of a “hairbrush”. Front and back limbs are trimmed naturally and feet are rounded. Hips are neatly trimmed. Excess coat is trimmed off the front chest to make a lion-like chest coat. Use dental scissors to trim the abdomen where it meets the electric scissors.
②Summer: Comb the coat forward before the neck and shave backward with a 4F head to the end of the sit bones. Leave head and coat around neck. Tail shaved to 1/2 way and tail tip trimmed to a bristle. Trim front and back naturally and round feet. Trim coat where belly meets electric clippers with dental clippers.
