In maltese haircut: features, care and recommendations

A pet is a reflection of the owners. Do you want your dog's appearance to be admired all around? Bring your maltese to the beauty salon for dogs.

Who are maltese?

Maltese is a Maltese lap dog, a dog of extraordinary beauty, possessing delicacy, ingenuity and intelligence. And the wool of this animal is unusual - tender, in need of special care.

In principle, you need to look after the fur of a dog of any breed, but more carefully - in Maltese. Haircutting, combing and even styling - only a small list of procedures. Daily it is necessary to comb the pet, to trim the tips, in order to give the lines clarity. Before a walk, a prerequisite is to collect the wool in small bunches or papillot.

Mowing dogs Maltese - a complex painstaking process, because this is a decorative breed, the only one in the whole world. Only these dogs can be seen with lovely hairstyles with a lot of gum. Firstly, it is unusual and beautiful, and secondly, it is convenient, because the collected wool opens the dog's eyes.

You can even trim the ends of the wool without the help of a professional, but careful and accurate haircut of the Maltese at home is an impossible job for the owner. A hairstyle is necessary in the event that the owner can not daily brush his pet's hair.

History of Maltese Haircuts

It is difficult to imagine that this breed of dogs existed thousands of years ago. And indeed, the oldest breed of dogs is precisely maltese. Haircut dogs, of course, was not foreseen in those distant times. This breed was cultivated by the Romans and Greeks.

The richest and most powerful rulers of different epochs had a passion for Maltese lapdogs. Among them were the French kings, the English queen, the European monarchs.

How did this fashion come about - the cutting of Maltese dogs? Historians say that the first time to cut pets started in Hellas. One of the Greek rulers, a Roman by birth, bred Maltese Bolonok. The owner carefully watched them and noticed that the local climate makes the hairy animals uncomfortable, especially during the hot season.

Then the governor ordered the advisers to find a solution to this problem. Those, in turn, thought for a long time and found a way out. At first, such an option as dousing dogs with cold water was considered, but it was considered unacceptable, since the appearance of the pet was affected. One adviser made a suggestion about cutting dogs. The governor liked this proposal. It was decided to shear animals, for these purposes hairdressers arrived to the court, each of which carried out a haircut in its own way.

Haircut and its types

Haircuts Maltese (boys and girls) resemble the hairdress of a Yorkshire terrier. The coat is long and well-groomed, a smooth parting on the dog's head, which begins at the nose and ends at the tail.

For convenience, you can make a shorter hair style maltese. A hairstyle for this breed has many variations.

The most convenient option is to cut the maltese "under the puppy". On all parts of the trunk, the coat is the same length, which makes it easy to comb the dog. In this case, the lap-dog is like a soft toy.

There is a haircut "under the poodle": it is clear by the name that the hair style is similar to the traditional poodle. You can experiment with the image of your favorite pet and cut it under the square, hedgehog, etc.

Whatever the choice, it is important to understand that it is impossible to cut the Maltese lapper by itself, if you are not a grooming master.

Exhibition haircuts

Maltese haircut of this kind is very good. She will emphasize the beauty of the pet. The length practically does not touch, only the tips are adjusted. The image of a dog for an exhibition has its own standards, for example, wool on paws and under the tail is cut by the rules. Slightly shortens the hair around the eyes. The exhibition is a complete preparation of the animal: haircut, styling and modeling of the hairstyle.

And to emphasize the unique structure and beauty of dog hair can be used with a curl on the curling hair. With curls it looks attractive and cute is maltese. Haircut for the exhibition is carried out regularly, more precisely from 3 to 5 times a year.

The advantages of this hairstyle can be attributed to the fact that the Maltese lap dog can participate in a kind of beauty contest for dogs.

But the negative point is the need to carefully care for the pet's fur, because this will take time and money.

Haircut "under the puppy"

Such grooming is ideal for dogs not participating in exhibitions. Cutting maltese "under the puppy" is characterized by a short cut of hair on the paws and torso. But the shape of the muzzle can be modeled independently. In this case there are no frames and rules, so there are a lot of options for grooming, it all depends on the owner's preferences and the skill of the hairdresser.

Easy and practical is this hairstyle. There is an opinion that it is possible only to cut puppies Maltese in this case, but this is not true. Similar grooming is also applicable to adult dogs. In addition, with this haircut, there is no need to comb the hair daily. But here the correction needs to be done quite often, from 5 to 7 times a year.

Creative option

If you want to make a drop of diversity in the image of your pet, then the creative haircut is a suitable option. There are no rules, restrictions and conventions. Everything depends on the desires and fantasies of the owner.

Hygiene and care

For the fur of any dog you need to carefully look after, which means you need to know the basic rules of care for the Maltese lap dog. Let us consider each rule separately.

It is advisable to accustom the puppy to manipulation of the hair from an early age. Grooming is a complex of courtship procedures. Care concerns the coat and paws of the dog, on which the beauty of the pet depends to a large extent. Therefore, it is necessary to accustom the Maltese lap dog to cleaning teeth and ears, cutting hair claws and wool.

To the regular professional grooming of Maltese Bolonok are the following procedures:

1. Combing. The thick wool is constantly tangled, lumps and knots are formed, so every day it is necessary to comb the pet hair.
2. Wash the coat. Water procedures are allowed only after thorough combing of the hair with the use of cosmetics for dogs with light hair. It is forbidden to use shampoos intended for people. How often to bathe the Maltese lapdog, you can decide for yourself, it all depends on the physiological characteristics of the pet.
3. Grooming the lapdog. Cutting can be optional or necessary. The frequency of the procedure may vary.
4. Daily hygienic procedures, which include shortening of claws, cleaning of ears and teeth, eye care.

For domestic pets it is necessary to take care of constantly, and this applies not only to maltese, but also to other breeds.