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Dog moults ALL the time. Time for a diet change?

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Champagneforeveryone · 23/11/2020 01:44

DDog2, 7yo castrated working cocker. He's always moulted profusely and has been the source of some disagreement between DH and I. I am just home from a late shift and am sat at the dining table as I cannot sit on the sofa in my black work trousers. He isn't even allowed on the furniture!

For example we brushed him today and got handfuls out. I've come home and there's wisps of white hair all over the floor already.

He has a thick and healthy shiny coat and has no health problems. I suspect his coat is in some way faulty as he gets soaked through to the skin in the rain, unlike all my past working spaniels who were wet on the outside but dry on the inside. He has no bald patches or thinning and is regularly treated for fleas and worms. Having him clipped made no discernible difference.

He eats Burns food which is hypoallergenic.

I'm almost at my wits end with the hair and am now (in desperation) looking at a change of diet. Any advice you could give would be greatly appreciated, either food recommendations or ways to curb the moulting short of tying him up in a bin bag with his head poking out the top

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LintonTravelTavern · 23/11/2020 03:47

What brush do you use?

Have you tried the furminator?

Thack · 23/11/2020 04:18

I haven't got an answer to your question sorry, but to share a story: My friend installed a log burner last autumn and her two started moulting around the same time (they'd stopped before that and have a regular pattern).
Could you move the dogs bed somewhere cooler? Is your heating different with this doggy? Just as a something to think about. Good luck!

Yesbutisittouching · 23/11/2020 04:23

How regularly do you have the dog groomed? My parents lab was like this until I started taking him for regular grooming with a professional. The reduction in shedding has been significant since. Maybe try that? Alternatively try using a pet blaster (you can pick one up for under £75) to blast the dead coat out yourself (outdoors unless you want to recreate Halloween) it is quicker and more efficient that brushing.

Champagneforeveryone · 23/11/2020 09:21

We use a rubber "zoom groom" (I think that's right!) and then a Furminator.

We do have a log burner but actually have no other form of heating so not easy to adjust his temperature. In actual fact our house is normally on the cooler side, though when the fires lit its toasty - maybe the fluctuation is an issue? It would be a shame if that was it as there's actually nothing we can do about it.

He's not groomed that frequently as his fur is soft and not at all untidy. For a working cocker his feathers, feet and undercarriage are quite short so he doesn't get filthy in the same way DDog1 does. Now I think on it, the last place we used was profusely apologetic as they'd managed to cut tram lines into his fur as it's so thick and soft. It's not the first time it's happened, just the first time someone has owned up to itGrin

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puttergal · 23/11/2020 19:17

You need to brush him throughly everyday.
I don't think diet will make any difference personally as you say his coat is healthy

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