The Hair!!

[Peggy]

Originally Posted by Jeni D

Peggy: Dudley is 11 months old; he'll be a year on February 27. I didn't think it was the "blowing" that everyone talks about because he is not leaving big puffs of hair everywhere, just lots of individual hairs. It doesn't seem like his coat is as thick as some of the corgis I have seen though, but he sure is a shiny guy

Well, he might just be getting started. And it will depend on how much you are combing or brushing him. If you do that quite a bit you won't get the tufts.

A year old is about the right time for the first blow. Give or take a month or two depending on the season. So he's the right age.

Peggy

[Peggy]

Originally Posted by Checkers

I know he is a purebred, but his coat doesn't seem anything at all like other corgi's I have seen. It's very healthy, but not as thick of an undercoat as you would expect.

Cheryl, as you've seen there are different coats. Some have a "tight" coat, shorter and closer fitting to the body. Sounds like that's what Checkers has. Some have a coat a bit longer and some have a "plush" or "glamour" coat. That's a bit longer and plusher but NOT a fluffy.

Peggy

[ChloeLouise]

..Just catching up on this thread...
My Fluffy, ChloeLouise, doesn't really shed much on a daily basis - that is not to say I don't go to work with an occassional hair on my black pants (or cringe when I find a stray long, white fur in my salad)...but in general we feel fortunate not to have clouds of Chloe-fuzz drifting around the house...EXCEPT for a couple of weeks last summer when I "brushed" literally GLOBS of fur off her!! I use the verb "brush" loosely since she views "THE BRUSH" as a menace, her mortal enemy... and what I actually do is "swipe" at her as she goes frapping by me. Nevertheless, I was able to accumulate a plastic grocery bag full of her fluffy fur!! I AM a handspinner - and I DO intend to spin her fur (with some white wool) and make yarn to knit mittens!! We think that would be the ultimate irony for me to wear Chloe-mittens when I take her out for a winter walk!! Altho we have laughed and thought that maybe I should knit her a sweater with her OWN fur!!

[Louwants]

We have the corgi tumbleweeds also. There are two corgis (one full, one corgi/chow) and two cats (one short hair, one long hair). We are so use to the "fur bunnies" in our house, we thought about starting to name them.

It seems like our dogs NEVER blow their fur at the same time. What's bad is Duncan HATES being brushed and will fight you all the way. Chloe LOVES being brushed, but she automatically lays on her back to do her tummy, so that's not any easier.

I've found that Shed Ender comb they advertise on TV is great. I try and brush them outside as much as possible, leave the fur on the ground, then the birds come along and pick it up for their nest.

[Chip's Mom]

I bought a baby soft bristled brush especially for Chip when he was a baby and I would brush him with it every evening and now he really enjoys being brushed and I do the same thing with Dale. Digger hated the brush (as I have said many a time) and I too would occasionally find a diggee hair in my salad. Maybelle is shedding like crazy and her fur is long black like a collies and I am vacuuming globs. Chip hasn't started shedding bad yet but his fur is short so I am thinking he might not be much of a shedder.

[Michael Romanos]

Some Corgis prefer combing to brushing. And I suppose their are some who are vice versa. Anyway combing is superior to brushing. If your Corgi doesn't like all or either and you don't insist on them putting up with the 'treatment' and getting a treat for their patience and understanding, then you're in serious trouble with preventing a hair-filled house.
Mind you, amounts of shedding also depends on the type of coat your Corgi has - they can range from very short and stiff in texture to luxuriously long and soft.
The time I had two Corgis for many years, shedding was not a double concern because one of them had a shortish coat and the other an average coat. Taylor poses little concern, though he has a longish coat, I stick to a faily rigid routine and therefore don't have to clean the house anymore than if he wasn't present. Sometimes though, when I am wearing dark clothes - especially black - he doesn't get picked up or sit on my lap.

