13 Week Doodle shedding a ton !

[Mansi]

Hi Everyone,

My 13 week old doodle puppy Joy sheds a lot, she sheds in chunks of fur and when she is sitting on your lap will leave a lot of hair on your clothes . I comb her and brush her almost everyday but that seems to not e helping, not sure if I am brushing her wrong. Could this be because of food brand or any allergies or is she just a shedder and its normal? (I switched her from breeder's food to wellness core puppy formula). Attaching her picture if anyone has a shedder with similar coat.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

I responded to your discussion in the main forum, so I'm just copying the info here:

Shedding is not a symptom of allergies, and 13 weeks is way too young for any kind of allergy, so you can rule out allergies as the cause of the shedding. 

Food also doesn't typically cause shedding, unless it is a really bad food that is nutritionally inadequate, and that's not the case here; Wellness Core is one of the best grain-free puppy foods out there, and it also has a really excellent Omega 3 fatty acid content, which is best for skin and coat, so you can rule out food as a cause too.

She is way too young to be going through a coat change, too.

I was not able to open your photo so I can't tell about her coat, but I would say that you have a shedder. Many doodles do shed, some quite heavily. 

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

My guess is that your doodle sheds - remember that doodles are a mix of a highly shedding dog with a non-shedding one. It is marketing hype that doodles don't shed. They get genes from both parents and might easily end up with ones for shedding. One of my doodles is a pretty heavy shedder - hairs on all of our clothes, on our bedding, on any fabric item in our home and RV. My car is a mess - The seats are leather but the back of the SUV is carpet. There is so much hair back there that will NOT come off, I am embarrassed!