Shedding

[msjpk]

Plummer, my brindle, is shedding plenty. Are there certain times that they shed?

I was away for a week and he was in good hands so I am not sure if he was stressed or this is the time for his shedding.

 

Any thoughts? Any suggestions to help the shedding?

 

thanks

[cailysmom]

Mine tend to shed more during spring, once it warms up. It might help if you brush them once a week with a rubber curry comb you can get them pretty cheap at walmart, the stress may play a part in it but mine havent ever really had a problem with that. Some greyhounds tend to shed more and sometimes a hard winter can cause them to have a thicker undercoat during winter and then they have more to shed during the spring. Hope that helps you some

[Time4ANap]

Probably just typical spring shedding. Every time we vacuum lately there's half a greyhound in the central vac tank.

[KF_in_Georgia]

Basically, two shedding seasons for dogs: In the spring/summer, dogs blow out the cold-weather coat and grow in a lighter coat. In the fall, they blow the lighter coat and start growing the cold-weather version. I'm a dog groomer, and we see this on nearly all the dogs we groom; it's not just a greyhound thing.

 

The colder your winter, normally, the thicker the winter coat--so the more they'll shed in the spring/summer.

[tydyelady]

We had a cold LONG winter here in Seattle. We finally had a beautiful sunny warm weekend, so Opie got a bath in his kiddie pool. After drying in the sun I start brushing him outside - And I brushed, and I brushed, and I brushed, and I brushed - the fur kept coming! There was fur everywhere all over the grass!!

[Guest PiagetsMom]

We had a longer than usual winter/cooler spring and we're having a hotter than usual early summer. My pups have been shedding horribly for the last month or so - I don't think they've ever had this much shedding for this long! I don't know where it's all coming from, but I keep hoping it will let up

[Remolacha]

right now, Fletcher is not shedding at all, Molly is shedding a little, and Sallie should be bald from all the fur she has shed the last few weeks, but her fur is still thick

[Guest HHHounds]

Vanilla is shedding a lot right now. I am getting a small greyhound worth of fur every time I brush her. It seems like the thicker the Winter coat, the worse the Spring shedding!

[Guest june]

Ah yes, shedding time. When my girls start to shed I give them a bath and blow their coat dry. We have a dog was in town and they have a big blow dryer to use on the dogs with warm air. It helps to remove some of the loose hair, but there will still me more shedding.

 

OBTW: Don't make the same mistake I made. DO NOT blow dry your dog in the bathroom. OMG what a mess. If you do use your personal blow dryer be sure you are using a very low or just air setting and do it outside.

june

[Guest BrianRke]

My senior hound, Daytona, has a thick coat and sheds...a lot. He loves to be vacuumed, he lays down and almost goes to sleep when i do it. My other 2 hate the vacuum so they just get the occasional brushing.

[GeorgeofNE]

Suggestions? Brush him.

[Guest kydie]

this is the worst shedding year I have had in a loooooong time,, and it is unbeleivable

[Guest Sunset123]

Arrisa gets a spring shed and a fall shed. This spring shed has been pretty bad-- it's lasted about 2 months. It's slowed down a lot, though. No more huge hairballs.

[KF_in_Georgia]

What makes me crazy is that my two don't shed at the same time. And Jacey sheds more black hair for a couple of weeks, then starts to shed the white later.