[darci]

Originally Posted by Jeni D

I can't imagine the amount of hair you both have with all of your pets! I guess I will have two times the hair when Maya starts to shed too. Wow!! Luckily, I have leather furniture, so we are able to "dust" off the hair from it, but I still can't get over how visible it is on everything.

How does your leather hold up to corgi nails ?

[Jeni D]

Originally Posted by darci

How does your leather hold up to corgi nails ?

It actually holds up amazingly well. I was really concerned about that when we bought it, but almost all the scratches that happen are easily rubbed out. We don't let him get on the couch, but sometimes he gets a bit excited and will try to jump and lean on it.

[Dillydoodle]

I have leather everything too, and i do trim and file down DIllon's nails ( i use an emory board after they have been clipped to make sure they are nice and smooth) and he is allowed on the furniture here and so he is on it constantly and no marks, like Jeni said, you just rub it out- I actually have leather cleaner/conditioner and every 2 months i use it and no problems. I got leather initially to discourage my cats from clawing on our furniture and then when we got Dillon, it worked great for him too! Especially the part where you just dust the hair off the furniture and onto the rug where it is easily vacuumed up.

Emilie

[ACChamness]

Yup, it's definitely that shedding time of year again... (which is just scary, because it was 18 below here last night! And why would any dog want to blow their coat when it's this cold anyway??) first you start to see a few little "tufts" of pale tan fluff working their way to the surface, usually around the rump area.

But by the time the ripples of tan start working their way forward along the sides of the dog, you'd better be brushing every single day, or you're in for... the FLUFF BOMB!!!! (OK, you're probably in for it anyway, but what's not to love about a corgi? And they're so cute while they're coating the couch with a layer of camel-colored fuzz!)

I'm not that fond of the fuzz on everything, but I'm so fond of the dog that I'll put up with it! And vacuum almost constantly...

[Peggy]

Originally Posted by ACChamness

Yup, it's definitely that shedding time of year again... (which is just scary, because it was 18 below here last night! And why would any dog want to blow their coat when it's this cold anyway??)

It's Mother Nature's time schedule. Spring is coming so time to get rid of the winter undercoat and get the summer coat in.

It's not just the temps, but the amount of daylight, season of the year, etc.

Peggy

[Tex and Me]

Tex's coat's not blowing just yet. . .I think it's because the hair has grown attached to everything I wear instead. . lol!

Baby Tex got a grooming job all done up today. . . her undercoat is coming in all sorts of cool colors! Gonna be interesting to see when she gets older. :-)

[Hayashi_eri]

Originally Posted by Jeni D

It actually holds up amazingly well. I was really concerned about that when we bought it, but almost all the scratches that happen are easily rubbed out. We don't let him get on the couch, but sometimes he gets a bit excited and will try to jump and lean on it.

oh my..I am getting furnitures for my new house soon...looks like leather is on the list...

By the way, have any of you experience those white strands of fur sticking out from your Corgi's ears when they are shedding?? They easily come off when I pull them & it looks like white feathers being stuck into the ears. Really funny, I spend abut 10mins daily to pull out these fur on Buta's ears during shedding season.

[Milo]

I know I always just read and hardly ever post, but all of your posts are soo funny and true, that I couldn't help myself. I just finish installing a dark (close to black) hardwood floor a few weeks ago, and I realize that the house and its occupants (including me and my husband) are just homes for Milo's fur!
The little corgi tumbleweeds forms at every corner, despite close to daily vaccuuming.... But this just means that Milo will have an extra time having fun with his little belly on the grass, getting pampered and brushed.

Btw, I almost set an appointment with the vet, freaking out about his easily loose fur, before I read this post

[fido]

We have wood floors, too. And Buddy's hair is most apparent on them--especially in morning sunlight. A dust mop with a removable/washable cover has really helped. The boys push it around after dinner--with Buddy chasing and pouncing. They have a great time and it really picks up the fur (quicker and lighter than the vacuum).