Someone asked me about how to stop pug shedding the other day. I wrote up a big post about how to stop pug shedding three years ago, but here’s my current strategy. My current thoughts are that you can’t do that much to stop it. Diet can influence shedding somewhat, but not all THAT much, at least in my case. I feed my pugs Tripett Advanced Skin and Coat Formula with their meals. Anyway, my strategy is that you can’t STOP the shedding, but you can reduce it for relatively long periods of time. Please note that all pugs are different. I’m mainly dealing with Gadget’s fur — he has a very thick undercoat which sheds a lot. Your experience may vary.
Here’s what I do:
- Furminate Heavily
- Give Bath
- Dry Thoroughly, Wait until completely dry. Hair Dryer on cool setting is also good.
- Furminate Heavily Again
- Furminate Heavily Again
- Wait two days for the shedding to end
- Vacuum everywhere.
If you do this, you blow enough hair off of the coat to make it so that the shedding is minimized for a good lengthy period of time, until the hair builds back up. Then you have to repeat.
What do you do to stop shedding? What have you tried that doesn’t work? Please let everyone know, and leave a comment!