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She's shedding all the time!
Misty appears very fit and well, with great energy. She's happy, eats and sleeps well, has fun....
But she keeps shedding!
She was spayed last year (about 11 months ago) because she had Pyometra. She has been very very well since, back to her old self. However, when she was "entire" she would shed 2 times a year, a few weeks before her "heat" cycle each time, when it would stop, and never at other times.
Since she was spayed...well she started shedding in May. I thought nothing of this, expected it would last about 6 weeks and then stop. But it didn't! She has been shedding constantly from the end of May.
Now her coat looks in excellent condition, is healthy and shiny, and she has no itchy or bare patches, no allergies, no obvious hair loss. But I could literally knit a new dog from all the dog hair I have vacuumed up since May! LOL!
Can anyone "shed" (haha) some light on this? Is it perhaps quite normal, or could there be something wrong?
BTW, a urinalysis recently showed everything to be normal, no signs of any imbalances or anything.
But she keeps shedding!
She was spayed last year (about 11 months ago) because she had Pyometra. She has been very very well since, back to her old self. However, when she was "entire" she would shed 2 times a year, a few weeks before her "heat" cycle each time, when it would stop, and never at other times.
Since she was spayed...well she started shedding in May. I thought nothing of this, expected it would last about 6 weeks and then stop. But it didn't! She has been shedding constantly from the end of May.
Now her coat looks in excellent condition, is healthy and shiny, and she has no itchy or bare patches, no allergies, no obvious hair loss. But I could literally knit a new dog from all the dog hair I have vacuumed up since May! LOL!
Can anyone "shed" (haha) some light on this? Is it perhaps quite normal, or could there be something wrong?
BTW, a urinalysis recently showed everything to be normal, no signs of any imbalances or anything.
I could have guess she probably eats better then I do. LOL!!!
Only other thing I might mention, and no emergency, but maybe the next time you have her at the Vet, have them check thyroid.
Only other thing I might mention, and no emergency, but maybe the next time you have her at the Vet, have them check thyroid.
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HAHA! No I took a day off today from dog hairs, was mortaring stones together instead!
No Misty isn't an indoor type of dog. She is out in all weathers, she prefers to be. We spend about 80% of the day outside -always did. So she gets the full force of the seasons. It's cooling down here now a bit, so I thought she might stop shedding when the weather got a little cooler. Maybe she will when the frosts start.
She doesn't get corn in her food, but there is plenty of Omega 3, plus she also gets oily fish about once a week, and white fish and a boiled or scrambled egg about once a week.
No Misty isn't an indoor type of dog. She is out in all weathers, she prefers to be. We spend about 80% of the day outside -always did. So she gets the full force of the seasons. It's cooling down here now a bit, so I thought she might stop shedding when the weather got a little cooler. Maybe she will when the frosts start.
She doesn't get corn in her food, but there is plenty of Omega 3, plus she also gets oily fish about once a week, and white fish and a boiled or scrambled egg about once a week.
Hi Ghilly,
Didn't realize you have a 4 mo old. I'm jealous. LOL!!! Love Aussies but Herding Breeds are my favorites. I have a friend in TX that trains and judges Aussies. Her dogs are awesome. A little too high activity for me at my age now. I almost got a Corgi years ago but decided on the Shelties. When Ranger (our Grey) goes, I doubt I will get another dog, at least not for a while; too much *stuff* going on around here heath and family wise.
Never heard of the product, "In". I'll have to look that up. Of course, if I don't have any dogs, I won't need it. LOL!! I will look it up though. I never used many supplements in the past but used to have good results with Prozyme, had nice skin and coats on my dogs. Interesting and I'm always open to learning about things.
Thanks!!!
Ah, I got my vccuming done, how about you guys? (wink)
Didn't realize you have a 4 mo old. I'm jealous. LOL!!! Love Aussies but Herding Breeds are my favorites. I have a friend in TX that trains and judges Aussies. Her dogs are awesome. A little too high activity for me at my age now. I almost got a Corgi years ago but decided on the Shelties. When Ranger (our Grey) goes, I doubt I will get another dog, at least not for a while; too much *stuff* going on around here heath and family wise.
Never heard of the product, "In". I'll have to look that up. Of course, if I don't have any dogs, I won't need it. LOL!! I will look it up though. I never used many supplements in the past but used to have good results with Prozyme, had nice skin and coats on my dogs. Interesting and I'm always open to learning about things.
Thanks!!!
Ah, I got my vccuming done, how about you guys? (wink)
I believe you about the Sheltie dust bunnies vs the short hair on the Greyhound! I was AMAZED at the amount of hair the short-haired dogs of my friends leave behind compared to what Katie (my now-deceased rough collie) left and what Brian now leaves. Well, Brian hasn't left much of anything yet hair-wise, he is just four months old and going into his puppy bloom, but he's the third Aussie I have had the pleasure of sharing my home with so I know very well what the breed is like with regard to coat-blowing.
