Very minimal shedding? I love it.
I know puppies virtually don't shed until they develop the outer coat.
Zion is 4.5 months now and has a full thick outer coat. It's dense and very hair-like, not fur. I remember when I was reading about Corgi months ago, everyone warned of the incessant, ungodly amount of shedding. I braced myself for this and got a Corgi anyway.
He sheds, but it's really minimal. It's definitely far far nowhere near what people made it to be.
I dogsat my friend's puggle. And THAT creature shed EVERYWHERE in my room. He would leave a layer of hair on my cloth sofa just by sitting on it.
I can paste and roll Zion the same sofa and I can count the hair with my fingers.
Did I get one of the fabled minimal-shedding corgis? Or does he have to wait til older? Again, his already fully developed coarse parts just don't shed.
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Permalink Reply by Priscilla, CARLY, and Frankie on
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hahahah too funny! but true
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Permalink Reply by Zion (pem) & Andrew (me) on
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Nooo...........
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Permalink Reply by Rebecca Marie O'Bryan on
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i have the same thing:) teddy will be a year old on the 27th and he sheds but not like everyone describes. i too braced my self but my cats shed more than he does! lol
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Permalink Reply by Jane on
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He will shed...just wait. 4.5 months is still very young - I don't think most corgis have their full adult coat until around age 2.
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Permalink Reply by Kari & Quin on
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That is what I have heard also 18-24 months for their full coat
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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth on
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Nooo; tell me it isn't so! I just brushed a pound of fur out of my 10-month-old!
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Permalink Reply by Dana C on
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It's coming:) I was at a dinner party when Milly was that age and I was wearing black. I said to someone "not even a hair" and she laughed. She got the last laugh for sure:) Milly started shedding tons about the time she turned one. My advice, start investing in lint rollers now, lol.
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give him a few months... it will happen...
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Permalink Reply by Beth on
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Oh, sorry, hate to break it to you but the real shedding won't start until the first spring after the first winter with an adult coat.
So Zion will probably have a modest shed in spring of 2011, then have first winter with adult coat NEXT year and start with the big sheds in spring of 2012.
Enjoy it while it lasts. :-)
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Permalink Reply by Heather and Ella on
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Ella sheds, but not as bad as I've seen some corgis. I try to brush her once a week with just a human comb. Then in the spring and in the fall the furminator gets taken out to get the big shed clumps. I think it really depends on the dog. But expect a bit more shedding once your dog gets a bit older. Just keep up on the combing and vacuuming and you'll be just fine.
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