So you think you want a German SHEDDER?

[Marnie]

I ask myself that question a lot. We just went thru an awful bought of shedding that seemed to go on forever. My collies didn't shed as much.

[LaRen616]

You want to talk about hair?

My friend and her 3 dogs moved in two days ago. We now have 2 GSDs, 2 Min Pins, 1 ACD Mix, 2 calico cats and a Ragdoll.

We are swimming in hair!

[iBaman]

good lord that's a lot of hair!!

Sheldon FINALLY stopped blowing coat...he was losing the rest of his puppy coat AND getting his winter coat at the same time....I could brush for an hour and I would STILL get hair off him!! I was just looking at another thread, and apparently you can send the hair in and they'll knit it into stuff for you!

[N Smith]

Gladiator, being only 9 months old has yet to shed his puppy coat, but when he does...well lets just say I am very afraid.

Ironhide really doesn't shed, except when blowing her coat before her heats. During this 3-5 weeks I can get an entire (squished down) bag of hair, like a grocery bag, 3 times a week. Its ridiculous! I will use a furminator, a curry brush (for horses), a shedding rake and a slicker brush. After brushing for an hour, I'm exhausted! And she still manages to have hair that I can still get off!

[iBaman]

Sheldon's only 8 months, and he started blowing it at 7 months...his coat is pretty much an adult coat, with the coarse guard hairs and all =3 love the fact that he doesn't really get wet =D

[Freestep]

I think I have you all beat, I could show you a pile of hair outside my grooming shop that would make you scream. Seriously. When I'm blow drying a shedding dog, that hair comes blasting out, and like a hurricane in the room. What I usually do is set up a big blower so that the hair is directed out the back door, and it lands in a little depression next to the steps. After a month or so, there is a deep layer of dog hair, like a mattress! I was going to pick it up, but it seems to just go into the dirt and decompose; once it starts raining and some leaves fall on top of it, it's like a compost pile, so I just let it be. Hair does take a long time to decompose, but we thought about using it in the garden... hear it keeps gophers away... anyone tried that?

[mssandslinger]

i know exactly what you mean!

[1sttimeforgsd]

That second picture, the look on her face is priceless! She is a very pretty girl, thanks for sharing with us.