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Dog Owner's Manual › Chapter 6: Dog Grooming › Understanding Your Dog's Coat ›Understanding Your Dog's Coat
Most dog models include three kinds of hair—tactile hair, an outercoat, and an undercoat. The undercoat, also called the secondary coat, is made of dense, soft fur. It provides both insulation and support for the outercoat. The outercoat is composed of long, stiff guard hairs that protect the undercoat. The last type, tactile hair, includes the whiskers and other stiff facial hairs that provide sensory information about the outside world. The heaviest shedders are dogs with well-developed double coats—a layer of long, coarse hair over short, dense hair. Double-coated dogs (including the Akita, Pomeranian, Newfoundland, and Siberian husky) will generally lose their undercoats twice each year and their outercoats annually. The onset of shedding is linked to hormonal changes triggered by changes in the length of the day. A dog may also "drop its coat" (shed extensively) after a physically traumatic situation such as surgery or giving birth. Dogs that lack double coats, or that live inside, may shed all year long instead of seasonally. Other models, including poodles and many terriers, do not shed at all. Chapter 6: Dog Grooming
Comments for This Page (5) | Post a CommentIf you can't find the styptic powder, corn starch works well to clot the bleeding of nicked nails What is good to feed or give dogs for dry itchy skin I give benydril but he chews his feet. Labradoodle breed RE itchy dry skin...check out Palua Terifaj, DVM, website (http://30minvetconsult.com/blog/). When I lived in Brea, CA, she was my vet. She's great--she would get down on the floor with the dogs instead of putting them on the table. She has great homeopathic recipes for making your own dog food. I've been making it for my two mini schnauzers for over a year, and their itching and dry skin are no longer problems. The new raw foods you can find in grocery store dog food sections, in a cooler, are also good choices, but I still prefer the home-made food. I've converted the recipe on my own and it seems to work great. If you want more personal info, my email is paralaxvu@sbcglobal.net Post a Comment for This Page
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The Dog Owner's Manual is a basic guide to dog care.
I went to four pharmacies and several pet shops looking for powdered styptic and could not find any. This is a very hard to find item....at least in San Francisco.