Hello I hope i am in the right section this is my first or second time looking at this site i did some searches ect cant find what i want all forums are a little different in way they work i will adjust to this one. Now to my question i have never had a shepherd german or australian i know this is a german site but i want the most from my dog i can get smart loyal ect which one is best in this area training and other i mentioned ? i have always had labs thinking about the shepherds ! My labs shed like crazy how do the shepherds do on shedding ?
They are also known as "German Shedders" if that gives you any idea They shed A LOT... I'm always sweeping, vacuuming, and brushing Titan.. hair.. so much hair..
Like the previous poster said, they shed a lot. I have a lab and I was vacuuming about once a week. Now I'm vacuuming every day due to the little German Shepherd tumble weeds everywhere. Lol
Mine only sheds once a year.... For 365 days (on a non leap year)! They really really really shed twice a year when they blow coat. A good food will help, but there really is no getting around it. Mine are raw fed and still shed a lot.
Yeah when I read that they blow coat twice a year, I thought "oh not that bad" but apparently never read, like DJEtzel said, that it's a year around shedding.. all.. the.. time.. you get used to it.
I had labs growing up and I can say it's worse than that, but that's JMO
I have a GSD and a Lab. Comparing the 2...... GSD is about 4 times (very conservative estimate) more then the Lab ... daily. Then there is the twice a year coat blowing as well for the GSD. Best thing I found was microfiber cloths and a good vacuum. I also vacuum Woolf usually twice a week, along with the almost daily brushing.
we haven't had much shedding for the past month or two here, but right before that my girl went into heat and blew her coat. She's long coat though so I have heard that they shed less, dont know how true, or some say the undercoat just gets stuck in the overcoat a little more. I am bad and havent brushed her all month and we have very minimal tumbleweed going on, but it gets really bad during coat blow
Ive posted/bragged a few times that my girl doesnt shed due to her raw diet. Well shes shedding, its coming out in clumps. Shes sable and now she has racing stripes on her sides.
Yep ,shed a lot and some vacuum cleaners can't handle it. Our rainbow vacuum will not pick up the hair so we just a bought a cheap Bissell and it works like a charm!
When brushing do you brush against or with the flow of hair? I assume both but I don't know if going against actually pulls hair out and not just pick up loose hair.
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