Shedding?

[LuvMyAbby&Kaela]

Whats this on the brush? My f1b goldendoodle is 16 weeks old today and today for the first time I noticed a small amount of fur in the brush after brushing. Is this her coat changing? I hope she isnt going to be a shedder (I wouldnt love her less but we really are into no shedding). I cant remember when our 12 yr old Bichon cross went through this.

[Dianne Carter ~ Trinity Doodles]

I would not say hair on the brush points to shedding tendencies. It If they are not shedding the hair must go somewhere . Often the coat change occurs between 9 - 14 monthes so it does appear to be a bit early.

[Kim]

Our experience with Allie is the same as Noah. There is hair on the brush - but nothing on clothing or furniture.

[Adina P]

I think even non-shedders leave hair on brushes. Remember TRUE non-shedders have hair like human hair...it just keeps growing and growing and growing until you cut it off. YET, I for one leave TONS of hair in my brush those few times I ever bother to brush (with curly hair I don't do it but rarely). Shedders drop hair without any help... but even non-shedders can get their hair pulled a bit with brushing.

She may shed SOME but I wouldn't worry about it ...YET.

[LuvMyAbby&Kaela]

LOL tell me about it! I am the shedding animal in this home lol! But the weird thing is I never had any hair at all on her brush before today. Mind you her fur is getting longer and longer and the dogs were doing a lot of rambuctious outdoor playing in the past week of nice weather (YAY the snow is finally gone!)

[Christy and Yoda]

Yoda doesn't shed, but when I use the rake on him, it pulls out huge amounts of his undercoat. Getting that hair out of there is the only thing that helps with the matts.

[Sandy]

Same here. We don't find Toby's hair on clothes or anything, but when I use the rake (twice a week or so) the hair just flies. We had him groomed for the first time 2 weeks ago, and the groomer said he was the best combed out doodle she'd ever seen. So I strongly advocate using the rake!

[Sally, Echo and Emmi]

Hi Sandy!
Where did you get the rake??? Thanks!

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Hair on brush here too. No hair anywhere else. Well, not unless the cat pulls a bit out of him when he bites her tail. We have had a bit of that recently. I don't think that counts.