Shedding undercoat
We did have a flea problem in the fall ahd she has picked up a habit (I think) of scratching and chewing at her coat. The dogs are on Aadvantage (every two weeks when I suspect fleas), I have been bathing her once a month and using an anti itch rinse for dry skin/flea dermatitis; she gets flax seed o every day and when I remember brewer's yeast. She is on a single protein diet for allergies. The itching/scratching had seemed to stop or subside when we switched to this food and she has been on it over a month. The shedding has only been going on for about a week. Is this a change of coat? a seasonal issue (and I have backed it out in other years) or what? Marley was 2 in September and we are trying to grow her out to show coat. |
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| Could she be going into season? |
ButtersStotch wrote: Could she be going into season?
Right idea, switch timeframe: when was she in season? If they are going to blow coat they usually do it after they've been in season. So that could be your culprit. Another issue that seems to get to them is prolonged periods of dry heat (i.e. winter - heat's on constantly, no humidity to speak of. Think about how your own skin reacts if you're not careful). Kristine |
Mad Dog wrote: ButtersStotch wrote: Could she be going into season? Right idea, switch timeframe: when was she in season? Lol. I had the right idea. Not bad for someone with all spayed or neutered dogs, though.  |
ButtersStotch wrote: Mad Dog wrote: ButtersStotch wrote: Could she be going into season? Right idea, switch timeframe: when was she in season? Lol. I had the right idea. Not bad for someone with all spayed or neutered dogs, though. Exactly! I have four intact bitches and it never crossed my mind till I read what you wrote 
Kristine |
| Makes me wonder where I even came up with it. It feels like something I probably read in Whole Dog Journal. |
| I suspect she is coming into season - eating more getting more demanding - she was last in season in Sept/Oct.
Could that be it? |
kerry wrote: I suspect she is coming into season - eating more getting more demanding - she was last in season in Sept/Oct.
Could that be it? They normally blow coat some time after being in season, but hormones being hormones...I don't know. Jill? What does Whole Dog Journal say??? :lol: (don't get me wrong - it's a great publication). And, Jill - where were you when agility instructor and I were trying to figure out what was wrong with Sybil in class today. Total space cadet. Instructor asked me if she was coming in, but, no she was in in December, I told her. We continued working. Earth to Sybil. SOMETHING was wrong with her. At the end of class instructor thought about it again, did some rudimentary math and  - false pregnancy!
We both have intact bitches. We've both had intact bitches who have had false pregnancies. But did it dawn on us? Nooooooo. In fact, if Sue hadn't thought of it I'd STILL be assuming Sybil had caught a bad case of terminal stupidity almost overnight.
Kristine  |
I have no idea when I might of read it or if it was 100% WDJ. Fortunately or unfortunately, I have some super ability to retain nearly everything I read, but it doesn't always include where I read it or when. It's a curse.  |
| She could also be transitioning from the Junior coat to her mature coat, about the right age for that. AND yes that is worse then the pupper stage to the Junior coat.
Normally when they have finished the 21 days in heat after that for about 6 weeks they can blow coat from the hormones from hell stage, especially if they phantom also. 
I would tip she is going into a final mature coat change. It should settle down but you might need to brush her more at this matty/knotty stage to help keep the coat from knotting up so much. Use a grooming spray to help at this stage. "Mr Groom" is a good one and I go through cans of it when they are at this stage, preserves the coat and has all good things init to protect and enhance the coat through the transitions. |
| thank you I never thought of that In my defense my last OES was a rescue and we got him at three. |
| If this is a coat change- is it safe to use a comb on her when grooming? I usually try not to (although I love the control it gives me) because I have been told it removes too much hair. since that us hapening anyway.... |
| It would not hurt at this stage while the matt fairies are playing.
Use a wide tooth metal comb, it will remove the undercoat but also allow the mature coat through quicker. Unless you are planning to show soon, it will help the jacket and allow the change to come through quicker. Get some conditioner and put it in a spray bottle with water and mist as you layer groom. Yes hard stage but settles down later when the coat change is well and truly over. This way you keep the length, you do loose part of the undercoat but the change happens quicker with not so much felting at skin level when they are at this stage.  |
| We aren't planning to show in the next two months - but hope to do so this summer , I groomed her last night with the wide tooth comb and got very little hair coming out. SHe really doesn't seem to have any undercoat at all at this point. Its like having half a dog!
It is what it is |
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