High Humidity =

[breeze]

a small puppy!!


this is just Archer's 1/2 of his back end when I brushed him this afternoon
I usually brush him every day, but with this high humidity it's hard for my hands







after supper the other half and the rest of him
thank goodness he loves to be brushed

[chico2]

OMG,I thought Vinnie was bad,he too loves to be brushed about 10 times daily.
Archer is such a beauty
We had 38C of scorching humid heat today,spent most of the time in the pool..

[breeze]

I have to do the other side and his mane after supper

that gives me time to rest my hands

[pbpatti]

OMD Breeze, it looks like you left Archer on the floor all smushed up , oh that's just his fur??? your boys look so great wished that I could meet them in person and give them great big hugs.. patti

[hazelrunpack]

Holy catz! You already have a Pack-and-a-half's-worth of hairball, breeze!!! And that's just half his hindquarters? No wonder you have to rest your hands!

But look at that handsome Dude!! And I'm sure he feels much better after all that coat is brushed out!

[breeze]

Originally Posted by pbpatti

OMD Breeze, it looks like you left Archer on the floor all smushed up , oh that's just his fur??? your boys look so great wished that I could meet them in person and give them great big hugs.. patti

he melted cause of the heat

me too patti they would love all the hugs

[breeze]

Originally Posted by hazelrunpack

Holy catz! You already have a Pack-and-a-half's-worth of hairball, breeze!!! And that's just half his hindquarters? No wonder you have to rest your hands!

But look at that handsome Dude!! And I'm sure he feels much better after all that coat is brushed out!

yup just half his back end ,

[hazelrunpack]

Do you ever put out some of that fur for the birds in spring? They love dog hair for lining their nests.

[breeze]

Originally Posted by hazelrunpack

Do you ever put out some of that fur for the birds in spring? They love dog hair for lining their nests.

sometimes, the squirrels love it more than the birds

[cpietra16]

wow Breeze, you can knit a blanket or a sweater with all that fur....as long as you don't wear it in the rain....

[breeze]

Originally Posted by cpietra16

wow Breeze, you can knit a blanket or a sweater with all that fur....as long as you don't wear it in the rain....

on a side note do you know there is a place that you can mail leonberger's undercoats to them, to make a blanket??

[hazelrunpack]

You know, there was a woman in this part of the state who used to knit dog-fur sweaters. She usually used the undercoat from golden retrievers, as I recall, but it looks like Leonberger undercoat would spin quite nicely, too!

[Goldfields]

Breeze, your boy is a very handsome fellow, in coat or not. Is the undercoat easy to strip out ? With my shelties, if they have a soft outer coat it is easy, but if they have the correct harsh outer coat sometimes the undercoat lifts just off the surface of the skin and sticks there, quite hard to groom out, and if you make the fatal mistake of bathing them before getting out any loose undercoat it just forms a matt. Been there, done that , it took hours to finish the job.
Cattle Dogs on the other hand can literally drop the whole undercoat overnight, which our Cuddles did the night before the Royal(biggest show in the Southern hemisphere) She still placed 5th out of 10 but what rotten timing!
I reckon Archer will be feeling wonderful after this groom.

[breeze]

his coat is very thick, and the comb I have doesn't go all the way down to his skin.. the comb that does, is hard for me to hold so it takes me much longer..

if I forget to comb for a day or two it's harder
I normally brush/comb every day

[pattymac]

I was kinda looking for the dog in the first pic!! That's alot of hair and alot of dog..he's very handsome!

[breeze]

Originally Posted by pattymac

I was kinda looking for the dog in the first pic!! That's alot of hair and alot of dog..he's very handsome!

thank you our vacuum gets used a lot

tomorrow is Bree's turn

[Melinda]

I thought I was looking at a dead dog!! *LOL* man, thats a lotta hair

[Longblades]

I swear I studied that photo for a full minute trying to see an extra set of paws. WOW. I've heard people say they could make another pet out of the hair but I had no idea it was literally true.

He is a handsome fella.

[breeze]

Originally Posted by Melinda

I thought I was looking at a dead dog!! *LOL* man, thats a lotta hair

Originally Posted by Longblades

I swear I studied that photo for a full minute trying to see an extra set of paws. WOW. I've heard people say they could make another pet out of the hair but I had no idea it was literally true.

He is a handsome fella.

I finished combing/brushing King Archer last night and got 2 more piles
thought he would go bald but nope.... still cuddly

this usually doesn't happen all at once but with the crazy weather we are having, it's playing havoc with his coat

[marko]

Cute pix Breeze! Who knew dogs could molt?

[breeze]

Originally Posted by marko

Cute pix Breeze! Who knew dogs could molt?

[Mirela]

Originally Posted by marko

Cute pix Breeze! Who knew dogs could molt?

Me! Leo is due for a line comb this weekend; I'll post a pic of the "result"

[breeze]

Originally Posted by Mirela

Me! Leo is due for a line comb this weekend; I'll post a pic of the "result"

that would be cool