Dog hair - it just won't stop!

[moustachebandit]

Our pup started shedding about the same time we finally got heating in our house - nearly 2 months on the amount of hair he is dropping is insane.

I got so fed up of dragging the main vacuum around the house I bought a cordless stick vacuum so I can zip around the house on a daily basis. Thing is I am doing that once a day and by the end of the day his hair is everywhere again - so now I am hoovering twice a day! Thankfully its all floorboards in the house at the moment so lifting the hair isn't to much of a drama - I would be crying if we had carpets!

I brush him with a range of brushes and he is on some very good food - but it keeps coming, and coming …. to the point I am amazed he isn't bald!

Problem is even with all the hoovering, it gets caught on clothes, bare feet, socks and then distributes its self even in the areas where he isn't allowed and its starting to drive me bonkers!

Does anyone have any tips for helping to minimise the shedding - is it just especially bad as its his first proper coat coming through? He is 6 months now.

Thanks

[jackthelad1984]

We have a long haired German Shepard, his hair dropping is constant! Daily hoovering and weekly untangling of Hoover brushes keep most of it at bay. By contrast our Yorkshire terrier cross doesn't shed, just the odd trim when needed.

[chrisga]

What type of dog? We have two springers, one sheds loads and the other doesn't.
They both get combed with a furminator which pulls out the dead hair before it has a chance to fall out I think.

http://www.furminator.com/Products/Dogs/dog-groomi...

Amazing the amount that comes out. Recommended.

[ally_f]

We've got a Samsung iRobot vacuum (like a Roomba) - it's invaluable!

[moustachebandit]

He's a black lab - and being black you can spot his hairs a mile off. My parents had 3 dogs and 2 cat and never had the same hair issue we are experiencing.

He gets the furminator, the love glove, a pin brush and a soft brush and despite it pulling piles out - lightly rubbing his coat will leave a nice pile of hairs on the floor for me to hoover up!

I am hoping its just this bad as its his first coat …

Those Roombas look great but the price is a little off-putting. Whats the battery life like?

[SteBrown91]

The girlfriends lab is shocking for this. You will clear it all up and 5 minutes later its everywhere again! So told the girlfriend when we get a dog its got to be non shedding!

[AdiT]

Got a friend with a GSD that he says only moults 4 times a year... all spring, all summer, all autumn and all winter.

[SPR2]

Central heating does not help. Dogs that live outside tend not to moult so much.

[omgus]

AdiT said:

Got a friend with a GSD that he says only moults 4 times a year... all spring, all summer, all autumn and all winter.

I grew up with 3 Golden Retrievers like that.

[Tango13]

We had a Jack Russell Staff cross many years back, if/when man lands on Mars they will find short white hair from that dog!

[citizensm1th]

I have an Alaskan malamute x gsd anyone know of somewhere I can sell bales of dog hair?

[Mubby]

Labrador here too and I hoover daily the whole house, and I am amazed my dog is not bald the amount of hair I empty from the hoover every day!

[mrsshpub]

citizensm1th said:

I have an Alaskan malamute x gsd anyone know of somewhere I can sell bales of dog hair?

Some people spin dog hair & use it in knitting.

[bazza white]

Poodle next for you then.

[theshrew]

moustachebandit said:

He's a black lab - and being black you can spot his hairs a mile off. My parents had 3 dogs and 2 cat and never had the same hair issue we are experiencing.

He gets the furminator, the love glove, a pin brush and a soft brush and despite it pulling piles out - lightly rubbing his coat will leave a nice pile of hairs on the floor for me to hoover up!

I am hoping its just this bad as its his first coat …

Those Roombas look great but the price is a little off-putting. Whats the battery life like?

It's the 1 thing that put me off getting a lab. My ex's mum used to have one probably the nicest dog I've ever met but feck me the hair was crazy.

[blueheron]

chrisga said:

What type of dog? We have two springers, one sheds loads and the other doesn't.
They both get combed with a furminator which pulls out the dead hair before it has a chance to fall out I think.

http://www.furminator.com/Products/Dogs/dog-groomi...

Amazing the amount that comes out. Recommended.

+1 for Furminators. Have used one on horses and the amount of shed they remove is incredible.

[GT03ROB]

We have a bald dog....no hair here.