Grooming the Head<\/h3>\nCheck your Sheltie\u2019s eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. Clean the ears gently, if needed. Brush the hair on the side of the face. You can also smooth the hair on the sides of the face with a stripping stone. Gently comb the hair on and around the ears with a fine-toothed comb, such as a flea comb. With blunt-tipped scissors, trim straggling hairs on the back of the ear and around the ear tip. Check the fine hairs on the outer sides of the base of the ears.<\/p>\n
These hairs are more prone to tangle and form small knots. If they are not kept combed out regularly, they can form mats. If your Sheltie\u2019s hair is tangled, use a gentle de-tangling solution or spray developed for dogs. Wet the hair, and then gently comb out the tangles. Trim away excess hair in front of the ear, so that it does not extend more than half-way up the inside of the ear.<\/p>\n
Puppy ears.<\/strong> Sheltie ears are supposed to naturally tip over at the top. Naturally tipping ears is an inherited trait. When Shelties are very young puppies, their ears may tip, but about the time their teeth are coming in, some puppies\u2019 ears may start to stand up straight, giving them a foxy appearance. This is called \u201cprick\u201d or \u201cerect\u201d ears.<\/p>\n
Breeders often tape, brace, or weight a Sheltie puppy\u2019s ears to train the ears to tip if they do not tip naturally. There are many different \u201cear training\u201d techniques, some more successful than others. If your Sheltie\u2019s ears start to rise and you do not want them to remain erect, contact the breeder for advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Line brushing your Sheltie is a basic method that lets you groom your dog\u2019s hair through to the skin, in sections, layer by layer. Start at the back of the head and top of the neck and separate your pet\u2019s hair in a line, down to the skin. Brush the coat well, then move down … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\nLine Brushing Your Sheltie<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Line brushing your Sheltie is a basic method that lets you groom your dog\u2019s hair through to the skin, in sections, layer by layer.....More\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/line-brushing-your-sheltie\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Line Brushing Your Sheltie\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Line brushing your Sheltie is a basic method that lets you groom your dog\u2019s hair through to the skin, in sections, layer by layer.....More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/line-brushing-your-sheltie\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dog Grooming Tutorial\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-10-06T03:15:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-12-24T00:19:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Line-Brushing-Your-Sheltie.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"460\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"290\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"zsoltm1778\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"zsoltm1778\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/line-brushing-your-sheltie\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/line-brushing-your-sheltie\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"zsoltm1778\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c85a50c3185749ed092b11f66c707fd7\"},\"headline\":\"Line Brushing Your Sheltie\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-10-06T03:15:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-12-24T00:19:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/line-brushing-your-sheltie\/\"},\"wordCount\":796,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c85a50c3185749ed092b11f66c707fd7\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/line-brushing-your-sheltie\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Line-Brushing-Your-Sheltie.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Shetland Sheepdog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/line-brushing-your-sheltie\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/line-brushing-your-sheltie\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/line-brushing-your-sheltie\/\",\"name\":\"Line Brushing Your Sheltie\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/line-brushing-your-sheltie\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/line-brushing-your-sheltie\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Line-Brushing-Your-Sheltie.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-10-06T03:15:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-12-24T00:19:42+00:00\",\"description\":\"Line brushing your Sheltie is a basic method that lets you groom your dog\u2019s hair through to the skin, in sections, layer by layer.....More\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/line-brushing-your-sheltie\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/line-brushing-your-sheltie\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/line-brushing-your-sheltie\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Line-Brushing-Your-Sheltie.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Line-Brushing-Your-Sheltie.jpg\",\"width\":460,\"height\":290,\"caption\":\"line-brushing-a-sheltie\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/line-brushing-your-sheltie\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Shetland Sheepdog\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/category\/grooming-a-shetland-sheepdog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Line Brushing Your Sheltie\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/\",\"name\":\"Dog Grooming Tutorial\",\"description\":\"Grooming Tips for a Great Looking Dog\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c85a50c3185749ed092b11f66c707fd7\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c85a50c3185749ed092b11f66c707fd7\",\"name\":\"zsoltm1778\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fff3f1f9f036756692c472e4d267a5b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fff3f1f9f036756692c472e4d267a5b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"zsoltm1778\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/author\/zsoltm1778\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Line Brushing Your Sheltie","description":"Line brushing your Sheltie is a basic method that lets you groom your dog\u2019s hair through to the skin, in sections, layer by layer.....More","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/line-brushing-your-sheltie\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Line Brushing Your Sheltie","og_description":"Line brushing your Sheltie is a basic method that lets you groom your dog\u2019s hair through to the skin, in sections, layer by layer.....More","og_url":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/line-brushing-your-sheltie\/","og_site_name":"Dog Grooming Tutorial","article_published_time":"2015-10-06T03:15:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-12-24T00:19:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":460,"height":290,"url":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Line-Brushing-Your-Sheltie.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"zsoltm1778","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"zsoltm1778","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/line-brushing-your-sheltie\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/line-brushing-your-sheltie\/"},"author":{"name":"zsoltm1778","@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c85a50c3185749ed092b11f66c707fd7"},"headline":"Line Brushing Your Sheltie","datePublished":"2015-10-06T03:15:27+00:00","dateModified":"2015-12-24T00:19:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/line-brushing-your-sheltie\/"},"wordCount":796,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c85a50c3185749ed092b11f66c707fd7"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/line-brushing-your-sheltie\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Line-Brushing-Your-Sheltie.jpg","articleSection":["Shetland Sheepdog"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/line-brushing-your-sheltie\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/line-brushing-your-sheltie\/","url":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/line-brushing-your-sheltie\/","name":"Line Brushing Your Sheltie","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/line-brushing-your-sheltie\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/line-brushing-your-sheltie\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Line-Brushing-Your-Sheltie.jpg","datePublished":"2015-10-06T03:15:27+00:00","dateModified":"2015-12-24T00:19:42+00:00","description":"Line brushing your Sheltie is a basic method that lets you groom your dog\u2019s hair through to the skin, in sections, layer by layer.....More","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/line-brushing-your-sheltie\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/line-brushing-your-sheltie\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/line-brushing-your-sheltie\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Line-Brushing-Your-Sheltie.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Line-Brushing-Your-Sheltie.jpg","width":460,"height":290,"caption":"line-brushing-a-sheltie"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/line-brushing-your-sheltie\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Shetland Sheepdog","item":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/category\/grooming-a-shetland-sheepdog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Line Brushing Your Sheltie"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/","name":"Dog Grooming Tutorial","description":"Grooming Tips for a Great Looking Dog","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c85a50c3185749ed092b11f66c707fd7"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c85a50c3185749ed092b11f66c707fd7","name":"zsoltm1778","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fff3f1f9f036756692c472e4d267a5b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fff3f1f9f036756692c472e4d267a5b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"zsoltm1778"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"},"url":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/author\/zsoltm1778\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1576"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}