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As summer wanes and the days become shorter, your pet may respond with increased shedding. The change of light triggers them to drop their summer coat in preparation for a thicker winter coat to grow. Seasonal shedding is noticed most in dogs with double coats, such as Australian Shepherds, Golden Retrievers, Collies, Samoyeds, and any dog with a similar coat. These types of coats tend to undergo two primary shed cycles a year, in the spring and the fall. To get a grip on seasonal sheddin …

"Fun fact: all dogs shed. Some breeds are touted as being “shedless,” but rest assured, where there is hair that grows, there is hair that dies, and that dead hair falls out, or is brushed out, or gets caught on a rose bush and is pulled out, but shedding is thing for all dogs unless they are hairless. As humans, we are tasked with managing this phenomenon, a …