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01-25-2013, 02:36 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Southern Illinois
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It doesn't seem to ever stop. I'd brush Ossie day after day and still take out bags full of undercoat.
Lisl's still too young for this, so I don't know how things will go with her.
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Bear, Anna, Molly, Ossie, and The Countess Lisl von Schlaf An Unhappy German is a Sour Kraut! |
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01-25-2013, 02:46 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 41
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MichaelE, Really??? please tell me you're speaking loosely. I know they are "German Shedders" and shed all the time, but I thought there was a time when they shed extra. Not so? OH NO! I feel like "the maple kind" dog after being told his owner ate the bacon and steak.
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01-25-2013, 04:15 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Southern Illinois
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No, I'm not kidding. Ossie was a real shedder.
Literally, Wal-mart bags full of hair every brushing daily. The stuff seemed to grow back overnight and the previous coat released that day. He had to be brushed daily, sometimes twice a day.
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Bear, Anna, Molly, Ossie, and The Countess Lisl von Schlaf An Unhappy German is a Sour Kraut! |
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01-25-2013, 04:43 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Whitehorse, Yukon
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Is the dog spayed/neutered?
For my intact dogs, they shed twice a year and do a full coat blow out over about 4 weeks. For my females is coincides with 6 weeks before their heats, for my male it is with the season. Other than that don't even leave enough coat behind in their crates to warrant me vacuuming it out once a week. My neutered dogs shed non-stop and just even more profusely when the seasons change, it sucks.... |
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01-25-2013, 08:17 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Roseville, CA
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We've had Ziva 2 1/2 years. She's on a good kibble + raw. She hasn't stopped shedding yet. She out-sheds 4 housecats.
 A friend of mine told me GSDs shed twice a year: the first half of the year & the second half of the year.  I believe him now. |
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01-25-2013, 08:23 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Oklahoma City metro
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Sage is blowing coat right now. I'm convinced it's because she overheard me talking about entering her in a show in 5 weeks.
 As soon as the fur started to fly earlier this week, I bathed her and blew out every bit of loose coat. I'll just keep doing it until it all comes out, so we can get it to start growing back. Half naked, totally naked, whatever. That dog IS showing in Wichita Falls in 5 weeks. 
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~ Diane in Okla Carly - AKC CH, Herding Instinct Certificate Sage - Ch. pointed, Herding Instinct Certificate Russell - GSD puppy Last edited by dogfaeries; 01-25-2013 at 08:26 PM. |
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01-25-2013, 08:25 PM
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Master Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Oklahoma City metro
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Oh, and my girls aren't big shedders normally. They blow coat about 6 weeks before they come in heat, and the occasional seasonal shed like the one Sage in having. Other than that, it's not bad at all.
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