Shedding

We had that problem with our black lab mix. She shed so much and all you would see on EVERYTHING was black hair, and in the most odd places...we would bathe her often and brush her with a shedding brush. We used to shave her also. She looked okay and it helped with the shedding.

:( i know how that goes, my mom had one of those mixes and she shed like mad. The ONLY thing that ever worked for her was brusing and vaccuming the dog... but unless she did it every couple of hours the dog started sheding again.. It must be the breed mix, i mean we had the same thing and she was shedding like crazy...

I would say bath her and brush her often. Brush everyday and bath once a week. The warm water will help loosen hair and brushing should get rid of some.

My black Labrador sheds like crazy too. And yes, like you i thought he would be bald by now. he is black and our tiled floor is white so you can imagine how we see all black fur everywhere! Im not exaggerating either. No matter how many times i sweep the floor or even brush him, he still sheds. I can probably understand since its hot in the Philippines but i would think that maybe they would get used to it? Oh well...just as long as they are healthy.

my dog's a german/labrador.. and he also sheds A LOT.. and everytime we sweep the floor we'd get a dustpanful of hair... i asked a vet and he said that it is normal especially during a specific season like its the shedding season of that dog... and its normal as long as the dog does not bald... it sheds to make sure that the hair is shiny and healthy.. so he advised us to use a very mild shampoo.. so we used sulfur soap coz it is also effective against skin itchiness.... and we brush him a lot... =)

There really isn't anything you can do to stop or reduce a pets shedding. It's just a natural part of life, just like our hair falls out everyday of our lives. Some breeds and coat types will shed more than others. The only thing you can do is try to manage it by regular grooming (daily if the animal is long furred or it is shedding that much) and regular bathing. We had a Collie dog and Chincilla cat (both with long fur). The Collie we tried to brush every day (hardly missed a day) and had a dog wash company come around every 2 weeks to bath and groom him (they used a blow dryer which loostened a lot of the fur on the dog and made the loose bits easier to comb out.) The cat was kind of old when we got her and hadn't really been groomed all that often and really didn't appreciate it, but we did her about once a week. At the start of summer we also got them shaved more to help them cope in the heat but it does make it easier to brush them as the fur grows out if they haven't been maintained.

She is shedding because it is winter. And the coat is natural to thinken. You will have to keep brushing and brushing her to get rid of the loose hair. I have that with one of my cats. Also, make sure she is not dehydrated. Dryness causes shedding too. Good luck dear.

Ughhhhhhhhhh!!! I know what your going thru. I had a Lab and a Husky/Shepherd mix that shed non-stop. What I had used was a shedder blade for horses and it really seemed to help remove the shedding fur. Look for it in the horse aisle of your local farm store or go to a saddle shop. It's a long metal blade with a leather strap-type handle on either end and it bends into a closed horseshoe shape. They sell them for dogs/cats as well but for a lab/shepherd mix, the horse one is cheaper. I also used a grooming rake on my husky/shepherd mix. Basically, it looks like a steel garden rake but much smaller. That works wonders on double-coated breeds cause it gets down to the undercoat which is what is really shedding. You can also buy a grooming attachment for your vacuum that works. I've done it all trying to keep ahead of the shedding. Hope you have a bagless vacuum or you'll be buying stock in bags for your vacuum. lol

labs and sheppards both are known as shedders. The only thing you can do really is brush, brush, brush. Look for a special "shedding comb" which tends to comb out more loose hair than a regular dog brush. As long as she is "shedding" and not loosing hair (like in clumps, bald spots, etc) then it is only natural and there is not much to do for it. If she has bald spots or is loosing an excessive amount of hair, she could need to see a vet for a skin condition. She could have allergies, etc. Good luck, and vaccume, vaccume, vaccume!!!!