Dog shedding advice???

[Lady G]

Thank you everyone! Looks like a diet change is what is in store

Cover the entire dog's coat liberally with a strong spray adhesive. Voila! No more shedding.

Man, I should get paid for this...

Mark

OMG..THANKS MARK!!! This worked brilliantly, only drawback, I can't get him unstuck from the floor now!!!!

@ Jill...Kelsey is beautiful!

 

[FishDreamer48]

You could get one of those furminator brushes, they are suppose to take out a lot of the loose hair and seem to work better than other brushes. They do tug a little so beware. Also I have heard that shaving dogs just makes the hair come back thicker...good luck!

 

[FishDreamer48]

Shedding rakes work great for seasonal shedding, especially for getting out the dead hair of the under coat... But if this is beyond seasonal shedding, the best advice is a high quality dog food... here's my collie, Kelsey, who, beleive it or not, is brushed 2x a year -- and she is a FARM dog. She always looks like this:

Gorgeous! I did not realize collies could have blue merle coloring.

 

[Jill-O]

Gorgeous! I did not realize collies could have blue merle coloring.

Yep, they come in sable (ala Lassie), tri color (black, tan and white) and blue merle. They also come in mostly white with any of the three basic colors as spots on the body and over the head. A lot of people have thought Kelsey is a sheltie from pictures, but she's BIG for a girl, about 80 pounds and not fat.