Margot, have you ever used a product called "In"? It comes in these pellet-type things and depending on what your dog weighs, you feed them X amount of these pellets per five pounds of body weight. I used them when Katie was young and her coat was SO gorgeous! I always felt that the "In" had something to do with that. If you use it regularly it helps all KINDS of skin and coat problems as well, it's not just for making pretty hair! :)
Ghilly
Margot, have you ever used a product called "In"? It comes in these pellet-type things and depending on what your dog weighs, you feed them X amount of these pellets per five pounds of body weight. I used them when Katie was young and her coat was SO gorgeous! I always felt that the "In" had something to do with that. If you use it regularly it helps all KINDS of skin and coat problems as well, it's not just for making pretty hair! :)
Ghilly
Yep, agree with Ghilly. Add to that, assuming the dog is indoors most of the time, the body does not have to adjust to climate changes as to animals that are out in the elements and adjust to the Seasonal temps.
You might try adding some Omega 3 daily and, knowing you, you probably don't feed any food with corn in it.
When I showed dogs, we would try our hardest to try to keep them in coat to be shown. Many people have air conditioned kennels and mist the dog's coats regularly trying to hold that coat as long as they can. Of course, the females were the hardest as they do blow coat after a heat cycle.
I can sympathize with the hair everywhere. Our Grey is shedding horribly and I'm sure it has a lot to do with the cancer. Poor Guy.
As a matter of fact, I will be getting out the Dyson when I'm done here.
I think I'd rather deal with Sheltie dust bunnies then this short hair on the Greyhound. Did I say that? LOL
You might try adding some Omega 3 daily and, knowing you, you probably don't feed any food with corn in it.
When I showed dogs, we would try our hardest to try to keep them in coat to be shown. Many people have air conditioned kennels and mist the dog's coats regularly trying to hold that coat as long as they can. Of course, the females were the hardest as they do blow coat after a heat cycle.
I can sympathize with the hair everywhere. Our Grey is shedding horribly and I'm sure it has a lot to do with the cancer. Poor Guy.
As a matter of fact, I will be getting out the Dyson when I'm done here.
I think I'd rather deal with Sheltie dust bunnies then this short hair on the Greyhound. Did I say that? LOL
I vacuum my cats all the time, and now DH has started to get Brian used to being vacuumed as well! :D
Katie, bless her heart, LOVED the vacuum, and Eugene, my oldest cat (going to be 16 in January) loves it so much that it's sometimes difficult to vacuum the carpet when he's in the room because he mills around in front of the vacuum, flopping on the floor as if we can vacuum him with the beater bar, not realizing that we have to put on the hose attachment to vacuum him! LMAO!
Ghilly
Katie, bless her heart, LOVED the vacuum, and Eugene, my oldest cat (going to be 16 in January) loves it so much that it's sometimes difficult to vacuum the carpet when he's in the room because he mills around in front of the vacuum, flopping on the floor as if we can vacuum him with the beater bar, not realizing that we have to put on the hose attachment to vacuum him! LMAO!
Ghilly
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Ghilly, thanks for *shedding* some light on this. Nothing to worry about then by the sounds of it.
Vacuum cleaner slave (me!) will continue to follow her around then.
I tried actually vacuuming HER.....she totally hated it, won't try that again.
Vacuum cleaner slave (me!) will continue to follow her around then.
I tried actually vacuuming HER.....she totally hated it, won't try that again.
Most dogs tend to shed all year long, but when they are not spayed, their shedding is more or less hormonally triggered and occurs about 60 days after their heat cycle. At that point, they "blow coat" and shed off massive amounts of undercoat. Most of this is so that the soon-to-arrive puppies will have easy access to the nipples. When they are spayed, however, the hormones that trigger the shedding are no longer being produced, so they shed more or less all the time in lesser amounts.
I know that it doesn't make sense, but it seems that short-haired dogs shed even more than long-haired dogs. Everyone I know that has a short-haired dog is CONSTANTLY sweeping their kitchen floor and coming up with LOADS of little dog hairs. The little short hairs even manage to weave themselves into the couch and chair fabrics, whereas the long hairs kind of lay on the top of the fabric and are easier to remove.
Your pup's shedding is perfectly normal for her now being spayed. :)
Ghilly
I know that it doesn't make sense, but it seems that short-haired dogs shed even more than long-haired dogs. Everyone I know that has a short-haired dog is CONSTANTLY sweeping their kitchen floor and coming up with LOADS of little dog hairs. The little short hairs even manage to weave themselves into the couch and chair fabrics, whereas the long hairs kind of lay on the top of the fabric and are easier to remove.
Your pup's shedding is perfectly normal for her now being spayed. :)
Ghilly
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