Reggie Shedding Problem

[Hellow]

No, the only pet store that we have around here is walmart, the nearest Petsmart is in Gainesville, and the nearest little man pet store is in Cleaveland, Georgia.

[Kfamr]

Wal-Mart carries Purina ONE - it isn't a premium food but it certainly is more quality than Beneful.

It may help a bit with her shedding to put her on a food that is a bit more quality.

[Pam]

I went to an adoption event for pugs with my co-worker. The woman in charge of the adoption has five pugs of her own. She stressed that pugs are heavy shedders. She said she has been known to need to vacuum her home twice a day. BTW, my co-worker adopted a little black puggily girl from this woman several days later. I would love some day to have a pug of my own. Though my present dogs don't shed at all, I have two cats that make up for it. It just means the vacuum cleaner gets a bit more use.

[jenluckenbach]

Yes, pugs are super heavy shedders. Our dog grooming salon has SEVERAL pugs who come in to get shaved. The people swear it is the only way they can stand the shedding. We use a #10 blade and NO the dog is not bald! The pug has very dense fur, so it comes out very short and smooth. So even though many will scorn this advice, I have pug owners who LOVE this and do it all year long.

[mruffruff]

My sister has 2 pugs. She can't keep up with the shedding no matter how much she brushes them. It's part of owning a pug.

[buttercup132]

Taking him/her to the groomers would help they use a blow drying which blows out all the dead undercoat which causes most of the shedding. Being as Pugs are heavy shedders it probly won't stop te problem for long but if you keep up with daily brushing it should help ALOT. You could also get a furminator which would work well on a Pug coat but I don't know if someone your age should be trusted to use one as you can hurt the dog with it.

[Hellow]

Well, i know that they are heavy shedders but when she got thoes shots it made it worse. And it was already bad because it was and now is summer. My mom said that we are going to try Purina One when we go to Wal-Mart tonight.

[Divapup]

I would agree your food is probably the problem too. Purina makes very low end pet food and contains horrible ingredients. My Wal-Mart just picked up a new line of refrigerated dog food called Homestyle Select. I have been very satisfied with it. My Shih Tzu had really dry hair and dry skin on her belly. After I switch my food there was a clear difference. I’m not sure if it will stop shedding, but I would recommend giving this food a try.

http://www.homestyleselect.com/