pulling clumps of hair out?

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wrenny

Discussion Starter · Jul 15, 2008

So it's my first summer with my boy but I don't remember my old LHGSD shedding this much.

I can find white patches of hair or just clumps that don't belong on Lex body and just pull them off. Is that normal? lol

I use the furminator and that brings hair off everytime I use it. I actually wonder if it's making it worse.

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raysmom

· #2 · Jul 15, 2008

Ray used to have clumps of fur like that a lot - usually around his back end or his neck - they'd just easily pull out. Kaiser doesn't seem to have them, but he also seems to have a different kind of fur than Ray did - but I think the clumps are normal! I think you could brush a GSD 24/7 and still get enough fur to build another dog!

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Lauri & The Gang

· #3 · Jul 15, 2008

Most people refer to it as 'blowing coat' and yes, it's normal.

The quality of food the dog eats can have direct impact on how much the dog sheds.

littledmc17

· #4 · Jul 15, 2008

it is normal!! I use the furminator on Brady everyday and still get clumps. No worries!! I ask Brady all the time how he could still have fur on his body

with all the hair I sweep up and brush off of him.

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elsie

· #5 · Jul 15, 2008

we're clumping, too.

shepherdbydesign

· #6 · Jul 15, 2008

Yes we are blowing coats here too. If you would like I would be happy to send you some, LOL

grmnshpd21

· #7 · Jul 15, 2008

Yep, Molly's a clulmper too

For some strange reason I enjoy plucking the little puffs off her. I was actually plucking my brother-in-law's pug the other day too. Tis the season for blowing coat.

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onyx'girl

· #8 · Jul 15, 2008

Onyx finally blew her coat for the first time(she is now 20 mos.) in mid-June, it only lasted a week or two and it was fun to pluck what I could. She didn't shed as much as I expected. I used only an undercoat rake for brushing, she is really sleek and shiny now

RAW diets rule!

BrennasMom

· #9 · Jul 15, 2008

I thank my lucky stars for Brenna's lighter coat.

She has never blown coat, though I do get a bunch out when I brush her. My mom's lab/possible gsd mix is clumpy for about 363 days out of the year.

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azsurro

· #10 · Jul 15, 2008

Same thing going on here too. I actually go get Troy shaved so as to totally eliminate .. what was the term ... blowing coat? Troy likes to be shaved. He sprints around the dog park, he gets so excited. BUT then
again, its very hot down here and I'm sure having that much fur is hot. (I think we go down to the undercoat, using a #1 or #2, he still has fur when he gets shaved, its just very short).

Keeley is blowing coat too, tho not as much.

GSD07

· #11 · Jul 15, 2008

The fur actually protects shepherds from heat.

mychance

· #12 · Jul 15, 2008

Mollysmom - me too! I find it oddly soothing. Our Roxy Belle gets the "puffs", but Ward doesn't really.

azsurro

· #13 · Jul 16, 2008

Originally Posted By: GSD07The fur actually protects shepherds from heat.

Yes, I know it protects them from heat, but he is hardly ever outside. He's a total inside dog except for trips to go potty and walks late in the evening after the sun goes down, especially when its so darned hot here.

wrenny

Discussion Starter · #14 · Jul 16, 2008

Haha! Thanks guys.

Right now we are feeding him Royal canin. Any food suggestions that you have that decreased this?

Aryg2461

· #15 · Jul 18, 2008

Ary sheds tons in the summer and fall ( and the winter and spring ) lol. I have been giving her brewey's yeast for about 4 or 5 months and she hardly sheds! It works wonders.

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