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06-24-2013, 12:06 PM | #1 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: canton ohio us
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| I need some advice on a shedding yorkie mix Hi. I'm lost with no one to go too so I came back to the one place I know I get some help. Jettie is my Yorkie mix, DNA tests say her prominent breed is Yorkie while chihuahua dachshund and Rat terrier are also present. she has longer hair that has a terminal length of about 4inches around her back end and closer to 5 or 6 by her shoulders. she is solid black with a sort of soft but also kinda wirey hair if that makes sense. I use biogroom oatmeal shampoo on all the dogs. now on to my problem she sheds like she is going to go bald.....but only when she is wet. the loose hair is so bad i clogged my tub! i tried to brush her when dry before a bath but no luck no hair came loose. My groomer is also at a loss, my groomer tried to use a furminator on her but her hair is too thin for it I guess. To be clear she is not going bald. she still has a very full coat but she looses more hair in a bath then Gatsby looses in a year during brushing and grooming and baths combined! Is it possible that there is anything I can do to cut down on the shedding or a really awesome brush that will pull the shedded hair off before a bath?
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06-25-2013, 07:04 AM | #2 |
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| I have no advice on this but you might contact your vet to see if he can tell you what to do. Maybe could help find what might be causing this? Hope you find a solution soon.
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06-25-2013, 12:25 PM | #3 |
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| My friend was fostering a long-haired chihuahua that had a hair loss problem. He started putting little raw coconut flakes on the dog's food (like 1 or 2 flakes- not much) and after a few weeks the hair loss started to slow down, and eventually just stopped. It was one of those "MYSTERY" things that nobody could really figure out. There was no apparent cause and no other symptoms (no itching, no redness, no irritation...) |
06-25-2013, 06:59 PM | #4 |
Donating YT 10K Club Member | She is mixed with shedding breeds...not much you can do about that although thryroid problems cause excessive hair loss. You may want to have her thyriod tested.
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