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Yes the shedding blade is the best tool for a short coated dog. I always had trouble finding a brush for my dog's short coat. Every one I tried didn't seem to remove any hair. I tried the shedding blade one day and it actually made a pile of hair. It works great on my cat too. It was originally designed for horses. I always avoided it because I thought it would be pain full but my dog and cat love it and they can't wait for me to brush them. I also got a rubber brush and use it to scrub my dog in the bath. That helps a lot. I also started adding fish oil to my dog's food. All of this has greatly reduced the amount of hair I was finding around the house, I would say by 80%.
The right tools used regularly will go a long way toward keeping the shed hair on the brushes and not all over the house.
You might also improve the quality of his diet; dogs on diets inadequate in undenatured protein often shed more than normal.
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I cannot recommend feeding any of the commercial varieties of meat-flavored baked paste with chemicals added. Instead, why not feed your dog actual food? The dog's natural diet is raw meat on the bone. Try it. The dog will love it, the diet will help him teethe properly as a pup, satisfy his lifelong need to chew, keep his teeth clean and his feces innocuous.
http://www.rawmeatybones.com/ http://preymodelraw.com/how-to-get-start ... http://www.rawfed.com http://www.rawfeddogs.net http://www.rawfeeding.net http://www.barxx.com http://www.rawlearning.com pets question and answers,www.5d2d.com http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/groups.rawf ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stZCSUJa4 ... The basic idea is to approximate a wild diet as closely as possible; raw meat on the bone and small amounts of organ meat [liver is most important, but also kidneys, pancreas, spleen, lungs and what is called green tripe]. Amount to feed is calculated as 2-3% of the dog's ideal adult body weight. Your veterinarian can help you estimate that; then you just do the math. You don't have to be exact; all amounts are to be averaged over a week or two. Dogs [not toys or puppies] that get big, complicated meals sometimes will eat for two days and then not again for five. All perfectly normal.
Most raw feeders that I've read have started their dogs on chicken: it is readily available and inexpensive, plus it is antibiotic-and hormone-free. The fat content is easy to control by how much of the skin you remove.
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No grain, vegetable or fruit is a significant part of a grey wolf's diet. Dogs are genetically grey wolves.
Besides being unnatural, lately it is becoming more and more clear that they simply are not safe:
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No .. a boxer's coat is so short, that most grooming tools that remove hair like the one you copied, rakes, furminators (garbage anyway imo) won't work ..
You have a high shedding breed, and the only thing you can do is regular brushing, and high quality diet.
