Dogs with thick coats can shed several handfuls of fur each day in the last weeks of the fall to make room for the thicker winter coat.
Dog shedding coat in winter.
Now you know that the winter coat has to go as soon as winter turns to spring.
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Is it normal that my dog is shedding in winter.
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Many dogs develop thick coats in the colder months of winter that are then shed as temperatures rise in the spring.
Cold spells followed by sudden and extreme warmth can also cause higher than average shedding as well as long bouts of heat especially for dogs with thick undercoats.
Dogs will shed the most in the spring but they also shed the summer coat in the weeks leading up to the winter months.
There are other factors that affect shedding too.
Generally dogs shed the most in the spring and fall.
This is mainly because of the temperature changes in the spring dogs lose their winter coat to make way for a lighter summer coat and in the autumn dogs shed their undercoat to make way for a thicker warmer winter coat.
When autumn approaches you may want to foresee how much dog fur you are going to have to sweep off your floor.
As your pup trades their thicker winter coat for their summer fur you ll start to find that tumbleweeds of hair drift through the house your furniture becomes the color of dog and your clothes.
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