NGESONG Lhasa Puppy Guide

tooth of the comb from that part, between the eyes, over the head, and down the neck to meet the part that’s in
the dog’s back. You may have to re-do a spot here and there to get the part perfectly straight.
Feet
The hair between the pads of a Lhasa’s feet grows quite long — and quite fast. If ignored, it tends to mat. Left
alone, the mats increase in size and can spread the pads further apart.
Keeping the pads neatly trimmed is an easy task. With the dog on his side or back, hold a leg steady at an
angle that is easy for you to work with. The hand that holds the leg will have to do double duty because you’ll
need to spread the pads slightly apart so you can trim down between them. Some groomers use a clipper for
this task, others a small scissors.
Shaggy feet make even the most neatly groomed Lhasa look “unfinished.” The unkempt appearance of those
feet can be improved simply by trimming and rounding the coat around the feet. Push the hair up and away
from the foot itself and hold it there. Brush or comb a layer of hair over the foot and trim it all the way around
fairly close to the foot. Then brush a second layer over the foot, this time trimming it so it’s slightly longer
than the first layer. Depending on how heavily coated your dog’s foot is, repeat this until the foot has a neat,
rounded appearance. Do all four feet in the same way.
If your Lhasa doesn’t have heavily-coated feet, you may be able to get by with just combing all the hair over
the foot and cutting it.
Oh, don’t forget to cut those toenails!
Food Glorious Food,
What to feed your puppy.
All puppies need both wet and dry food to sustain their growth. Gayle and I are currently feeding the pups
Purina Puppy Biscuits with the Lactose Free Carton Milk and 1 tablespoon of Natural Yogurt blended in.
Along with this they are receiving Turkey or Chicken Mince at the same time. Your pup will need at least 3
meals a day for the first few months then by the time they are semi grown up down to one meal per day.
Please be careful on what treats you give your dog and over fat Lhasa looks horrible plus you will shorten
their life span of 15-20 years of age. I give them a treat of a liver or beef strip in the morning to my show
dogs, a chew ear or some other sort of plaque reducer is great. It is ok to give a handful of biscuits to them in
the morning as well. We do not encourage graze feeding.
I must warn you please do not give SMACKOS, I know they advertise them that dogs go silly for Smackos,
there is an additive that is not in my and many others opinion healthy for the dogs. Something like what MSG
does for humans.
Our adult dogs receive chicken necks and wings (all RAW), meatballs (Four Legs Varity), Sardines and Rice
mixed with vegetables. Straight Can food is easy to give but NOT VERY HEALTHY and will cost more in
the long run. Bones are fine when they are older except if you want to grow out their coat, then it becomes
very greasy hence ours do not receive these.
Put the dog’s food out and remove it once they leave the bowl even if not finished as they have had enough.
BEWARE there are poisonous foods to dogs, Onions, Chocolate Nuts DO not give even in small amounts.
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