If you want to choose a healthy teacup dog, you must first check the appearance of its hair, and then check the details. What are the specific steps? Let’s take a look.

Teacup Dog

​1. Check the appearance

1. Spirit: Lively and active, responsive, bright eyes, normal walking, no lameness.

2. Coat: glossy, natural in color, full of pigment, and no hair loss.

Short-haired baby: obedient

Long-haired baby: fluffy.

3. Fat and thin: Try to choose a fat puppy that feels heavy and solid when placed in the palm of your hand.

2. Check the details

1. Eyes: The eyes are bright, no eye guano, no tears, the cornea is clear and bright, not turbid, and the color of both eyes is the same.

2. Ears: There is no hair loss, dandruff or ulceration on the auricle, and there is no dirt or odor in the ear canal.

3. Nose: The tip of the nose is slightly moist, no nasal mucus, and the nose mirror is cold.

4. Mouth: The upper and lower lips are well closed, the oral mucosa is pink, there is no odor, no salivation, the teeth are white, the coat color at the corners of the mouth is normal, and there are no reddish-brown oxidation stains.

5. Head: The lymph glands on the lower forehead are not swollen, and the trachea is not coughed if touched gently.

6. Back: straight.

7. Nipples: 4 to 6 pairs, symmetrical, obvious and protruding (not concave).

8. Testicles: Two, no single or cryptorchidism.

9. Anus: The coat around the anus is clean, the anus is not red and swollen, and the coat color is normal.

10. Tail: Short-haired species: flat tail type, naturally upturned; long-haired species: long, fringed, naturally hanging hair, no rash, sparse hair loss, and no tail biting.

11. Limbs: Straight limbs, no X or O-shaped legs.

12. Skin: ruddy, no rash, no wound scab.

13. Excretion: The stool is in strips, brown in color, without parasites, and the urine is clear and not turbid.