| Grooming Your West Highland White Terrier With Related Articles to Improve the Health of Your Westies. West ie |
| Learn to groom your Westie early on. Keeping your West Highland Terrier neat and trim reduces health problems and keeps your young Westie disciplined as well. Your friends will also enjoy being around your nice clean healthy dog. Lil Lady Jecca, one of my first Westies, was 9 wks old when she came to the Ross Family Farm. At age 3 months, she is already used to being groomed. Here she lies patiently for me to finish brushing her. There are several tools you might want to purchase to groom your West Highland White Terrier puppy.
White Terrier. A professional groomer will do a more complete job. First, I use a brush like the one you see in the picture. It can be purchased where they sell pet supplies. The pin brush on the other side comes next. I use it very gently, making sure she is enjoying the grooming process. I trim her 1" from the tip of each ear on both sides, with straight edge scissors. At this age her ears are large for her body! But I don't laugh! As any Lil Lady, she is very sensitive about her looks. I also clip her nails. This is not very much fun for either of us, but it must be done. I use guillotine type clippers. If her nails are wet and soft, it is much easier. Have your vet show you how to do it without cutting the quick. Sometimes I dust baby powder on her back, making sure that I don't get it in her eyes. I brush it in, then give her a big hug and tell her what a good girl she was while being groomed I have recently purchased a Quik Change Deshedder from Revival Animal Health. It is perfect for double coated breeds like the West Highland White Terriers (Westies) for their special grooming needs. Check out their website: http://www. revivalanimal.com?a=AFF404341 Use this link and I will get support from their website. Thank you for doing so! |
| Lil, Lady Olivia, age 3 mos. waits her turn on the grooming table. Time for the pin brush! Precious Ollie is so obedient and calm. |
| Wellness - A Key To Good Care Of Your West Highland White Terrier! "AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE!" Preventing illness is just as important as treating it. You take vitamins, have regular checkups, and get your vaccinations on time. Have a calendar or reminders around so you won't forget these important issues for you pet. 1.The first thing you should do when getting your puppy is to find a vet who cares for small animals. Set up an appointment for a physical checkup, then follow through with your vet's recommendations on keeping your pet healthy. Your vet is a wonderful source and you should make him or her your friend as well as your puppy's friend. 2. Keep a supply of good dog food in a clean plastic bucket with a sealing lid. Wash your puppies bowl after each feeding and don't leave food in the bowl more than 15 minutes. Your puppy may not be hungry at the first feeding, but he will be ready for the next. Use clean food. 3. Keep your puppy's crate clean and the area around his crate clean. When I mop the floor of their kennel with a mixture of Simple Green, purex and water every morning, they seem to sleep better. My puppies get lots of love and attention and they are very happy and quiet. 4. Keep your puppy clean, too. Brush your puppy with a regular brush before putting him in his crate. See Good Grooming Benefits for more ideas. 5. I also use a high quality dog food - Solid Gold is my favorite, no bi products, organic and lots of vitamins. ( Solid Gold is sold at Petco and has a beautiful picture of a West Highland White Terrier on its pink package. |
| GOOD GROOMING BENEFITS for WESTIES! 1. HEALTH Just as brushing makes your hair shine, it is great for your Westie, too. Ask you vet what to look for when grooming: parasites,etc. Using a slicker brush removes all dead hair. It also cleans up dirt that goes along with white and Westies' digging. Good grooming is a health issue. 2. RELATIONSHIPS Having a friend spend time with you is as important to your Westie as you. Grooming is a soothing experience. Notice how they go right to sleep afterward. It is like a good bed time foot rub. It really helps you bond with your puppy. Good grooming increases the time you spend with your pet. 3. BODY ODOR AND GOOD LOOKS! You brush your hair everyday ( at least your should) so that you will look clean and neat. Do the same for your best friend. A lil dash of baby powder never hurts either. Don't forget to brush the teeth. No one likes bad breath. Rubbing soda on the gums decreases gum odor, too. Good grooming will make your dog more attractive and smell good, too. |
