#1 Reason I Won't Be Adding Dog #3

• 04-21-2008 9:47 AM

  BCMixs Joined on 01-10-2008 Virginia Posts 1,393 Points 25

  #1 Reason I Won't Be Adding Dog #3 Reply Contact Indie's coat.   I was able to Furminate the other 3 animals in no time flat.  (Got a little over-enthusiastic with The Woobster and he now has a lopsided tooshie, but almost no undercoat left!) Furminator is just not an option for Indie's coat.  It cuts his long guard hairs which I love even though they are a pain to groom.  So I ended up spending 2 hours (yes! 2 hours) working through his coat with a line comb and working out his undercoat section by section.  No matts but his undercoat is so dense it had to be teased out like a matt.  Weekly hydrotherapy isn't helping I think, getting drenched, air drying and on those appointment days I don't have the time to brush him out.  I think it makes the  undercoat clump up even worse!    He looks all lush and handsome now, but OI! unless it's a slick coated pittie (which I have been dreaming of - ALOT!) there will not be a 3rd dog in the family!  And man, do I feel the pain of those groomers on Groomer Has It during the Bearded Collie challenge!  30 lbs. by Christmas, down 4 lbs., 26 to go!!!

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• 04-21-2008 10:17 AM

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  Jewlieee Joined on 03-23-2007 MI Posts 5,708 Points 4,170

  Re: #1 Reason I Won't Be Adding Dog #3 Reply Contact Dakota's coat is just like that. She doesn't get matted per say but her undercoat is so thick that you have to treat it like its matted. She hates being brushed/groomed to. She'd never sit for me for 2 hours! So every day lately I've been blowing her out with the drier and raking her a bit too. It's never ending. But I have to say - you hardly notice the fur from dog #3. It just all runs together. ;p

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• 04-21-2008 10:18 AM

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  rwbeagles Joined on 09-10-2007 DFW, TX Posts 14,840 Points 2,030

  Re: #1 Reason I Won't Be Adding Dog #3 Reply Contact LOL~ I use two different rakes on Cleo and we've yet to have a single mat. I also use a rinse on her when we bathe. She's blowing right now so we're brushing daily and sometimes twice a day. She's so easy to brush it's kinda theraputic for me...just zone out and watch the fur fly! Gina H. dog.community Moderator "Love is the cure for every evil/Love is the air that supports the eagle/It's called love...and it's sooo un--cool."-New Order, Thieves Like Us

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• 04-21-2008 10:32 AM

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  BCMixs Joined on 01-10-2008 Virginia Posts 1,393 Points 25

  Re: #1 Reason I Won't Be Adding Dog #3 Reply Contact  LOL! I'm trying to resist the urge (and the dreams) for a little white pittie girl until I've saved enough money to have laminate wood floors put in throughout the house, the vacuuming is driving me nuts, even with vacuuming the dogs, there's still fur everywhere!  Luckily, pin brushing Indie a couple times a week keeps him from matting, it just doesn't penetrate that thick undercoat.  It was therapeutic for me, although killer on my back.  But I got alot of those heavy "Oh she's killing me!" sighs from Mr. Fuzzbutt!  30 lbs. by Christmas, down 4 lbs., 26 to go!!!

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• 04-21-2008 10:35 AM

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  rwbeagles Joined on 09-10-2007 DFW, TX Posts 14,840 Points 2,030

  Re: #1 Reason I Won't Be Adding Dog #3 Reply Contact Oh yes the back! Luckily Miss Cleo let's me sit on the floor and she stands in front of me while I brush....she usually ends up draped across my lap at some point tho...LOL. Her breeches and behind her ears are really the only two potentially troublesome areas. Gina H. dog.community Moderator "Love is the cure for every evil/Love is the air that supports the eagle/It's called love...and it's sooo un--cool."-New Order, Thieves Like Us

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• 04-22-2008 2:27 PM

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  chelsea_b Joined on 09-10-2007 Costa Mesa, CA Posts 2,730 Points 280

  Re: #1 Reason I Won't Be Adding Dog #3 Reply Contact BCMixs: I'm trying to resist the urge (and the dreams) for a little white pittie girl Oh yes..and I have to tell you.. pitty fur is WORSE than double-coated Cherokee's fur. Cherokee's at least clumps together around the house, so you just grab a swiffer or vacuum and go around the edges. Plus she only sheds a couple times a year. Jaz's? Oh no. The floor is always coated in these little teeny tiny black and white prickly hairs. And if you happen to touch him, YOU'RE coated in them too, and they don't come off! You either have to pluck every single one off yourself, or change your clothes. Chelsea &

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• 04-22-2008 2:40 PM

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  Golden Tails Joined on 03-09-2007 Central Cali Posts 450 Points 95	Re: #1 Reason I Won't Be Adding Dog #3 Reply Contact I use the firminator on Max. He loves to be brushed! I also use it on the girls, it really cuts down on thier shedding ~Jessie~
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• 04-22-2008 3:50 PM

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  BCMixs Joined on 01-10-2008 Virginia Posts 1,393 Points 25

  Re: #1 Reason I Won't Be Adding Dog #3 Reply Contact chelsea_b: BCMixs: I'm trying to resist the urge (and the dreams) for a little white pittie girl Oh yes..and I have to tell you.. pitty fur is WORSE than double-coated Cherokee's fur. Cherokee's at least clumps together around the house, so you just grab a swiffer or vacuum and go around the edges. Plus she only sheds a couple times a year. Jaz's? Oh no. The floor is always coated in these little teeny tiny black and white prickly hairs. And if you happen to touch him, YOU'RE coated in them too, and they don't come off! You either have to pluck every single one off yourself, or change your clothes.   LOL!  Thanks for the discouragement!  I need it!     Some of the pit owners at the park have reported the same thing.  Although the ones who own Dyson's all say it's amazing for getting those prickly little hairs off slick floors like wood and lineoleum, just don't know how it is with vacuuming people!  30 lbs. by Christmas, down 4 lbs., 26 to go!!!

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