How to care for rough-haired dogs

 I am convinced that after smooth-haired dogs, wire-haired ones are the most easy to care for. These include schnauzers and a number of terriers (wire-coated fox terrier, Airedale, Norwich terrier, etc.) One of the wire-haired breeds is the Airedale Terrier. These dogs do not shed, have no smell, trimming can be done once every 1-3 months, and if the owner prefers shaving, it is done as needed. You can learn how to trim the dog yourself. When the hair has grown and you see that the dog begins to “lay” hairs around the house, start to slowly “pinch” it. For trimming, you will need a special knife or stone that looks like a pumice stone. You can remove the hair gradually, as it grows back, or wait until all the hair “ripens” and remove everything “in a crowd”. The duration of the procedure itself may be different, because the coat of each dog has its own qualities sometimes less in volume, and someone has more undercoat). On average, trimming, for example, a miniature schnauzer takes about 2 hours, and a cosmetic haircut takes another 30 minutes. If a rough-haired dog is not trimmed, but cut or shaved, the structure of the coat changes: it becomes softer, gets tangled, loses its water-repellent properties, does not protect so well from bad weather, and besides, the dog begins to shed. It is possible to restore the hard structure of the coat, but it will take a long time (not one or two trims). Question: do you need it if you think it’s more convenient to shave your dog? 

Some owners are hesitant to trim their dogs for fear of hurting them. However, if the coat is “ripe”, it comes off freely. Yes, this is not stroking, but the pet does not experience pain and may well endure this procedure without anesthesia. The four-legged friend does not experience strong discomfort.

 If, for some reason, trimming is urgently needed, and the coat is still not quite easy to leave, some pain is possible, but the dog is still able to adapt to them. What is better: cutting or trimming – each owner decides on his own. If you want to have a true representative of the breed, so that the coat “works” correctly, so that the pet does not shed or smell, then, of course, trimming is necessary. If you feel more comfortable cutting and you are ready to put up with the fact that the wool will become soft – you can cut or shave. The dog itself, by and large, does not care. Wire-haired dogs are not recommended to be washed frequently, as frequent washing makes the coat softer. 2 in 1″. If you are looking after an “exhibition fighter”, I would recommend washing it once a month with a moisturizing shampoo, since the coat needs to be nourished and its growth stimulated (dry coarse wool breaks off), and before the exhibition itself, do not wash it, but use exhibition cosmetics .If the hard coat is sheared, then it is more important not to wash, but to comb (you can use a balm or a special spray against tangles), because without regular combing your pet will be covered with a shell of tangles. In this case, you can wash it once a month, or you can wash it once every 1-1 months, this is not so important.