You will need: Coat dressing, brushes & comb
Start by placing your dog on his back and lightly misting the chest area with coat dressing. Working with a pin brush or natural bristle brush, start at the top of the chest brushing towards the head. Work only with one section of hair at a time and remember to mist often with coat dressing. If the coat appears to be ditty, sprinkle in a little baby corn starch powder (this also adds body). Continue to work down the chest and do both front legs being sure not to leave any tangles. As we discussed, tangles become mats and mats cause coat damage. Now reverse ends and do the rear skirts and top of the rear legs in the same manner. Remember each hair must be brushed to give that well look.
Note: The corn starch baby powder is used for general cleaning as it seems to collect more dirt than the regular baby powder. Test this yourself by grooming your dog on a white towel and checking the dirt that's accumulated on it when you're finished. It takes a few days for the residue from the corn starch baby powder to completely leave the coat. For this reason only regular baby powder is used before a show. If you do not care for the powder, you must revert to the wash and dry method. Don't brush too hard!!
If it is not the time for your dog to be shedding you shouldn't be getting a lot of hair in the brush. If you are, it may be a sign you arc brushing too hard.
A major help to you in grooming will be to keep a mental picture in your mind of what a Pekingese is supposed to look like: Heavy in the chest/narrow in the rear, fluffed up in the front/smooth down in the rear. Reread the Pekingese standard, English and American. [Ed. note - if possible, groom in front of a mirror. It is a tremendous aid.]
Another trick to help make your grooming time easier and more enjoyable for yourself and dog is teaching the stand-stay command. This command not only helps in grooming but in the ring as well. When put on the table for inspection and told to stand-stay, your little guy will be confident knowing just what's expected of him. Beauty and brains!!
Continuing with the brushing, have your dog stand-stay facing away from you. Using your hair clip, clip the tail out of your way. Misting lightly with coat dressing, lift the skirts with one hand and brush down continuing until you reach the tail. When both skirts are finished take the Clip Out of the tail and mist the tail lightly with dressing. Starting at the base of the tail brush all hair to one side, then reverse and brush all hair to the opposite side. When finished brush up and over the back.
By brushing the hair in the same direction each time you brush you are actually training the coat to stay that way. Ever seen the dog that shakes and not a hair lands out of place? That coat is actually trained to fall that way!

Keep misting with coat dressing!