How to Groom a Mauzer

Crossing a purebred Maltese with a purebred schnauzer results in a small, densely furred dog known as the mauzer. The breed is generally hyper, fun-loving and obedient. Depending on which breed influences the coat of your mauzer, his fur may be long and silky or shorter and wiry. Though mauzers tend not to shed excessively, regular grooming is required to reduce the chances of tangling and matting in their coats. Avoid coat complications by checking up on your mauzer weekly.

Things You'll Need

  • Dog toothbrush
  • Dog toothpaste
  • Dog nail clippers
  • Pin brush
  • Steel comb
  • Hair clippers
  • No. 10 blade guard
  • Thinning shears
  • Fine toothed face comb
  • Flea comb
  • Cotton balls
  • Hydrogen peroxide
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Instructions

    • 1

      Brush your mauzer's teeth daily with a fingertip dog toothbrush and toothpaste formulated for use on canines. Place the toothbrush over your fingertip, apply a small bead of toothpaste, and massage your dog's teeth and gums with the brush. Apply more toothpaste as needed.

    • 2

      Trim your dog's nails at least bi-weekly. Hold the paw flat in the palm of your hand and note where the nail begins to hook over. Cut at this point to avoid making the nail bleed.

    • 3

      Brush the coat upward using a pin brush, starting at your mauzer's front legs. Move across the entire coat, then repeat the brushing with a smaller steel comb to remove any forming mats. Place your mauzer on his back and repeat the brushing process for the belly, inside legs and armpits.

    • 4

      Fit a No. 10 blade guard over your clippers and turn them on. Shave your mauzer's head, leaving the eyebrows, ear hair and beard intact. Always shave with the hair's grain, or direction of growth, to avoid causing skin irritation.

    • 5

      Move the clippers downward and shave the neck and chin. Gradually make your way over the body with the clippers, staying with the hair's grain at all times. Turn your mauzer over and tend gently to the belly and hind quarters with the clippers. Lift the tail and gently clip the hair surrounding the anus and underside of the tail. Leave a skirt of longer hair around each leg and blend using a pair of thinning shears.

    • 6

      Trim stray, messy hair from the eyebrows using the thinning shears. When looked at from the front, the eyebrow should form a triangle that frames your mauzer's eye. Cut away fringes of hair from the edges of each ear, as well as excess hair growing in the path of the ear canal. If your mauzer's beard is looking unkempt, use the thinning shears to clean it up.

    • 7

      Comb the beard and eyebrows using a fine toothed face comb. Brush all excess hair from your mauzer using the pin brush, then go over the coat with a flea comb.

    • 8

      Dampen several cotton balls with hydrogen peroxide and clean away any dark, waxy buildup on the inside of each ear. Avoid inserting cotton swabs or any other cleaning device in the dog's ear canal.