Shedding

[hunter391]

I have a black lab and he never stops shedding . Is he missing something in has diet or is it food related. No time to play with him I;am always vacuuming. Any Ideas thanks

[thunderbelly]

An indoor dog will generally shed all year. Buy a good vacuum. Brush the heck out of your dog. The more you brush the less you vacuum, but you wont eliminate it.

[BurlyGirl]

Labs shed. All day, every day, all year. At some points during the year, they shed more than usual. In my experience, it's their only downfall.

I vacuum where the dog sleeps every day (no exaggeration) to get a handle on the hair. It's making me seriously consider investing in a Dyson.

Brush/comb your dog as often as possible. This is where I admit to falling down as a dog owner. I think my dogs are shedding more than usual this year because they have spent SO much time inside because of the weather.

[Doogs93]

We have a black lab also - she constantly sheds. This year we bought a robot vacuum because we were losing our minds over the dog hair everywhere. I highly recommend it as does my wife. It vacuums while we are at 4 days a week and keeps the dog hair to a minimum.

[Bones]

A friend has a yellow lab that sheds crazy, way more then any lab I've owned. His wife bought a furminator and he said it's incredible. Also crazy expensive. lol

[The Wife]

Our Brittany sheds quite a bit. Drives me nuts too. There is a funny side to it though: he loves to cuddle so much that I can actually sit him down with me and he will let me vacuum him with the end of the hose and the brush attachment! LOL! Not a perfect cleaning solution but does cut down on some of the shedding all over the house.

[hunter391]

Thanks for all the advive, think I hear the vacuum calling me now. lol

[terrym]

Our Brittany sheds quite a bit. Drives me nuts too. There is a funny side to it though: he loves to cuddle so much that I can actually sit him down with me and he will let me vacuum him with the end of the hose and the brush attachment! LOL! Not a perfect cleaning solution but does cut down on some of the shedding all over the house.

Interesting. I find my Brittany sheds very little.

[TurkeyRookie]

I use the ferminator weekly on Maddy, really helps cut down on the hair on the floors, will never be eliminated but you can tell the weeks I "skipped" by the increase in hair on the floor.

The robot vaccum is awesome for this!

[red x]

use furminator in the summer for my dog he does not seem to like it but it does rake in clumps of hair. could of made a nice wool out of it... it was so much.

it was worth the $.