How do they do it???

[Jig]

I have a short-haired dog that sheds. I have to shed her out once a week and if we didn't, there'd be hair in every direction. Now, her hair's short. How could someone possibly deal with something like .. aussie hair or something similar like a samoyed or something. Imagine all of that hair! For all of you long-haired shedding dogs, what's your secret? Because my dream dog is an australian shepherd.. but the hair is a turn off.

[Suz]

Lots and lots of brushing - i have quite a few customers who bring there dogs in just for a brush out - helps elimminate etting it all over youe house!!!

[rottiegirl]

Diet makes a difference, the higher quality diet the less shedding, what do you feed your puppers?

My sh Beaucerons shed more then my LH Bernese Mtn dogs.

[Savage Destiny]

I used to have a Samoyed, and boy did she shed. Lots and lots of brushing as well as regular baths are the key.

[Jig]

Yeah- I just can't imagine how people would deal with that. Lol- I would just get so fed up with vacumming all the hair- and imagine how clogged the drain would be after a bath?

Hmm, diet- that's osmething I never heard. But isn't shedding a good thing- like.. getting rid of undercoat and winter coats so the summer isn't as bad?

[Moo]

I saw the hair in the drain after I bathed a guinea pig, I can't even imagine a dog that sheds that much. lol

[gnwhite]

i have a aussie cattle dog. the hair is not long but the shedding is ****. my truck the house. brush brush is all i can think of. the diet suggestion is a good one too. I have hardwood floors and no matter how clean we are you will see dog tumbleweeds during shedding time.

We have a rottie under a year old. he shed bad as well but it was over pretty quickly.

I wanted a nice pinto akita. but i know i could not handle the hair.lol jerry

[Aussie_Dog]

you can try an undercoat rake (I hear the Furminator is fantabulous) and that should help. My dog is an Australian ShepherdXBorder Collie mix and he doesn't have a bad shedding problem. Well, I don't notice any hair on couches, but you'll find black hair (occationally in flat clumps) stuck to the carpets. I think that's mostly from him always rolling around and kind of scrubbing his shoulder/side into the ground (I have no other way to describe it, lol). I'm going to get a furminator because this is his first summer indoors and he's probably going to shed like mad.

[Jig]

Hmmm.. maybe tumbleweeds are better then short hair. I mean, if you think about it- if they're making tumbleweeds that's easier to vacume then trying to pick up the short hair that stuck imbetween carpet threads. But I still credit all you people with long-haired shedding dogs

[carrie79]

you have to brush them very regularly to avoid matts. That helps TONS during shedding season! Plus (I read this) that a short haired dogs hair is harder to get off clothes and furniture than a longer hair. One pro to having a dog with long hair. It forms more like dust balls than just falling off where ever. I have no idea if this is true but that is what I read.