Dog Shedding | Dog Grooming

What To Do When Your Dog Sheds

Shedding, ways to keep fur from flying

Regardless of the length of your dog’s coat when summer arrives, they all shed, some more than others. Loosing that winter coat can mean having thousands of dog hairs floating around your house every day. And when these little hairs go floating around they end up sticking to everything possible – your clothes, your furniture, your couches, etc.

Of course not all dogs shed large quantities of hair as mentioned above. There are certain indoor pets that shed all year long, but the hair loss is minimal, nothing like a dog shedding for the summer.

Try these tips to help keep the dog’s coat clean and your house “hair free”:

1. Ask any professional groomer what is the best thing to do when your dog is shedding. They will all invariable agree that brushing your dog on a regular basis during shedding season is by far the best thing that you can do. You will need a brush that is tailor-made for your pet’s coat. Depending on your dog breed you may have to spend more less time every day or only once weekly brushing your dogs coat.

2. Brush very deeply with firm strokes. Use short strokes instead of long ones because they penetrate the coat more thoroughly. Running over the coat quickly without applying some pressure is not effective brushing.

3. Go against the direction of the hair growth as you brush the second time around. This will help loosen any hair that you may have missed on your first round of deep brushing. This may cause some static unless you have a static free brush. It is recommended that you get one so as not to shock your dog.

4. After the two bushings use a comb to through the coat.

5. There are some dogs that just will not stand still for a good coat brushing because of the strangeness of the brush. For these types of situations there is a perfect solution called a grooming glove. And like the name says, it is a glove that fits on your hand to groom your dog. What makes it a grooming glove is that there are hundreds of tiny plastic or rubber teeth to help brush those dogs that simply cannot sit still for a standard brush.

6. Last but not least, it is advisable to properly bathe and groom your dog all year round not only for the health and well being of your pet, but it also minimizes the amount of hair shed when the warm season arrives.