Need Advise! Non-shedding doodle has increasing clump-like sparsity on her coat.

[TYoung]

Hello everyone...

My 14 week old Australian Labradoodle is supposed to be a non-shedding baby.  She's been with us since 8 weeks and really never did shed.  for the last 2 weeks, I have gradually seen increasing sparsity all over her back coat.  It looks like clumps of hair have fallen out, yet I haven't found any clumps anywhere.  But, I have noticed A LOT of fur on my black pants and on her brush.  I contacted the breeder s few days ago with a photo, and she has not gotten back to me (grrr).  I was doing a little research and it could be an allergy.  She's on Taste of The Wild Pacific Prairie puppy food.  She was on the same food but the adult version from her breeder.  I made the gradual switch to the puppy formula on the recommendation of the vet, which went seemlesly .  I put about 1 tablespoon of cooked grass-fed ground beef or cooked wild caught salmon on her food to kill the monotony...but not on every meal.  I ran both those by the vet which said those would be fine.  Other than that, she has her grain-free treats, peanut butter, occasional pieces of cheese, and coconut oil.  She is not scratching, or complaining in anyway.  Her stools have been normal.  She's other wise her doodly self.  If anyone has some light to shed on this I would be so grateful.  I'm worried about my baby Hadley :(

[Janie, Jackson and Jilly]

So good to hear that Hadley looks healthy! I hope this is just one of those passing things and all is well in the near future!

[TYoung]

I will feel out of the woods when time has passed and her fur grows back normally and she stops shedding.  She's such a little love!  Now if she would only stop her "happy" peeing :)  But, hey, that's a whole other discussion... LOL  

Thanks for the good wishes :)

[Jennifer]

Just wanted to let you know that I took my 16-week mini F1 goldendoodle Lucy to the vet this morning for the very same problem.  I must have posted right after you.   

The vet said that Lucy is simply shedding her puppy coat.  It's something he sees sometimes in shaggy breed dogs.  He was quite certain of it.  He's a great vet, and I've been going to him for 25 years, so I'm confident that he's right.

Cheers, Jennifer

[Jessica, Loki and Moose]

I've been following your thread in Lucy and I'm so glad she's ok! Loki is losing his puppy coat (well has been for the last few months) but he's looked pretty goofy over the that period of time!

[Jennifer]

Thanks, Jessica! I guess L&L are just awkward adolescents right now.... I'll take it any day. Last night I'd convinced myself that she had mange, and I scoured the Internet for anything I could find on the subject, and then I started having psychosomatic itching. Tonight, hopefully is going to be peaceful.

Cheers!