Blowing

Well it is happening,Mickey is blowing his puppy hair.I brushed him out for about an hour today and boy O boy did the black hair fly!!I didnt realize he was going through this now,meaning I havent found any clumps of blk hair.i had a pile of hair about the size of 2basketballs!!Now he looks so fluffy and just adoreable.Id like to thank the people who have given great advice on what too do when your puppy blows his coat,it really helped me in grooming him today :D .
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aww poor Mickey, loosing all his puppy hair- any new Mickey and Jagger pics to share Tanya? I miss the boys :cry:Is Mickey getting light grey, now that he's losing his puppy coat?

Karen :)
Howdy karen!!!Yes i do have new pics of the boys,however the disk it came on isnt working,so i have to take it back to wal-greens.Our little Mickey is growing up so fast,and yes he is just full of gray hair!!!He gets the devil in him at times tho :evil: .As you know through post I have posted I have been giving Mickey doodles a bit more freedom at night.W/ that said heres the story:Saturday took Sam and her cousin to the circus it was Sams 1st time ever going to a big top.Well I bought her this light up spinning toy it is really cool,had a little eleaphant on the top and it really was bright when it was dark.OK!Sunday night I get up to hit the little girls room and I hear some MAJOR chewing going on.At 1st I think it isnt anything cuz Mickey is in his crate.Right after thinking that in walks Mickey,and I realize DOH!I havent been crateing him,so I turn on the hall light and there lyed Sams 15.00dollar toy from the circus all chewed and just shattered!!!I was just in shock,1st thing I did was to check to make sure Mickey hadnt hurt his mouth or any other part of his body,then I YELLED at him!So needless to say he is now sleeping back in his crate where he belongs!! :roll: So Karen any other questions?? :lol: hehe!!How are you and Mike?Whats been happening over your side of the world?and how are you kitties doing?
Hi

Hold old is your sheepie? Maggie is 8 months old and i cant say I have ever heard the expression "blowing" the coat before but we brush her daily and I am noticing alot more grey hair under the black and the texture is changing - Is that what you are referring too? I too get a few brush fulls of hair but not as much as you are describing - just curious - I have never been through the coat change before.
Yes Sheepish, Maggie should be starting hers too since Sky is right now.
If a proper pin brush is used even during the coat transition I'm finding Sky loses a lot less hair than my other oes did even during this phase.
Sky's back legs are totally grey now, and it seems to be travelling upward from there. Her big bum is grey now in a spot on either side of it, so it looks funny. I also find Sky's shoulders are greying now too. Sky and Maggie's half sister Edyn took longer to turn grey, so I thought maybe Sky would too, but she seems to be doing this at about the same age as Dancer did.
well my mickey doodles is 10months,and willow is right pin brushes are awesome!!i never knew about the pin brush til this forum and let me tell ya it works great!!pulls all the under coat out meaning the puppy hair which is blk comes out so the new hair which is gray will be able to grow nicely.
If the pin brush has no tips it shouldn't actually be pulling out any undercoat, or at least very, very little. For a pet oes though it is generally easier to remove much of the undercoat as it will prevent matting a little more.
well maybe "pulling" isnt a good word to descride but it sure does remove alot of unwanted puppy hair.i have never used one before since i have only had collies and bouvier mix's,and used slickers and shredders on them,so finding the pin brush is an awesome,however it doesnt do anything for my collie.which is ok since i have other grooming tools for him :D

Sorry to have used the word pulling,like i have said before im really clumpsy on the computer :oops:
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