Shed much??? pics...

[Glacier]

How old was he when you acquired him? No doubt this is what happened to him being as you describe him as being almost feral when you got him.

Good luck ridding him of his clumps, lol.

Oh, I know why he's the way he is--it is because of a lack of socialization and a timid mother dog. Antare and Delta were born to a wanna-be musher who thought it would be easier to breed his own team. Yanno instead of answering any one of the dozen ads giving away/selling sled dogs that are in every edition of the local paper! He bred one litter out of a timid female; decided this was way too much work. Found homes for all the dogs except Delta and Antare. He kept them until they were four, maybe five months old. Basically he dumped food in their pen a couple times a week and that was it. They went to shelter when a kennell opened up and stayed there until I took them, just shy of their first birthday.

[Queen of Poop]

Oh, Oh, Oh (waving hand in the air)!!!

I have 3 different doggie brushes for each animals brushing preference. I will come help!!

My RB dog Sami hated being brushed and/or pet. But she was part Husky and required brushing. She let me know she'd had enough by closing her mouth over my arm. She never bit, just held on and gave the look of "enough" lady!

Sasha lives to be brushed. She's a pleasure to groom.

[joycenalex]

so how do you brush an unwilling husky? i can and do, if needs be pin alex so he gets brush/nail trim ears cleaned. he's only 40# and a mommas' boy. princess peanut will let me brush, wipe ears and tolerates rear toe nail trims, she's 60#. and sweet duke lived to be brushed, he do little groans and grunts of pleasure as i brushed his silky golden fur. antare is a beauty and much bigger, so what do you use, and how long will he tolerate it, and do you put out the warm warm hair for birds' nests next spring?

[Glacier]

so how do you brush an unwilling husky? antare is a beauty and much bigger, so what do you use, and how long will he tolerate it, and do you put out the warm warm hair for birds' nests next spring?

I don't! The ones who are truly against the whole idea of brushing, I just leave alone. Bandit and Raven would both try to take my hand my hand off if I pushed the idea! Antare is so timid that once I catch him, he just submits. I can probably brush him for half an hour at a time. Then I have to let him go and try to recapture him to do the other side! Sometimes I just keep a brush with me when I'm outside and will do a few minutes on whoever will let me.

I use a rake with a double row of teeth. I have several in the same basic style with different teeth on them.

I used to collect the fur for a couple friends who spin. I sent some to Corinna once(I have a beautiful sweater she made me). I have a hat made from my dogs fur as well. This year I just let it blow away into the trees. I'm sure the birds have very cozy nests around my house!

[Cinder & Smoke]

I used to collect the fur ...

This year I just let it blow away into the trees.
I'm sure the birds have very cozy nests around my house!

Reminds me of last Spring at a BigLake Park ...

The Three Amigos and I sat down at a picnic table by the lake shore ...
Cinder & Smokey jumped up for some "close attention" ...


"You Guys are fallin apart ... fur klumpz hangin out all over!"
I started <pullin klunpz> ... let the lake breeze float 'em away ...
Ran out of "loose stuff" on Klipp & Klopp; boosted the Bowser Boy up on the table ...
OMG!
Talk about The Shaggy Dawg! He looked like he'd "dodged the brush"
for the last 5 years! Started pullin with both handpaws ... Furr Flyin!

I had Bowz almost presentable, when I "felt" the EYES on the back of my neck ...
Turned around and

There was a CLOUD of still-blowing Shepherd & Husky FurrFluff COVERING the ground
for at least 150-200 feet beyond our "hair salon" table!
We'd "Fluffed" at least three occupied picnic tables!


How do you just disappear with three Mutts?
We quickly hiked along the lake and circled WAY around the picnic area back to da Bus.