my dog keeps sheding what can i do?

Question

he is a rat terrier

Answer 1

Nothing, dogs shed. If you didn't want your dog to shed, you should've gotten a poodle.

Answer 2

Dog's shed when the weather gets warm.. Brush him and he'll get thru it.
Also you want to make sure you are feeding a good quality dogfood. A good natural well balanced dogfood will do alot for helping to keep your dog's coat nice.
You have to know that good health starts on the inside.. If a dog isn't eating good food, he can't possibly have a good shiny healthy coat. Check your dogfood bag, and decide if you should switch to something else.
It's possible that he is shedding due to a food allergy, but more likely that it's just a low quality food.

Forget Iams, All Purina, Eukanuba, Kibbles n Bits, Ol Roy, Pedigree, Science Diet etc.. They are all garbage foods that are preserved with cancer causing BHA/BHT or ethoxyquin, or cancer causing dyes, or use a Synthetic Vitamin K which makes the body not be able to normally use K from other sources. Horrible foods..

Good Quality dogfood, might seem like it costs more but they actually eat far less and get their nutrition easier from the quality foods.

Give him an Omega 3 capsule daily.

Answer 3

First off it has been getting warmer recently so dogs will shed. If that is not the entire reason then are you feeding your dog table scraps or dog food? always stick with dog food - dogs can not process human foods - expecially salt - they will lose hair. Try Salmon oil - it helps the quality of the dog's coat, or there are nutritional supplements you can purchase at the pet supply stores. I mix esbilac (a puppy milk formula) into dry food for my dogs it is very nutrional - they never get any table scraps strictly dog food only and I haven't had any problems with shedding so far. My friend on the other hand feeds table scraps to his dog (same breed living 2 blocks away) their hair is dry and is shedding by the handful. You may also want to try a deshedder - a brushing tool that would allow you to pull out the shedding undercoat too so instead of just brushing out the loose hair on the top you'll be taking out the loose hair on the bottom too

Answer 4

rat terriers shed enormously.Make sure you keep him clean a bath now and then..but brush him well and comb him with a very fine tooth comb after the brush..to get at all the loose hair left behind by the brush vacume alot and dont wear black clothes..theres little you can do its the nature of the beast

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Try brushing him every day and you will get the shed hair off him where you can control it. Some times these short haired dogs shed because of an allergy. consult a vet about this , you might get the shedding under control with an antihistamine.

Answer 7

ALL dogs shed- even poodles. There are higher shedding breeds and lower shedding ones but all will, esp now in the spring.

We own a lab (VERY HIGH SHEDDER) and brushing them daily will help some. The rest of it is just part of having a dog.

Answer 8

my dog is a chihuhua terrier mix and she sheds a little so i give her coat and skin treatment on her food evryday brush her every day and give her a hair cut every month or two.

Answer 9

the dog is shedding to lose it's warm winter coat that won't be needed as it warms up. Brush the dog often is about all you can do.

Answer 10

When it get's warmer thats how animals shed their winter coat. Brushing your dog daily will help alot.