Now, as parents gradually improve their pet aesthetics, the standards for pet grooming are getting higher and higher. During the beauty process, parents all encountered the same problem, that is, should pets be shaved?
The decision to shave may occur in many situations, such as the color of your own Teddy's hair becomes lighter, or the dog has mixed hair. Since parents do not understand dog breeds and related beauty care knowledge, many businesses or beauticians have questioned the saying "shave off your hair in an embarrassing period." Therefore, the main theme of this micro-class is the embarrassing period of pets. Is shaving really a good choice?
In fact, there are big misunderstandings in the practice of shaving, and it can even be said to be completely wrong.
Where should we shave our dogs?
Before talking about the harm of shave, we need to understand the dog's hair.
The hairy dog is a very important protective organ for the dog itself. The hairy dog can protect the skin of the dog's whole body, so that dogs without sweat glands can adjust their body temperature through the density of the hair and adapt to environmental changes. Short-haired dogs change their hair all year round.
This is also the reason why many dogs, such as golden retrievers and husky, have severe hair loss during the season change, while some dogs, such as Teddy, Bichon, Schnauzer, etc., have less hair loss. It is not because they do not shed hair, but because their hair loss will be completed with daily metabolism, and the dead and broken hair on their bodies will continue to fall off, so it will not be particularly obvious in spring and autumn.
Generally speaking, dogs' hair is the slowest and most mature organ in the whole body. Male dogs can complete the hair growth when they reach 1 and a half years old, while female dogs can only fully plump their hair until they are 2 years old.
Many owners may not understand this concept. Why does shaving cause harm to dogs?
1. First of all, the dog's feelings
In fact, the density of the hair is determined by the dog's genetic genes and will not become thicker due to shaving. The thicker hairs after shaving are actually caused by excessive shaving. Just like a human beard, dogs' hair will become thicker and harder due to constant trimming, and dogs will often feel uncomfortable after shaving.
2. The second point is the health of dogs
At this time, we need to introduce a concept to everyone - hairy powder. The original name of hairy powder is actually a full-function nutrient. After taking it, it will make the dog healthier, make the dog nutritious and have smooth and shiny hair. It is also because of its hair-beautiful effect that it was gradually renamed as hair-beautiful powder.
And this principle also explains the relationship between the hair and the dog's own health:
We can judge the dog's physical health by the brightness of the hair, the brightness of the color, and the health of the skin.
Although the puppy's hair can still grow normally after shaving off the hair, parents will indeed find changes in hair quality. But in fact, this is because of the fetal hair falling off, and the strong contrast between the adult dog hair produced and the fetal hair. Even if you don’t shave your hair, your dog’s hair will naturally change, but the feeling of shave it is more intuitive. This has caused many beauticians to mislead their owners with the wrong idea that new hair grows better after shaving.
Because it takes one and a half to two years for dog hair to grow, hair under normal growth will not compete with internal organs for nutrients. However, if the dog's hair growth pattern is artificially changed, it will affect the overall nutritional intake of the body. Many dogs on the market now have various health defects. If they still experience malnutrition during the critical growth period, they will lead to developmental delays and may easily cause various problems in old age.
Now, many Teddy's patellar valgus, patellar dislocation, hip bone and femoral head problems, in addition to genetic factors, one factor that cannot be ignored is the nutritional deficiency caused by wrong cosmetic methods, which greatly stimulates and stimulates the genetic defects of dogs.
Then when do you really need to shave your dog's hair?
Dog skin diseases, large-scale felt rolling, and ulcers about to be about to be traumatized or traumatized or operated, the dog can be cleaned.
However, shaving hair will also have an unavoidable impact on the dog:
If shaving catches the growth period, that is, the dog is exactly 3 to 4 months, during this period, the optic nervous system and internal organs are gradually developing completely. The dog's body will lack nutrients due to body hair, which will also affect the dog's endocrine.
The food sources of dogs during the growth period are too complex, and parents cannot predict what foods they will have allergic reactions to. Many foods that are nutritious to people are harmful to dogs. In addition, shaving will lead to a large amount of nutrients in dogs, causing dogs to experience mixed hair and fading. A few dogs will experience soft stool due to weakening of gastrointestinal abilities.
Many dog owners choose to give their dog some nutritional cream and hairy powder. Although these health care products and foods can improve physical fitness in a short period of time, they are not recommended to use them.
Many nutritional products have achieved rapid effect because of hormones and hormone-like effects. These hormones will affect the dog's own hormone regulation ability, causing disorders in various systems of the dog's body. Maybe the performance is not very obvious in the early stage, but it will gradually be revealed after middle-aged and elderly people. For example, the two-year-old Jingba loses teeth, which is caused by beautiful fans.
If the hair around the tip of the dog's nose turns white, it is because the dog has entered old age and its internal organs have begun to gradually decline. This phenomenon may occur because it is congenital inadequate in childhood or is affected by improper diet and beauty.
Shaving the adult dog's hair and letting it grow again will require a lot of nutrients. Dogs may experience symmetric alopecia areata after shaving it, which is caused by hormone secretion imbalance. Frequent shaving during adult dogs will also lead to slower hair growth and lower hair quality.
It is not advisable to shave in summer. When the dog's skin is exposed, direct sunlight may cause heat stroke or skin burns after 15 minutes.
In fact, many dogs are also allergic to the head of a razor. If you need to shave at this time, you can appropriately leave a length of 2-3 cm to avoid allergies, but also ensure the body's nutritional supply and weaken the impact on other functions.
In short, don't shave your hair, they are also very tired to grow hair~