Pekineses – one and most ancient breeds removed especially for joy of the Chinese emperors. But it does not mean at all that room and decorative dogs of this breed – just clever and amusing toys. Characteristic anatomic features of Pekineses assume permanent and laborious care of their eyes, claws and wool.
Features of appearance of Pekineses
The weight of dogs of this breed can fluctuate from 3rd to 5 kilograms, at the same time boughs, as a rule, are heavier than dogs. In withers height of Pekineses reaches 20 cm. The head and their body it is covered with dense and long wool, usually golden and red, black, white, cream or pale-yellow. The strong trunk with a broad chest keeps on slightly crooked paws steady – on the constitution the Pekinese reminds a small Chinese dragon with a muzzle of a lion – a massive forehead, widely put prominent eyes of round shape, a snub nose and a strong lower jaw. Differ in congenital mind, friendliness and constant readiness to participate in cheerful games and entertainments.
How to look after a Pekinese
Buying a puppy of this breed, you have to know that behind him not really difficult, but permanent care is required. The special attention is required by paws of Pekineses. First, the dense wool growing between fingertips needs to be sheared regularly scissors with the rounded-off ends that it did not get off and did not prevent a dog to move. Secondly, it needs also to cut claws periodically as naturally they do not grind off if the dog does not run constantly on asphalt, of course. For claws it is necessary to buy the special tool – a kogterezka. That operation was painless, it is better to get expensive and at once qualitative which will last for a long time.
As big prominent and round eyes of a Pekinese have the shortened plaintive channel, there is not always enough natural moisture produced by it that allocations flew down on wool – more often they crowd on a nose bridge and they need to be deleted constantly. Besides, such eyes are more often subject to injuries and any hair which got to them can become the reason for concern of a dog which begins to rub a muzzle about everything that occurs in its path, trying to get rid of it. Such attempts can end with a trauma and even ulcers. Besides, the natural folds of skin located from two sides of a nose bridge need to be washed out carefully every day, having moistened a cotton tampon with special liquid which can be bought in veterinary pharmacy. Leaving is required also to ears of a Pekinese and, certainly, it has to be regular as the decorative woolen frame interferes with natural ventilation of ears and removal of allocations from them. For cleaning it is possible to use the usual Q-tip moistened with 3% solution of peroxide of hydrogen. If necessary, the code ear pass is strongly polluted, address the veterinarian that he wrote out special drops for cleaning of ears. Daily comb dense and long hair of a Pekinese. It is not necessary to wash an animal often: in process of pollution or emergence of a specific "dog" smell, and only special shampoo.