My lab sheds excessive amount of hair.

I have a Lab/Newfoundland mix . Every day i sweep up off the hardwood
floors a big ball of hair. I even use the shed blade several times a
week. It doesn't seem to cut down on the shedding. I feed him Nutro
canned food and Nutro dry with a little safflower oil for his coat. A
friend mentioned it might be the food. Is it common for my breed to
shed this much or should i change his diet? I was told Nutro was a good
brand to buy. Maybe it's not for every breed.

On 11 Nov 2006 17:40:29 -0800, "
wrote:

I have a Lab/Newfoundland mix . Every day i sweep up off the hardwood
floors a big ball of hair. I even use the shed blade several times a
week. It doesn't seem to cut down on the shedding. I feed him Nutro
canned food and Nutro dry with a little safflower oil for his coat. A
friend mentioned it might be the food. Is it common for my breed to
shed this much or should i change his diet? I was told Nutro was a good
brand to buy. Maybe it's not for every breed.

I don't think it's the food. Labs are heavy shedders and newfs have
tons of coat. I have a GSD that produces more hair than daily
brushing and shed blading can keep up with, so I feel for you. But
sweeping isn't such a bad price to pay for a great companion, right?

--
Paula
"Anyway, other people are weird, but sometimes they have candy,
so it's best to try to get along with them." Joe Bay

I have to agree with Paula, labs shed alot. I had a Husky/Lab mix and he
shed year round and when it came time to blow coat..... it was like a white
fluff cloud of hair followed him everywhere.

The best thing to do is just keep up with the brushing and keep the vacumn
on hand.

Celeste

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I have a Lab/Newfoundland mix . Every day i sweep up off the hardwood
floors a big ball of hair. I even use the shed blade several times a
week.

.......It's the change of season, no matter where you live! Better to brush
once daily right now. Dogs also seem to shed a lot all year round. It's
cuz of the light on in the house until the wee hours of the AM. Some hair
loss is responsive to light. So you could go to bed earlier! g

buglady
take out the dog before replying

On 11 Nov 2006 17:40:29 -0800, "
, clicked their heels and said:

I even use the shed blade several times a
week.

Try an undercoat rake or furminator DAILY and you may get somewhere!
;-D

You've got a mix of heavy sheddign breeds, and one who has a ton of
coat to boot. Get used to groomin and vacuuming. It's a way of life!

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 10:05:18 -0500, Janet B
wrote:

Try an undercoat rake or furminator DAILY and you may get somewhere!
;-D

You've got a mix of heavy sheddign breeds, and one who has a ton of
coat to boot. Get used to groomin and vacuuming. It's a way of life!

Amen. I couldn't agree more. I'm a Chow Chow person, and couldn't make
it without a great undercoat rake. PetSmart has a $7.00 undercoat rake
that I love. It has very thin tines of equal length.

For us, grooming time is Quality time. :-)

Besides, as someone once said, "Some of us simply consider dog hair a
condiment!" LOL



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Practice safe eating - always use condiments.

I wouldn't mind if my dog shed a ton of hair each day. He's too much
fun to worry about the shedding.But i do seem to find his hair
EVERYWHERE, dishes, clothes, computer keyboard- you name the spot,
there's hair! I thought he might have an allergy condition. I did buy
this shed balde i saw mentioned in the L.A. Times a couple of weeks ago
that i picked up at Petsmart. I works like the big shed blades but is
very compact and does the same thing. It's called a Bamboo shedder.?
It's fits in the palm of the hand. I don'
t know the exact name because i threw away the packaging but this
company makes alot of different grooming items. If i remember they have
a website. If you type in bamboo grooming supplies it will probably
take you to the website.
Michael A. Ball wrote:
On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 10:05:18 -0500, Janet B
wrote:

Try an undercoat rake or furminator DAILY and you may get somewhere!
;-D

You've got a mix of heavy sheddign breeds, and one who has a ton of
coat to boot. Get used to groomin and vacuuming. It's a way of life!

Amen. I couldn't agree more. I'm a Chow Chow person, and couldn't make
it without a great undercoat rake. PetSmart has a $7.00 undercoat rake
that I love. It has very thin tines of equal length.

For us, grooming time is Quality time. :-)

Besides, as someone once said, "Some of us simply consider dog hair a
condiment!" LOL



________________________
Practice safe eating - always use condiments.

On 13 Nov 2006 18:56:13 -0800, "
wrote:

I wouldn't mind if my dog shed a ton of hair each day. He's too much
fun to worry about the shedding.But i do seem to find his hair
EVERYWHERE, dishes, clothes, computer keyboard- you name the spot,
there's hair!

When my dog is blowing coat and there are even more tumbleweeds than
usual around the house, I go to the groomer. You can have them bathe
and brush a dog and dry them with a super powerful blow drier. The
whole process gets a lot of the loose hair out all at once. Sometimes
I am surprised at what appears to be a 10 pound weight loss just from
getting all the loose hair out!

--
Paula
"Anyway, other people are weird, but sometimes they have candy,
so it's best to try to get along with them." Joe Bay

Paula wrote in
:

On 13 Nov 2006 18:56:13 -0800, "
wrote:

I wouldn't mind if my dog shed a ton of hair each day. He's too much
fun to worry about the shedding.But i do seem to find his hair
EVERYWHERE, dishes, clothes, computer keyboard- you name the spot,
there's hair!

When my dog is blowing coat and there are even more tumbleweeds than
usual around the house, I go to the groomer. You can have them bathe
and brush a dog and dry them with a super powerful blow drier. The
whole process gets a lot of the loose hair out all at once. Sometimes
I am surprised at what appears to be a 10 pound weight loss just from
getting all the loose hair out!


No kidding. I only wish it worked that way on ME.

Tara

Hi:

I have a malmute/shepard mix and he sheds tons. I came home one day and
my husband was vacuuming the dog - I was in shock.

Paula wrote:
On 13 Nov 2006 18:56:13 -0800, "
wrote:


I wouldn't mind if my dog shed a ton of hair each day. He's too much
fun to worry about the shedding.But i do seem to find his hair
EVERYWHERE, dishes, clothes, computer keyboard- you name the spot,
there's hair!


When my dog is blowing coat and there are even more tumbleweeds than
usual around the house, I go to the groomer. You can have them bathe
and brush a dog and dry them with a super powerful blow drier. The
whole process gets a lot of the loose hair out all at once. Sometimes
I am surprised at what appears to be a 10 pound weight loss just from
getting all the loose hair out!