In the past week Haven has shed enough of his hair to make another dog! It's ridiculous! I thought it was because of his food change, but he has been on Innove for, what, at least 2 months now. Then, I thought, maybe it's him loosing his winter coat. But, it isn't spring yet. This is too early, isn't it for Mass?
I have been brushing him. I vacuum him. I brush him some more. I even lint roll him! I use the brush attachment on the vac. I have given him a bath. I didn't shampoo him the second time just so that I wouldn't irritate his skin. I bought a whatchamacallit shedding thing and have been using that a couple times a day for about three days now. It is a metal loop with handle that you "rake" his fur with to get the dead hair out.
Should I be worried that this hair loss might mean something else? He still has soft stools. He always has. He has been dewormed and I had another fecal done when he was finished just so I could completely rule those little buggers out. His ass stinks to high heaven! I was feeding him the puppy Innova at first and when I asked my pet food guy what to feed him because of the soft stool he just gave me a bag of the adult Innova. It hasn't changed anything. I don't know what to do with this stinky, shedding, soft stooled puppy!