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#1 ·
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 ?
 
#6 ·
A little better than a lab, but not much! Lots of tumbleweeds. They blow coat twice a year as well, but it is constant shedding.
 
#7 ·
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 :)
 
#8 ·
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.
 
#15 ·
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
 
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