My 6 month old German shepherd seems to be shedding more than I thought he would. I live in North Carolina. It has been in the 30s and 40s for some time, and he stays in his outside run during the day, but inside at night. He doesn't scratch, and the vet says his skin is in good condition, but when he comes in the house there is hair everywhere.
I don't know how much they are suppose to shed.
Thanks for your thoughts on this.
They shed. Some more than others. This time of year the days are getting longer and it is natural for them to "blow coat" where they will loose all but the guard hairs.
If you can get a hold of one of those massive powered air blasters groomers use -you will thank me. Not only will you 'shed' your dog for him but you will almost never need to bathe him. This monster of a machine is expensive but well worth it... it blows away dirt, dust, dead hair the works! And if you do wash your dog it dries him in minutes!
Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.
--Roger Caras
The dryers are great. But if you are going to use it for this application, do it outside if at all possible. The dryers force air at very high speeds via a reverse vacuum. If you dry-blast your dog indoors, you will be finding hair EVERYWHERE. At least if you do it when he is wet it 'kinda' stays in one place.
The Black metro Ed sells is very good for the money. I have one and was suprised at the power from an inexpensive dryer. (yes, I said inexpensive, they can cost a LOT more)
If you can see the floor through the hair, he's not done shedding <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> . If you have hard floors then you just have to pick up the dust puppies, much easier.
"Dog breeding must always be done by a dog lover, it can not be a profession." -Max v Stephanitz
Yep!! German Shedders. If we don't see dog hair on the floor we think we entered the wrong home.
I've used a Outdoor Leaf Blower with great success. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Only drawback is when working in yard, the dogs want to play and there goes getting anything done.
You can look in the search engine on this site and find alot of info on SHEDDING PROBLEMS. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
I dont know how many dogs will tolerate this but with 2 akitas in the house im allways on hair patrol. My older female will tolerate just about anything including a shop vac. I use a sheding blade in one hand and the shop vac in the other. Basiclly vacume as I go. Now my male well he's another story. He thinks the vacum is one of his toys, he likes to be vacumed but only if you can do it while he is bouncing around the room. Anyway the shop vac beats going out in 5 above weather and since im running the vacum as im brushing i dont have hair all over. easy to empty and no expensive vacum bags like in normal vacums. Just a thought. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
Thank God for central vac systems. I've brushed 2-shopping bags worth of fur off my boy in the last couple weeks, plus we fill the vac system hopper with fur every week.
He's 2-years old now...I guess it's normal for him to shed so much, but sometimes I wonder where it all comes from. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
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I also just skip the middleman and just vacum the dogs themselves. Often.
And let me tell you, it works *much* better with the hose and attachment as opposed to trying to vacum them with the upright...
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