Since last week Zelda started forming mats on her every day. It sounds like coat blowing people talk about, except she is over 3. And I never had anything like this before. I am spending over an hour teasing the mats off every day now. Can't wait for it to stop.
Is it just spring shedding or can Havanese blow coat later in life?
She also scratching her self a lot. Can't tell if that's causing the mats or caused by the mats.
Willow went through a shedding recently too. I was told that it could be coat blowing as sometimes they do it more than once even as old as 3 years. It happened just as the weather started to heat up so I thought it could be shedding. It's not so bad now.
I bathed her last night and even use watered down ShowSheen (I know it is silicon, but I am hoping it'd help with the matting and I only use it for this time). This morning she has 6 large mats on her thighs and loin again, she looks like a homeless dog!
Not the best time to blow coat, we are going camping next week I'd hate to be brushing out mats while camping.
Good luck. Loki is going through coat blowing. After spending almost an hour a day combing (30 minutes in the morning, but he would be matted again by the time I got home from work so I would comb again) I gave up before he needed to be shaved. He got a cute summer cut - leaving ears, beard and tail long. We are both so much happier. He will still mat with short hair but it is 10 minutes or so to comb him out.
My Cubby is 12 months and matting alot! I am in Illinois and of course it is warmer. Please post a photo of your dog after you have your dog in a summer cut.
There was no mats Monday and only a small cluster tonight. Maybe it is going away as abruptly as it came. Very weird.
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