Spring means green grass, blooming flowers, and warm sunlight, but for those of us with double-coated breeds, it means something less delightful.
The blowing of the winter undercoat.
Oh. My. Fluffy.
The struggle is real, friends. You can literally pull loose tufts of undercoat off of your dog. Kind of reminds me the truffula trees in the Lorax.
You can brush your double-coated dog for hours each day and still fail to keep up with the fur. So what are we to do?
Keep brushing. Brush, brush, and then brush some more.
Bathe your dog. Bathing helps to loosen the undercoat that wouldn’t normally come out with brushing.
Befriend your vacuum. You two are going to be spending a lot of time together over the next few weeks.
Survive. The shedding season will end after a few weeks and you’ll be left with your normal-shedding dog (that still sheds ten times more than other dogs). Just remember that your dog will be so much happier without the added warmth of the thick, winter undercoat.
I know it can be tempting, but please do not shave your double-coated dog They need the protection of their coat from the summer heat and sun and their coat will actually help to keep them cool.
How do you handle your dog blowing his undercoat?
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hahahahahahaha!!!! looks a lot like my house!!!!
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I really need to brush Honey every day. But our house is on the market and I don’t want to stir up more hair while I’m trying to keep the place clean.
I’m waiting for a warm day so I can take her to the park for a good brushing. I suspect the spring birds will be thrilled with all the soft nesting material.
Oh my goodness. They both are like – What? that didn’t come from us!
Luna has an undercoat too which surprised me when I adopted her. She sheds like it’s her job, but we haven’t gotten a pile of hair anywhere near that size!
I highly recommend the Furminator conditioner. 😀 Soak those pups in conditioner and brush it through while they are soaking. It makes such a HUGE difference. You can buy it by the gallon. 😀
I know your pain. I’ve groomed so many pyrs.. I also struggle with Zoe during the shedding season, too. She may have a shorter coat but she sheds like a corgi if I don’t keep up with it.
Happy Grooming to you! 😀
Oh my….wow!! Sheba sheds her undercoat as well, but it’s not quite that much. She hasn’t started yet though…usually I can see those tufts sticking out when it does start. I take her outside on the deck, and as Pamela said…I throw the fur out into the woods for the birds’ nests!
Isn’t it great to get all that hair off? It’s amazing how much thinner they look too, haha!
*raises hand and paws* We are apart of the struggle too! With 3 Huskies I know exactly what your going through. I just vented about the fur struggle in a recent post. I take them on our patio because I can’t imagine brushing them inside. What is clean-up like? You must have an amazing vacuum cleaner! We are also trying the furminator conditioner. I can’t tell yet what affect it’s yet, but paws crossed!
My parents came to visit and my step dad spent the week following my Great Pyr around with a shop vac. Of course all Great Pyrenees owners know this was met with barks.
I brush my Pyr every morning after I get done getting myself ready and she LOVES it!!! She will lay in the bathroom watching me get ready just waiting to be brushed out. It definitely does help a ton to brush at least daily! And since I have made it a part of my daily routine and made it enjoyable for her it is easy to keep up and it’s a good calming bonding moment for us before I have to leave for the day.
You will never win!!
I vacuum my Pyr every day. He loves it and it gets so much out of him. Put the brush attachment on and scrub away.
I had a Samoyed with the same type coat. I used a Kirby pet attachment to the nozzle of my vacuum. It was great for keeping the tufts from blowing all over the house. He l Ed having his belly and his tail done. The only problem was keeping him off his back so I could get his full ruff and the back hair. He alwYs wanted to roll over to feel the brush on his belly.
What kind of brush do I use. To brush my Pyrenees
My yard is currently dirt, so you can imagine how dusty my girls get! Someone suggested I get one of the grooming driers, but to use it to blow the girls off when it’s time to come inside. You would be amazed how much fluff I am able to blow off of them along with the dust!