[pyrnet] Re: pyrnet-l-digest.20010807

[Pyralive@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/8/2001 12:09:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
pyrnet-l-owner@pyrnet.org writes:


> Cody is just starting to blow his coat now.  But All along I have been 
> really 
> brushing him well at least once a week to get out undercoat which causes 
> his 
> hot spots. Starting at the bottom and working upward over his body, I part 
> his hair with one hand so that I can see pink skin or undercoat, I brush 
> with 
> wire brush and continually move hand, part, brush until I have covered 
> everything.  Then I take a rake and gently rake through coat to grab 
> loosened 
> undercoat.<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<  


Hi Adrienne,
this has also worked for me , for many years---
I "deep groom" my Pyrs. also, but,had found that the humidity, (wet air) was 
one of the causes of "hot spots", as the moisture gets caught  in the 
undercoat next to the skin-
So, instead of brushing the coat smooth after the "deep grooming", fluff it 
up !! Brush the coat back, (against the grain) and leave it that way !  This 
lets the oxygen to the skin, and every time that the dog walks past you, run 
your hand over the dog, (esp. the rump area) to fluff the hair up again ! 
I've done this for several years--it does help with the "moisture" and the 
fungus problem, (which I know about, down here in Florida!)
best
PamCroy