| P.S. from Willie, the Westie: You have probably noticed by now that we don't go in for shows, (formal ones that is), around here. (Mums did purchase a new brush from the West Highland Terrier Club of America for their upcoming show in Lancaster, PA in 2009). We do live in the house or dog garage and Mums likes us to stay very clean, so we regularly have her "up to snuff" grooming sessions. We get a "wee" bit dirty when playing in the yard with each other, getting caught digging up her peonies or petunias, or just plain ruff housin',so about once a week we go through a routine to restore our otherwise good looks. It is hard being white when you are a dog, everything shows. I guess being AKC registered means we have keep up the image. So for all you Westie lovers, check our her "Up to Snuff Grooming Tips". Request for "Mums Up to Snuff Grooming Tips" , It's Free and Full of Hints for Grooming your Westie! |
| Mums' Lil Westies of the Ross Family Farm "Every family needs a Westie and a Mums to let you have one." |
| " I must confess, I am a pretty cute West Highland White Terrier. I am pretty darn cocky about my good looks. It is not every day that you see a Westie with as much class, demeanor and all around attitude as me. Mums tells me that everyday and it has really gone to my head. If you have better looking West Highland Terrier male send Mums a picture and tell her about him!" willie |
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| Willie, hmm, "interested" in a video that I purchased about grooming around the bum hole! "Not so sure, Mums!" |
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| Lil Prince Willie, my first West HIghland White Terrirer is shown here at age 4 months. He obediently sits as I explain to you why we put Frontline on his back. We live in the country and have lots of ticks and fleas. Our vet recommended we use Frontline to keep them away! Just a little dab at the withers every month is all it takes. I also give a tab of Brewer's Yeast as a bed time snack. I purchase the Frontline, Pet Tabs, and Brewers Yeast from Revival Animal Health. (See link above!) At this age, Willie has had all his parvo and rabies shots for one year. He has his collar off so you can't see his tag. He also has an identification tag on his collar in case he gets lost. He is registered with the American Kennel Club as are Jecca, Olivia and Kate. The AKC can identify him by his registration number which is on his collar. You will want to register your Westie with the AKC. It is the largest, most prestigious registry in the country. I always puts a leash on him when I walk him, but he is quick and energetic and sometimes breaks into a run before I get it on. You really have to watch Westies. They are always on the lookout for squirrels and varmits!. We take 4 walks a day down to the lake, about 1/4 mile from our house, everyday. (This is as good for me as it is for the puppies)! Next to preventive medicine and exercise, I make certain that the dogs live in a safe, clean environment. The crates are kept clean, the food and water fresh in clean bowls and the floor of the play area sanitized everyday, sometimes more if we have accidents, like when I am not fast enough getting the leashes on so they can go potty. Speaking of food: I have recently discovered Premium Edge for Skin and Coat which I purchase at my local co-op. It has drastically changed my lil Westies hair and skin. All Westies will shed to some degree, but this food has also really reduced the amount of hair that comes out when I groom them. Try it out! Westies are so easy to train to sit, stay, come and down. I would like to make a note here that we enrolled in our local Petco obedience class. It was wonderful. Don't pass up this opportunity if you are close to a pet store that offers obedience classes. They respond to routines. From the very beginning, I established a schedule to fit their needs, as well as mine , and it has become the cornerstone on which I have had such joy and success in raising healthy, well disciplined and loving dogs. There is a time for napping, a time for walking, a time for feeding, a time for potty, a time to just play, a time to learn obedience and finally a time to just sit and love. Take good care of your Westie! Mums |
| FEBRUARY IS DENTAL AWARENESS MONTH! *STEPS TO BRUSHING WESTIE'S TEETH
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| ABBY SHOWING OFF HER PEARLY WHITES! |