I've heard this, but I'm not sure if it's just rumor.
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Do some coat colors shed more than others?
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Some believe the whites shed more than the rest. In my limited experience, I think it might have a ring of truth. This discussion has been had many times on DOL and you'll see the harl owners will talk about shedding way more often then the blacks / blues, for example.
My white boy is a shedding maniac! I do think some of his allergy issues contribute to his shedding, but even with the controlled allergies, he makes it snow!sigpic
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My big white guy sheds like mad. Last night I washed the fleece blanket we have on our bed. It's not been a week since last washing. When I cleaned out the dryer lint trap afterwards there was enough dog hair in there to make a Chihuahua.sigpic
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My harl boy is definitely responsible for more of the dog hair in the lint trap than my fawn boy. But the fawn dog still sheds a ton.
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I don't know if this is a good comparison since Finn is still a puppy, but Asaah sheds way more than Finn does, plus it's more noticeable since her fur is black and white and Finn's is blue.Last edited by oshagcj914; 03-07-2015, 09:52 AM.sigpic
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Back when I used to do shed-x treatments at work, the white ones ALWAYS shed more. The almost white labs were worse than golden yellow, white shepherds were the worst, etc.
On Ivy, her neck and chest shed way more than the rest of her.....and yes, Quke is a shedding machine. My white cat sheds like crazy too and my calico, again, mostly white hairs when you brush her.
I am pretty sure at some point I read that the life cycle of white hairs is generally shorter but that could be totally false
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OMG Seriously white fur sheds more #$%* !!!
Duke is black and sheds a lot... well IMO. Although I do a lot of travel and perhaps don't get to vacuum as much as I used to. I dare say he is worse than my Choc. Lab whom had food allergies galore. DRIVES me somewhat nuts...sigpic
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Originally posted by Sublarry View PostHank sheds by the handful. I wonder if changing food would help. He is currently on the Kirkland from Costco. My boxer eats the same. Both are fawn and the boxer sheds too, just not as bad.
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Asaah ~ xxx Asaah LaLa, CGC, registered therapy dog
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He is almost 3. He sometimes will lick a sore spot, and will have little patches where it falls out in chunks. We went to the vet and they said give him benedryl for a week to get rid of the allergy he may have had. That cleared up and fur grew back.
We started giving them both a egg with breakfast and 1 tsp of coconut oil with dinner today. We will see if we notice any difference by next week.
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