I remember fighting one like that a looong time ago. In the 80's maybe? I think is was just when they were starting to mark a heavier line on a grid. For that matter, I remember being able to buy graph paper that came in 6 and 8 squares. IIRC, it had some specialty use in engineering or some such.
Oh, I definately had to hang it out for a while. She'd been on chemo and radiation (lung cancer) and it changed her skin chemistry so much the piece had a definate funk to it.
You can download graph paper in a variety of sizes.
Doesn't change the fact that the particular post under discussion wasn't a publicity post. I felt the post about problems putting together kits was informative and a legitimate post of interest to many in the group. Others look on it as advertising hence the discussion. I will have to say this has been a very civil discussion. Are we becoming civilized after all???? OH -- and I want to add a smiley :-) just for Sheena (RDH) CiaoMeow >^;;^<
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(whining) but Kaaaarrrennnnn--if I bite my tongue, I'll get my floss all bloody when I lick it.
Dawne
"Fred" wrote
Very good Fred. Now how do I get the dog hair off all the little Velcro tabs?? Apparently I am supposed to brush Sparky the Wonderdog daily "during its shedding season". Apparently ever since March when I brought him home has been his shedding season. At least I hope it has, cause if it gets worse he's having a Swiffer tied to his tail.
Dawne
Spew!
I have a border collie mix - her shedding season is also January - December. Sometimes, we get a break of about three days when she gets cut down for the summer. . . and to top it off, Belle is black and white, so no matter what you wear you are sure to be accessorized with fur!
linda
Linda wrote
Spew!
I have a border collie mix - her shedding season is also January - December. Sometimes, we get a break of about three days when she gets cut down for the summer. . . and to top it off, Belle is black and white, so no matter what you wear you are sure to be accessorized with fur!
My last dog Emma was a shepherd/collie cross. My vet cheerfully told me her collie part shed all year, while her shepherd part joined in seasonally. Sparky has much longer hair, and has merle and black patches on his back, some brown freckles here and there, and white legs, belly, ruff and blaze. There is nothing that he can't deposit visible fur on. (but he is so totally worth the swiffering) Dawne
I have a bull terrier cross. Her shedding season is Forever and we just about shovel the short white hairs off the furniture and ourselves every day. It's exceedingly disconcerting to be sitting, looking into your dessert with anticipation and a raised spoon just as a puffte of white hairs descends from the *air* into your bowl!!! I dunno how she does it!
Not to be a showoff but Puff is a Maltese and doesn't shed at all. He does need to be brushed and combed every day and a few long, silky hairs come out in the brushing, but it's almost never that you find a hair anywhere else. unless someone steps on the long hairs on his tail. There's also the added bonus that if you have the time and energy to keep up with the grooming, you could let his gorgeous white silk grow and then weave it into a stunning yarn. I know people who have done that.
Lucille
Lucille
A friend had the beautiful white combings from her Samoyed spun into wool and knitted a nice pashmina. However, it must be dry when she uses it, slight dampness in the air and one can smell a slight eau de chien.
That's another bonus to a Maltese. They have what is considered hair and not fur and it doesn't have the doggy smell my Toy Fox Terror had when he was wet.
L
Same sort of thing as Yorkies and Poodles.
Not to sure what you can do for your wonder dog! Sometimes **gently** back combing the dog speeds things up but DO NOT back comb the tail as it can cause some serious problems.
I have been told by a number of Vets that seasonal shedding is triggered by the amount of sunshine the dog is exposed to. In spring as the days get longer (more sunlight) at some point a shedding episode will occur, it has nothing to do with the temperature. The weather was so miserable here (lots of cloudy days) that Cassie our Alaska Malamute did not start to blow his winter coat until about the second week in August - then instead blowing his coat in a week he took his own sweet time - LIKE 6 WEEKS!!! Other malamute owners here had the same problem.
During a blowing of the coat a warm bath can at times speed things up but in no way will a warm bath start the shedding process. Lots of people who show dogs during the winter usually give their dogs a warm bath before a show with no problems what so ever.
The only other thing that I know of that will trigger an abnormal shed is a drastic change in diet. Some dogs will blow their coat some dogs will not.
Fred
We are like this with the Puckster factor - liver and white, with some really dark liver. Always something will show.
Sparky sounds lovely. I think I was spoiled growing up with poodles, but as an adult have had shedding dogs - RhoVee, the lab/border collie cross, had a lovely long border-collie coat, with sort of lab ears, and a huge (but not fat) 100# big, tall lab body. With a huge bc style tail, but twice the size! He could shed anywhere, but was such a lovely dog. His companion, a black and white cocker, mostly shed his mainly black. With Puckster there are long white hairs all over, and piles of fluff on the floor all the time. We eseentially gave in, covered one end of the nice sectional in the great room, and he perches there - but don't think about using that throw for yourself- it's polar fleece and Springer Spaniel fleece! And I just keep an extra coverlet on the bed to throw over the real bed linens - so that we're not totally sleeping in Pucksterland. Ah, well - DH just keeps a lint brush with him all the time so that when he's going to meetings he can try to clean up. I'm just hopeless. All my black pants for work - no matter what
- they come out of the dryer, and just putting them on it seems like some of Puckster will float over to rest on them.
Ellice
When I first moved to FL I brought some wool blazers and slacks with me. Even though Frisky, the Toy Fox Terror, was in doggie heaven for about 15 years before I moved, and it was about 4 years later that I decided to get rid of the woolens, I still found little white, short, coarse hairs working their way out of the clothing. Once it worked it's way in it was there forever, even through dry cleaning.
Lucille
ROTFL!!! Love the imagery this conjures! 'Course those of us in the northern climes probably have more to deal with than the suth'ners.
Jaz, my lab, is a shedding machine, too. I was discussing this just this morning with someone who has a Chesapeake bay retriever. He has a FURminator that he says works really well. Anyone else tried one of these?
Joan
I was talking to a regular bookstore customer late last night. She has recently taken up spinning, which she says has been very good for her hands. She has about 12 cats (she lives in a rural area) and has spun some cat fur. I was telling her about Sparky, and she thought he might spin up nicely into a tweed yarn. Sparky thinks I have been looking at him funny this morning--I am picturing a nice sturdy knit bag. Dawne
I think I would take a nice sturdy knit bag over a sweater. You could even felt it.
Does pet hair (as in cats & dogs & the odd horse, etc.) felt the same way wool does? I can't even remember what it is that makes wool shrink/felt -- is it the lanolin? I have been saving all of Cassie (Baby Cat) fur for ages and plan to send it off and have it made into yarn. Not sure what I will do with it but I'm sure I can think of something to use it on! CiaoMeow >^;;^<
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