Omg There's Hair Everywhere!

[amy_h]

Bloody spring - lovely time of the year don't get me wrong (as i sit and inhale my antihistamines and steroids for various spirngtime drips) but our poor doggies must itch to buggery - there's hair everywhere! Can anyone recommend a solution for hair removal for short haired dogs - currently i use a horse curry comb and shedding scraper (okay the horses water scraper) but the hair just keeps coming!

I have a neo and two puglets - both short haired but with very thick coats. Warren, the Neo is currently shedding his puppy coat so it's the fine fluffy stuff going everywhere and it's got to the point i don't want to put them in the car for fear of clogging the vents!

HELP!

seriously, any suggestions greatly appreciated. I heard furminator rakes are fabulous but not sure about it yet cos my doggies have short coats. Has anyone tried them?

[malisa1]

Amy

Wash them weekly and use a good shampoo /rinse and in warm water this will male the pores open to release the old coat.

If you have a blower blaster it will help to blow coat out and dry them off quickly and gets the old coat out.

We have an oldfield blower it is excellent.

We have Akita's and Coat blow is like snowing here

And I am not exaggerating at all.

Short coats are hard too we had Rottys before our Akita's

That hair is so heavy and dense we used to find it all over as well.

Good Luck

Kind Regards Malisa

[amy_h]

Thanks heaps - i have discovered that conditioning the coat also helps loose hair come out easier - has anyone else discovered this? I reckon sometimes a long coat would be easier than a short double coat!

[*Avanti*]

I don't wash my dogs very often, in fact I rarely wash them at all but they still smell sweet. My two lick each other clean. It's spring time and dogs are malting.

I think you can interfere with the natural processes by washing your dog. My dogs (labradors) bath themselves in their swimming pool (a kiddies clam shell that I keep fresh water in for them) when they reckon they need to.

As for the hair, I must admit there are some fabrics I don't choose when buying clothes. Having two yellows I find it impossible to keep a black jumper or cashmere wool coat dog hairless.

Edited October 6, 2007 by WhiteEagle

[Poodle wrangler]

I used a slicker brush on my sister's short-haired dog (RidgebackXStaffyX?) and it helped get out a lot of excess fur.

If you get one, just make sure it's SOFT or EXTRA SOFT and avoid the supermarket ones which probably aren't labelled soft or firm at all.

A blow dry will blast a lot of fur off- the force dryers used by groomers are the best.

Know what someone suggested to me if I didn't have a force dryer? Turn your vacuum on to "blow" and use that! This was from a groomer/ breeder. I have a mini poodle- similar size to pug. Would have given it a try, but have only a crappy vac which doesn't do that (poodle fur should be blow dried b4 you clip for better result).

Alternatively, get a poodle- they don't drop fur