Fur Care

There is so much literature about the personality and the looks of the PON that it is too much to recapitulate all. I will limit myself to elaborate on the topic of fur care. Someone choosing for a dog like a PON usually likes the beautiful fur a lot. But such a fur needs a lot of care. The fur needs to be brushed once a week, even when you don’t have a lot of time or when on holidays. I usually use a brush with large bristles and two combs, one with large and one with smaller pins. I always brush my dogs on the table, I use a mat so the dogs won’t slide away and are safe. My dogs always need to lie down on their side and are pretty comfortable this way. They don’t mind being in this position. I always start with their feet and slowly go up. I make sure every layer of hair is brushed before I use the comb with the large teeth so I can take care of the hair all the way down to the skin. Most dogs don’t like their legs to be brushed but for most of them, brushing their back is heaven on earth. Important places that can’t be forgotten are behind the ears, inside the legs and the inside the armpits where tangles are likely to occur.

For some years now I shave the belly of Bajka (armpits included). Nobody notices it and this way I have a lot less work brushing her. I bath my dogs every 2 months because this makes the maintenance of their fur a lot easier and this way they smell always nice. I also cut the hairs around the anus and gently pull hair out of their inner ear. Some people go too professional to this things but I think doing this yourself enforces your bond with the dog.