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Nat

Rat-A-Tat-Tat

05/28/2007 6:27 PM
Cookies losing hair like crazy...could she be shedding her winter coat? Even the black "wirey" hairs are coming out.. Anybody else dealing with this right now?

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kimrose

Feisty

05/28/2007 6:38 PM
Yep, Mic is leaving his hairy mark on all my furniture and clothes now... He goes through this every year when it starts to get warm.

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picklchp

Rattie

05/28/2007 6:49 PM
I'm glad you brought that up, I thought Frankie was the only one that was shedding like crazy. I've heard that using flax seed oil on their food helps control the shedding, also someone else told me to use bacon grease on the food. I haven't tried the bacon grease but the flax seed oil works and makes him very soft.

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kimrose

Feisty

05/28/2007 6:55 PM
Where do you buy flax seed oil? I keep hearing about it but have never seen it...

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picklchp

Rattie

05/28/2007 7:03 PM
I bought it at GNC. They were out of the cheap stuff so i bought the $20 bottle but it lasts forever since I only use 1/2 tsp a time. He loves it, won't eat right away unless its on there and then he'll lick the dish clean.

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Nat

Rat-A-Tat-Tat

05/28/2007 7:25 PM
We have all kinds of oils...including flaxseed..at my grocery store; thanks for the tip.

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swatson6

Attention Starved

05/28/2007 7:58 PM
Jack did this earlier this year. It was EVERYWHERE! Now he's done and barely sheds at all.

Sarah

MilliesMom

Rattie

05/30/2007 9:09 AM
I give Millie weekly baths and everyday brushing cuts down on the shedding a lot. I also have a "Furminator" brush that actually works quite well. It kind of collects the hair that is loose before it actually falls out. I live in the North East so we're just starting to get into the warm weather here. My Dyson vacuum gets a lot of use!!

rattytatty

Newbie

05/30/2007 9:20 AM
My dogs are not shedding quite so much now, but about a month ago it was horrible. The dachshunds shed very little, but Bailey & Buster shed a LOT. I think the Dream Coat I add to their food (has several oils in it)... helps keep down the shedding too. For awhile I had little white hairs all over everything I owned!

Izzy's mom

Ratastic

05/30/2007 10:23 AM
Izzy has shed since the day i brought her home but i gave her her first bath this past weekend and i haven't noticed so much shedding since then. But she is still shedding some.

robin_collins

Rattie

06/10/2007 6:56 AM
How long does the shedding usually last? We've had Duncan for 3 weeks yesterday and it's like it keeps getting worse instead of better.

bratt

Firehouse Big Dog

06/10/2007 7:55 AM
Posted By picklchp on 05/28/2007 6:49 PM I'm glad you brought that up, I thought Frankie was the only one that was shedding like crazy. I've heard that using flax seed oil on their food helps control the shedding, also someone else told me to use bacon grease on the food. I haven't tried the bacon grease but the flax seed oil works and makes him very soft. Bacon isn't good for dogs, so I don't think bacon grease would be either.

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