my german shepherd crossed with a boxer suffers from moulting fur all year
round. She is eleven of age, and has suffered from it since ive had her.
Simple stroking brings off the fur in great amounts. Any ideas out there
what to try to prevent her fur loss. She does not have any bald patches, in
fact seems to grow hair remarkable quickly.

On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 10:59:12 +0100, "Caroline Rowe"
, clicked their heels and said:

my german shepherd crossed with a boxer suffers from moulting fur all year
round. She is eleven of age, and has suffered from it since ive had her.
Simple stroking brings off the fur in great amounts. Any ideas out there
what to try to prevent her fur loss. She does not have any bald patches, in
fact seems to grow hair remarkable quickly.

That's what GSDs DO. I get great "tufts" (it's referred to as
tufting) from Lucy (lab/gsd cross) on a regular basis.

Brush, brush and more brushing.

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

"Caroline Rowe" wrote in message
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my german shepherd crossed with a boxer suffers from moulting fur all year
round. She is eleven of age, and has suffered from it since ive had her.
Simple stroking brings off the fur in great amounts. Any ideas out there
what to try to prevent her fur loss. She does not have any bald patches,
in fact seems to grow hair remarkable quickly.



All you can do is make certain he is getting a high quality diet with
sufficient essential fatty acids, and use elbow grease and a brush daily.
Also a shedding blade and a rake, or all three- that hair really is
limitless. They are the worst shedding dogs in the history of dogs IMO g.


--
Toni
http://www.cearbhaill.com/rules.htm

Janet B wrote:

On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 10:59:12 +0100, "Caroline Rowe"
, clicked their heels and said:

my german shepherd crossed with a boxer suffers from moulting fur all year
round. She is eleven of age, and has suffered from it since ive had her.
Simple stroking brings off the fur in great amounts. Any ideas out there
what to try to prevent her fur loss. She does not have any bald patches, in
fact seems to grow hair remarkable quickly.

That's what GSDs DO. I get great "tufts" (it's referred to as
tufting) from Lucy (lab/gsd cross) on a regular basis.


The owner of the specialty dog food store near here has GSDs (really
nice ones), which she refers to as "German Shedders."

Amy Dahl

"Caroline Rowe" said in
rec.pets.dogs.health:

my german shepherd crossed with a boxer suffers from
moulting fur all year round. She is eleven of age, and has
suffered from it since ive had her. Simple stroking brings
off the fur in great amounts. Any ideas out there what to
try to prevent her fur loss. She does not have any bald
patches, in fact seems to grow hair remarkable quickly.

I had a German Shepherd Dog x Australian Cattle Dog - she had
the hair length of the GSD and the coat thickness of the ACD.
Murphy shed all year and blew her coat 4 times a year. I
tried a number of different brushes and rakes, and found that
the shedding blade worked best for her (she hated undercoat
rakes).

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...=1&N=0&Nty= 1

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

"Rocky" wrote in message:

I
tried a number of different brushes and rakes, and found that
the shedding blade worked best for her (she hated undercoat
rakes).

This is one of those times when you really need to try out the torture
device first to see if it works. The shedding blade works great on my
friend's 2 GSDs, her husband's Setter and Pointer/Lab mix, the Huskies and
Malamute that come to the dog park, etc. It does absolutely nothing for
Khan (GSD/Malamute mix) and his current buddy, a Golden Retriever mix. The
rake does work great, though.

Suja

Good advice - THANKYOU on that one
Happy owner

Caroline ( with spook )

"Rocky" wrote in message
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"Caroline Rowe" said in
rec.pets.dogs.health:

my german shepherd crossed with a boxer suffers from
moulting fur all year round. She is eleven of age, and has
suffered from it since ive had her. Simple stroking brings
off the fur in great amounts. Any ideas out there what to
try to prevent her fur loss. She does not have any bald
patches, in fact seems to grow hair remarkable quickly.

I had a German Shepherd Dog x Australian Cattle Dog - she had
the hair length of the GSD and the coat thickness of the ACD.
Murphy shed all year and blew her coat 4 times a year. I
tried a number of different brushes and rakes, and found that
the shedding blade worked best for her (she hated undercoat
rakes).

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...=1&N=0&Nty= 1

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

Would a shedding blade work ok on a short haired dog, or is it really for
the long haired german shephards?
Mine is crossed with a boxer, so has quite short hair.
Also under the skin my dog has due to her age, fatty lumps. Would a shedding
blade cause distress?

With more fatty acid in the diet, could a raw egg do the same as these
maulting fur products? I havnt tried vitacoat, but other brands I have tried
and they dont seem to work.

Any help ?
Caroline


"Caroline Rowe" wrote in message
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my german shepherd crossed with a boxer suffers from moulting fur all year
round. She is eleven of age, and has suffered from it since ive had her.
Simple stroking brings off the fur in great amounts. Any ideas out there
what to try to prevent her fur loss. She does not have any bald patches,
in fact seems to grow hair remarkable quickly.

Thankyou for the advice on shedding blades.
Are they ok to try on short haired dogs? Spook has short fur because she is
a german shephard crossed with a boxer. Also she has fatty age lumps under
her fur. Would a shedding blade cause her distress.

Ive tried moultng products but not vitacoat. If its fatty products in the
diet, would a raw egg do?
Heard it keeps cats fur shiney..

Any advice out there?

Regards
Caroline ( & Spook my loving loyal dog )


"Caroline Rowe" wrote in message
...
my german shepherd crossed with a boxer suffers from moulting fur all year
round. She is eleven of age, and has suffered from it since ive had her.
Simple stroking brings off the fur in great amounts. Any ideas out there
what to try to prevent her fur loss. She does not have any bald patches,
in fact seems to grow hair remarkable quickly.

Thankou for the advice on a shedding comb. Does this work on short haired
dogs? Spooks been is a crossed german shepherd and boxer, so has short
hairs.

Would a shedding comb be too rough on fatty age lumps under the skin?

I havnt tried vitacoat, but have tried other maulting products to no avail.
If its fat in the diet she lacks, would a raw egg do? Heard it good with
cats for a shiney coat?

Any good advice out there....

Caroline ( & Spook )


"Caroline Rowe" wrote in message
...
my german shepherd crossed with a boxer suffers from moulting fur all year
round. She is eleven of age, and has suffered from it since ive had her.
Simple stroking brings off the fur in great amounts. Any ideas out there
what to try to prevent her fur loss. She does not have any bald patches,
in fact seems to grow hair remarkable quickly.