Husky Fur?

[cyber-sibes]

We always have plenty of husky fur around here, too! Since mine have been outside dogs (until now), they get quite a thick undercoat & longer guard hairs. (They are beautifully fluffy most of the year.) They shed on different schedules. And their shedding has changed as they have matured. They shed more now than as younger dogs.

Frustrating. I'm like "Won't you all just come out already!?"

Sherman's breeder (who shows sibes) told me that the females tend to shed more or less year round, whereas males will usually blow coat twice a year. Females also grow longer coats as they get older, which is true of Star.

Star looses a little fur from spring-fall, but doesn't shed heavily until about November. "I always ask her "shouldn't you be growing fur right now?"

Sherman sheds in spring, like you'd expect. If he doesn't get brushed, he resembles a dandelion gone to seed. He has a second shed in late summer/early fall, but not nearly as heavy as the first. I've saved Sherman's whole shed before. It fills several plastic grocery bags.

I bathe mine a couple times a year (more often during skunk-hunting season ). It's so much easier now that the pet store has a bathing station. I love the hydro-wash because it really gets the fur wet quickly-which takes FOREVER if you hand-bathe. Rinsing is much easier and you can't beat that blow-dryer!

I don't brush them much except during shedding, and then work on them a bit at a time very frequently. They won't tolerate a long brushing. Heck, Star won't tolerate it longer than five minutes!

I don't trim their feet unless the fur gets ridiculously long, or they start getting iceballs. I can see where fluffy feet might help in hot weather to give them a little extra cushioning on hot side walks. Have to think about that now that they are city dogs.


I've also heard that you should never shave a husky, Their fur protects them from heat as well as cold.