shedding problem?

What kind of food are you feeding?  Are you adding any supplements?  Also, when I worked at a grooming salon, we would use the high velocity dryer on dogs with thick undercoats to help get rid of a lot of it.  It might be worth it to you to take her in and get her a good bath and brush. 

What kind of food are you feeding? Are you adding any supplements?

she's currently eating natural choice mixed with pedigree little champions cause thats the only way I can get her to eat.

Some dogs are just going to shed a lot, regardless.  I switched Max from Kirkland to EP Holistic hoping to curtail the shedding, but it didn't make any difference.  He's just a big shedder (lab/shepherd X) no matter what time of the year it is. I think there are grooming tools that can help some.  Max is such a loving dog and has such a great temperment that I just learned to live with the hair [] and a really fantastic vacuum helps.

Joyce

What kind of food are you feeding? Are you adding any supplements? Also, when I worked at a grooming salon, we would use the high velocity dryer on dogs with thick undercoats to help get rid of a lot of it. It might be worth it to you to take her in and get her a good bath and brush.

I would maybe take colleens recommendation to try a groomer and see if they can help get part of the undercoat out a bit. . . that is only a temporary fix though. []
I don't know much about the breed so I am not sure how much shedding they normally do, BUT I can say that feeding a  good quality food can make all the difference.
The pedegree is not helping your case much (In my opinion) and I know you said that she won't eat other stuff  , but I guarantee their is something higher quality  that she would be intersted in trying. While natural choice isn't a bad food necessarily, there are better options out there.
 I am sure other posters can tell you what foods led to less shedding in their pets. Greyhounds aren't huge shedders so I normally don't have much problem, but I know that even switching to a different food a few weeks ago has made a really big difference in their shedding. It is pretty much non-existant now.
I would recommend you take a look at the below link so that you can see what other posters have said about food they have tried.

PLEASE give this dog time and try better food before giving the dog up. Honestly in my opinion (unless your family is allergic to dog dander)it is a very poor reason for giving your dog up. ALL of us deal with pet hair. . . my god, I would have given up my cats 10 years ago if I cared about their hair all over everything in my house and all the hairballs they throw up daily....it is just part of pet ownership.[8D]

That said. . .I think you can do a lot to inprove it by changing food and also trying a groomer.
Here is the thread I mentioned. Good luck!
http://forum.dog.com/asp/tm.asp?m=151532&mpage=4&key=𥼤

I have to agree with jjsmom...that is a really poor excuse for giving a dog up...You have been given some really good advice..try a better food..maybe a fish oil supplement and grooming..see if that helps..Please give this pup a chance

Im sorry but did I ask for advice on whether I should give up my dog or not?? I rescued her from being euthanized and if my fiance's eye stays red and he keeps sneezing im not going to keep her!! It breaks my heart to have to give her up but at least I know I'll give her to a good home and not just dropping her off somewhere and abandoning her.[:@] 

A really good quality food (which Nutro isn't) and fish oil supplement can work wonders for shedding. As can regular grooming and thorough brushing in between.

Now, I've read your other posts and you've mentioned taking this dog back to the shelter or re-homing her a few times now. I understand that there is an adjustment period with new animals, and that you are torn about your old dog, but it really seems like you are fishing for a justifiable reason for giving her up. Every time an issue comes up you can#%92t automatically turn to rehoming her as the first option. This isn't by any means a justified reason, but if you really feel this way then it is better for the dog for you to go ahead and responsibly rehome her or return her to the shelter. One way or the other she needs a forever home. Getting bounced around isn't necessarily better than being euthanized []

Now, I've read your other posts and you've mentioned taking this dog back to the shelter or re-homing her a few times now. I understand that there is an adjustment period with new animals, and that you are torn about your old dog, but it really seems like you are fishing for a justifiable reason for giving her up. Every time an issue comes up you can#%92t automatically turn to rehoming her as the first option.

First of all I agree with Sooner regarding the feeling that you are looking for justification to return the dog. I had posted on your previous thread the other day about you feeling that you were not bonding to your pup. I was going to mention that it my earlier post but decided against it until now.   Second, any time you post that you are thinking of giving up your pup (especially if it is for a reason such as “too much shedding”), you are opening up yourself to scrutiny by forum members. This is the chance you take. There are plenty of us on here who work or volunteer with rescues and shelters every single day. I am sorry to say, that makes us sensitive to folks who we feel are not returning for the right reasons. Dogs that are bounced are affected by it each and every time. While we can appreciate the fact that you saved the dogs life, that isn#%92t enough in most of our books.   Now all that said. . . you failed to mention in your first post that your boyfriend was having allergy problems with the pet hair and dander. Perhaps if you had mentioned that then our responses would be different.   All you mentioned was that your cream colored carpet was turning black and that you had pet hair all over your clothes…..THOSE ARE POOR REASONS TO RETURN A DOG.   Maybe next time you should give people full information before posting . . .otherwise I am sorry but you get what you get.    

I might just have to find her a good home if I cant control the shedding.

ORIGINAL: jennyx0023

If you are worried about shedding maybe you get some gold fish. Thats a poor, sorry excuse for giving up a dog regardless if you "saved"  it or  not[sm=no%20no%20smiley.gif][sm=banghead002.gif]. Every time you rehome a dog, its stress them out. Maybe you should do some more search on dogs. Dogs oop, shed, lick, pee if you don't know by know.
 
 

Sorry, have to agree with JJ'smom, sooner and everyone else.
 
If you feel you can't keep her, find a loving home for her. But LEASE DON'T GET ANOTHER! Being relocated all the time is not good for dogs! And as you said, your fiance has red eyes and is sneezing. He obviously has an allergy and dogs, not matter what you feed them, how you groom them, if you give them fish oil, or what ever other shedding remidy you can think of, will shed. It's just a matter of how much...
 
 

My expirence as a groomer is that Labs shed year round it just gets worse[&:] during the change of seasons. So what you can do to help. Good food you may also find a fatty acid supplment will help. Brush often(recomend a Zoom Groom). Use a dog condtioner when you bath her. You may find having her regullary professionaly groomed may help. Because one of the tools they have at their disposal is a High Velosity dryer. What it does is as you dry the pet is blows all the loose hair off( a mega brushing []) and this "helps" the sheding by removing all the loose coat but unfortenaly more will loosen so its not a permanant fix. Good luck and enjoy your new friend.

Jenny - When we adopted our Golden/English Shepherd mix 2 years, I was shocked at how much he shedded.  I was used to an English bulldog who really did not shed at all.  I wnet from vaccuming every other week to 1/2 times a week.  His black hair just made tumbleweeds in the kitchen.  Well, he was on crappy Sience Diet food at the shelter and no food before.  I converted him to real meat/ kibble and then to raw food, fish oil, and Seameal vitamins. His shedding stopped by 85%.  When he is blowing his coat like now,,,I brush him outside every couple of days, I can fill a pillow case with his fur.  This happens twice a year.
      Now your dog is not eating this crappy food (Pedigree) are feeding him.  Try some real food like EVO canned on Innova kibble or Canidae or Solid Gold or Eagle or Flint River Ranch, throw in some scrambled eggs, a can of rinsed salmon.  Watch for sales on salmon and eggs are cheap..    My dog's coat is glorious now on "real" food.