Bathing and Grooming a Pekingese

We bathe our Pekes twice a month. Here's how we do it:

1. Brush the coat well to minimize tangles and mats. Dilute 3 tablespoons of shampoo in 3 cups of water and lather the mixture with a lathering puff.
2. Wet the Peke with lukewarm water and scrub the fur down with the soapy lathering puff. Avoid the eye area.
3. Wash the shampoo off and dilute 3 tablespoons of conditioner in 2 cups of water.
4. Massage the conditioner mixture into the well rinsed fur and rinse well.
5. Towel dry your Peke. Carefully clean the outer ear, wrinkle, and eye area of your Peke with the a clean wet towel. Then blow dry (lowest possible heat) the fur with a slicker brush.
6. Use a comb to weed out the tangles and mats. Cut heavy mats with scissors.
7. Trim the hair in the paw pads with scissors and trim the nails with a cutter.

It's a tedious process but having a clean-smelling, fluffy bundle of joy to cuddle is well worth it.