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Permalink Reply by Shelby Shirley on January 13, 2011 at 7:42am

Thanks for your reply Bev - that was just what I was looking for.  I'm willing to give it a try for a few months and then maybe be able to back off to just every other month or so after the weather warms up and they're outside more.

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Permalink Reply by Angela Kau-Forsberg on January 11, 2011 at 12:17am

There's supposed to be a supplement you can put into their food that will reduce shedding.

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Permalink Reply by Renee Kovacs on January 15, 2011 at 7:58am

Linatone - costs about $20 bottle, my 34lb fur-factory gets 2 teas a day, it's made a HUGE difference.  I have hardwood floors (nicely accentuates floating hair-clouds!) and it takes a full week after vacuuming before they start floating around again (instead of about 2 days, before the Linatone).

 

I think I'm the only person on the planet that wasn't impressed with the Furminator?  I get a lot more bang for the buck from a rubber curry and a steel comb.  I've had Huskies and that's what worked for me on them, too.  The comb will get below the undercoat - until it's been thoroughly combed through once, it can be a job.  Once it's combed through, though - if you keep some hair build-up on the comb while you're combing, it really does the job.  I bath about once a month or so, and a good hair conditioner (I use human products) will let you gently comb out while wet.  Once dry - boy, if you can do it outside, more power to you! 

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Permalink Reply by Priscilla, CARLY, and Frankie on January 16, 2011 at 6:26pm

where did you find the linatone? i ask at pet-co they dont carry it..

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Permalink Reply by Kathy Farnell on January 16, 2011 at 12:40pm

This is a very interesting discussion.  I had a furminator all ready to go when I got my corgi and it was great when she was little and didn't have much over-coat.  But now I use the rubber 'Zoom Groom' almost exclusively.  I comb Poppy almost every single day and get a good handful of hair out but I still have the long straight hairs all over my hardwood floors!  I haven't noticed her shedding more in any month than any other so don't know what 'blowing coat' is yet.  She's just one year old now.  I don't think I'd mind the little fuzzy hairs on the floor as much as I mind the long straight ones.  Sigh ... will learn to live with hair because she's the sweetest little girl in the world.

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Permalink Reply by Priscilla, CARLY, and Frankie on January 16, 2011 at 6:23pm

i love the zoom groom~ thats all i use , to me it gets more hair than the furminator

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Permalink Reply by Priscilla, CARLY, and Frankie on January 16, 2011 at 6:30pm

I take Carly to the groomer every three weeks and i also give her baths in between if she starts smelling ..i dont think ill be able to keep up this regime when i get my second but we will see. Yes blo dryng helps a bunch, i dont have a special dog blodry,  i use mine. Just be sure you only the cool temp.. it is to hot otherwise. If i knew where to  get the other i think i might invest,  to save my personal dryer.

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Permalink Reply by Emily Trupiano on March 7, 2011 at 11:45pm

I bathe once a month, and I invested in a force dryer (the kind groomers use). The dryer helps a LOT. The only downside is that when you use it, it blows hair everywhere, so you'll need a vacuum handy. When its warm out, I use it outside. The birds take the clumps of hair for nesting.

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