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08-20-2007, 07:30 PM | #1 |
Donating YT Addict Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Chicago
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| His hair always comes out! :-( I'm having a hard time with knots with my baby. His hair is fine on top, but underneath he has bad knots. When I try to brush or comb him, lots of his hair comes out. :-( Hes only 13 weeks so I don't know if its healthy to lose his hair. I'm not sure if this is normal or I'm brushing him wrong. |
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08-20-2007, 08:46 PM | #2 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chicago, IL
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| Perhaps you should try a spray-on detangler when you brush him. I read somewhere that when you brush a Yorkie's coat it should be a little damp and a detangler would help loosen up the knots or mats.
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08-24-2007, 03:55 PM | #3 |
Proud Alaskan Grandma! Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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| I usually give my dog a bath with this shampoo called LaPooch which is great and then I spray on this no tears detangler for kids that I picked up at the gorcery store. It works great on my Tinkerbells hair. She does not like being sprayed, but she does not mind being brushed what so ever anymore when using it. Thought this might help. |
08-24-2007, 03:58 PM | #4 |
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| Dont brush or comb the hair when it is dry. Put a detangler on it
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08-24-2007, 05:36 PM | #5 |
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| AND, could be loosing puppy hair (which you will be glad he is loosing, because it is the fur that causes more trouble)... Just be sure you are not pulling when you brush, or try to use the fingers to detangle... Be sure to use missing link or something similar, that helped tons on my two dogs coat!
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08-31-2007, 11:27 AM | #6 | |
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Does that mean to put detangler on every day? I don't put anything on Lucy except when bathing. She gets a brush and comb every day.
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08-31-2007, 02:15 PM | #7 |
Piper & Sebastian Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: florida
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| Use detangler or conditioner on his hair when you're trying to brush it out. Just rub the conditioner in his dry hair and then massage it. Then gently brush and the mats will come out.
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09-03-2007, 04:48 PM | #8 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: upstate ny
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| Mardelin & tegamom recommended emu oil or almond oil and I have been using that on Zoe for about a week now. It's amazing! Almost no knots at all, maybe a little one but if so it comes out so easily. I apply it after I shampoo & condition & rinse and do a final rinse with a capful of the emu oil in a cup of water. Her hair does look a little greasy though but it's worth it! |
09-03-2007, 05:03 PM | #9 | |
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I didnt know that
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09-04-2007, 03:57 PM | #10 |
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| Anyone?
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09-04-2007, 04:13 PM | #11 |
Proud Alaskan Grandma! Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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| I have no idea. When my yorkie was just a puppy I just had her hair cut short and then after that puppy hair grew out I grew it out long. I don't think that my yorkie lost any of her hair by falling out.
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09-04-2007, 05:23 PM | #12 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ky
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| So what exactly is puppy hair???
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09-04-2007, 05:33 PM | #13 |
Proud Alaskan Grandma! Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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| The puppy hair that I had was sort of cottony and was very easley tangled no matter what I did. After a while you just noticed a difference in the type of hair. It changes.
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09-04-2007, 05:40 PM | #14 | |
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Her whole body is cottony but her head is silky... She looks sort of off balance.. But of course she still looks cute! So I guess her body will eventually change so that's all of it's silkier?
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09-04-2007, 05:46 PM | #15 |
Proud Alaskan Grandma! Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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| How old is she? I believe that it took my Tinkerbell about a year to grow out of that puppy hair. I may be a little off on the timing. They do look like fuzz balls when they are young and so very cute. From reading some of the information on this site, some yorkies never grow out of it. I guess it has to do with there parents too.
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