Any tips on stopping a dog from moulting??

Question

We have a 2 yr old rottie who sheds constantly - summer, winter, christmas, easter - you name it he sheds. We hoover every day if not more. We groom him regularly and use cod liver oil and vegetable oil alternately with his food. I'm sick of hoovering!!!!

Answer 1

feed the dog scrambled eggs for breakfast it really works

Answer 2

I've heard this from many rottie owners recently and am starting to suspect that it is a genetic trait of dogs in the recent generations.
You would think that as they are a shorter haired dog there would be less moulting but this is a growing issue with unsuspecting rottie owners.
Many owners of long haired dogs take the lazy solution and remove soft floor coverings like carpet from their homes and stick to tiled and wooden floors. It doesn't attract hair to it, keeps the dog cooler which lessens the moulting, doesn't breed fleas, and requires less cleaning.
As you are doing all the right things with grooming etc I suspect this is the only option left!
Just be glad that you don't have a golden retriever who comes home from every walk these wet days soaking and takes a whole day to dry off because his coat is so dense. Oh that doggy smell...

Answer 3

Lol I know what you mean you're sick of hoovering I have a border collie and its like big tumbleweeds blowing across the living room floor lol.

What are you using to groom him? For his kind of coat, the best tools to use are a steel comb (with both narrow and wide teeth) and a rubber curry brush, like people use on horses. These are relatively cheap and you get them at the pet shop. First comb him through with the comb and make sure u take it right to his skin (although don't dig it in as it will hurt and he will let you know!) Then apply lots of pressure with the rubber curry brush and in firm short strokes, brush his coat all over, cleaning the brush between every few strokes. It is important that you aren't afraid to apply pressure, as the rubber curry is one of the most harmless grooming tools you can find. Some of the regulars I groom actually steal it and have a bit of an old play with it before handing it back to me covered in slobbers!

Also give him a good scrub in the bath and towel dry him (hair dryers wreck coats like his) and brush him every day if you can. The more you brush the more dead hair you are losing and this will cut down on your poor hoover which must be ready to explode lol.

Good Luck!

Answer 4

You are also shedding hair all the time, so is every animal with hair, it's the natural life cycle of the hairs - anagen...where the hair is attached to the papilla and is activly growing, catagen...where the hair is just resting in the follicle and telogen where the hair is not attached to the papilla at all and is just waiting for something to brush it out of the follicle. some animals the cycle is quicker than others....unfortunatley for you your pooch has lotsof hair and a quick cycle of hair growth! just look at your own brush when you've brushed your hair. rotties have a lot of hair, it's doesn't look it cos it's short tho. just imagine what your hair brush and your pillow would look like if you had that much hair lol!!!

you could always try getting a rottie coloured carpet and just not hoover and no one would ever know!! he he he!

Answer 5

have you got your central heating on a lot? dogs molt with the weather, if it is too hot they molt. unfortunately dogs will molt, however some breeds molt a lot less than others. ive found that dogs with short hair, rotties, dobermanns, min-pins, labs, great danes all seem to molt an awful lot. it could possibly be that he has an allegy to something and it is a slight reaction. otherwise apart from a lot of brushing (outside) then there isnt much that can be done

Answer 6

Due to the breeds original origin they are still used to a cold climate, so in our warmer weather they will naturally shed throughout the year. I would recommend looking at a gluten free dry mix dog food as i had the same problem myself with a different breed of dog. It costs about the same as normal dry mix and does make a difference to the shedding and quality of the coat. Hope this helps.

Answer 7

you cannot stop a dog shedding. All hairy animals shed, including humans. You need to buy yourself a rubber hound glove and groom him daily with it to remove the loose hair. Keeping dogs indoors in overheated houses can mean that they shed loads.

Answer 8

You could try a massage on him, believe it or not it does help to cut down on the moulting, massage his shoulders and back, not only do they love it and helps them to relax and become less stressed it really is good for cutting down on the dog hairs too.

Answer 9

I also have a 6 yr old black lab mix who sheds buckets of hair. I have tried everything: bathing monthly, brushing daily, vitamin supplements, stuff my groomer recommend to spray on her coat & nothing stops the shedding. When you find the answer to this problem - please let me know!!!!!

Answer 10

thats life.the life spine of rotties are 12-14 years so in another 10-12 years you will stop hoovering.
( DOGS SHOULD BE IN THE DOG HOUSE,OUT IN THE GARDEN)

Answer 11

What about Brill cream or the same stuff they spray on Christmas trees?
and before you all start screaming "burn the witch" it's a joke.