 Re: Undercoat showing all over
Thank you for the quick replies! I knew the Pedigree was crap, and told my husband so. He was on Nutro Natural Choice and then we got Bella (female) about a year ago so we switched them to the cheaper food. His undercoat was always showing through though. I have actually been kicking around the idea of going Raw with him for about 2 years but have been waffling on the fence for financial and time reasons. The one thread I saw mentioned premade raw food (which I didn't even know existed) and there's a Nature's Variety dealer not far from my job so I'm going to bop on over there to see how much it costs. I'm sure it's more expensive than doing it myself but he'll probably eat less.
As far as grooming, I brush him pretty much everyday and the hair is mostly undercoat. I have a pin brush, normal brush and a slicker. He hates the slicker but will tolerate it for a while. I've never purposely tried to pull his undercoat as I thought it should be there and thought dogs naturally shed their undercoats. I checked out the Mars Coat King. I think I'll have to find a less expensive option if I can but how do you know what type of blade or are they standard? I bathe him about once every 2 weeks. (they spend a lot of time outside wrestling in the dirt) Brush him before, then after and when he's pretty much dry brush him again and then vaccum him. I've never blown him dry, but will try it. He had a health check and shots in February which came back fine. He's going in either this week or next for his nails so I'll ask the groomer to check him for parasites if they didn't when he was in. He rarely scratches and his skin isn't dry. At least not to my eye.
Kane is unfortunately from a BYB, hubby had no idea what a BYB was and bought him for me as a gift. I knew better of course, having done the rounds with my Ridgeback. We did have the option of giving him back but I couldn't of course. So, we have no idea what his genes are carrying. Bella was a rehomed dog, someone had her listed on CraigsList and my husband went and got her. So again, I have no idea where she came from.
I'll try to get pix of them this afternoon so you can see the difference in their coats if anyone cares to look. Thanks again for the advice, I can see that I will get quite an education from this forum.
Tiffani  |