Anyone's dog moulting more than expected?

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The two Grotties are moulting like good 'uns, one more so than the other, and it's turning my carpets black with their hairs!

Who knew Grots moulted so profusely...

Is it a weird weather / time of the year things, or have I been in some weird bubble and just not noticed I wonder. Maybe I used to be so sidetracked by my GSD that any other hairy situations were simply subsumed into the eternal grooming that she needed, much to her distaste.
 
CorvusCorax said:
There's been some extreme fluctuations in weather in a relatively short space of time.

Are either of them coming into or out of a season?
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There have indeed. I think because the horses have dropped their coats I was surpised the Grots were still at it.

No to seasons - both male. Fine, fit and healthy in all respects.
 
Pinkvboots said:
My dog is moulting like crazy I'm taking a good handful out everyday she is only a JRT thought it strange.
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The JRTxPatterdale has gone very fine coated, and has a load of dapples I don't recall from last year showing. I know she had some, but she currently looks like a show horse. Odd. Again, fit and healthy and otherwise her usual sprightly little arfffy self.
 
My pup dropped fistfuls of coat about two weeks ago and is as sleek as a greyhound, but turns out she was coming into season. The small one has managed to hang on to more of his than ever, weirdly. I don't think the unpredictable weather has helped.
 
I use a grooming rake..shedding tool..we call them Slanatore…
The have hooked metal blades( not cutting) and will remove a lot of undercoat.
I strip my schnauzer,but this tool is useful between strips to keep the undercoat to a minimum.
The more teeth the more intensive the action…I have a ten blade( first pass) and. and a twenty blade. ( more intense)
My friendwith arottie s and another with a Labrador say its made a huge difference to the control of shedding.

(corrected to twenty bade..not thirty..)
 

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Bellasophia said:
I use a grooming rake..shedding tool..we call them Slanatore…
The have hooked metal blades( not cutting) and will remove a lot of undercoat.
I strip my schnauzer,but this tool is useful between strips to keep the undercoat to a minimum.
The more teeth the more intensive the action…I have a ten blade( first pass) and. and a thirty blade. ( more intense)
My friendwith arottie s and another with a Labrador say its made a huge difference to the control of shedding.
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I have one of those, short coated collie likes it, longer coated doesn't. Shame as they are very effective.
 
Erin .
.for the longer coated dog,I’d use the low blade number first..eg ten..otherwise the finer shedder ( with 20 blades) will pull and jag on any knots..dog will find it uncomfortable.

I have tried the twenty on a collie and it took off a lot of hair..the owner then bought a two in one shedder which has both 10 and twenty teeth in one tool( turn the tool over and there is a second set of “blade “teeth. ). Costs around 27 euros on Amazon.
 
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I know nothing about Rottie coats but for GSDs, during a lifetime of ownership, the best thing I have come across is the Mikki undercoat rake. I run hands over or use a massage mitt daily to keep the oils flowing as well to check for lumps and bumps.
Please don't use a Furminator or cutting blade on a Shep!!

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CorvusCorax said:
I know nothing about Rottie coats but for GSDs, during a lifetime of ownership, the best thing I have come across is the Mikki undercoat rake. I run hands over or use a massage mitt daily to keep the oils flowing as well to check for lumps and bumps.
Please don't use a Furminator or cutting blade on a Shep!!

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This is what I am using on my GSD.
 
CorvusCorax said:
I know nothing about Rottie coats but for GSDs, during a lifetime of ownership, the best thing I have come across is the Mikki undercoat rake. I run hands over or use a massage mitt daily to keep the oils flowing as well to check for lumps and bumps.
Please don't use a Furminator or cutting blade on a Shep!!

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Ooh I Furminate Ivy (greyhound) - should I not be or is it a problem for thicker/longer haired breeds?

She does seem to be shedding more this year. I gave her a comb and brush last week and was surprised how much floof came off her!
 
SaddlePsych'D said:
Ooh I Furminate Ivy (greyhound) - should I not be or is it a problem for thicker/longer haired breeds?

She does seem to be shedding more this year. I gave her a comb and brush last week and was surprised how much floof came off her!
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They're OK for some types of coat but they cut/break the hair of a lot of others. I can tell a Furminated GSD by looking at it, particularly the thigh area.

Interestingly during this period of heat, while I like to have as much dead hair out of them as possible, as always, my two tight-coated dogs really seem to feel it, compared to the fuzzy, heavy, long-coated one!
 
SaddlePsych'D said:
Ooh I Furminate Ivy (greyhound) - should I not be or is it a problem for thicker/longer haired breeds?
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I'm not sure which Furminator you use. I've never used the curry comb and wouldn't use the de shedding tool.

Some suggestions:

Hands On grooming gloves. You can combine groom with massage.
Wahl Sheddy or Kong ZoomGroom
 
Bear is a woolly mammoth. Fortunately, he's very cuddly, so gets brushed lots when on my knee. I can't tell you how many seeds I removed from him yesterday, the others were nowhere near as bad. He has a full tail, very plumy, very covered in seeds! Shocking amounts of shedding going on with him, totally different coat from the youngsters.
 
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