How well does the FURminator treatment work for dogs constantly in the heat?

[Gixxermike]

I'm planning on getting an Akita. I know they have really heavy coats. I live in Miami,Florida...the dog would generally be indoors for the most part. but I hear they still shed excessively in the heat. So i was wondering how well the furminator treatment would work for these conditions.

i want to keep things as clean as possible.
also, what might help control the fur and how can i help keep the house fur free and clean and nice smelling?

 

[lizzybeth727]

I don't know a lot about akitas, but I believe they have double coats and "molt" twice a year. This means that they shed some all the time, but in the spring and the fall they loose all their undercoat in a short period of time, and the hair kind of comes out in clumps.

Furminators work well in getting the undercoat out, I think it would probably be a good option for an akita.

Hopefully more experienced akita people will reply.

 

[HayleyMarie]

a furminator should be ok, but you have to be very careful with it as it can hurt the skin and over use can cause bald spots in the dogs coat.

 

[Romy]

I don't know a lot about akitas, but I believe they have double coats and "molt" twice a year. This means that they shed some all the time, but in the spring and the fall they loose all their undercoat in a short period of time, and the hair kind of comes out in clumps.

Furminators work well in getting the undercoat out, I think it would probably be a good option for an akita.

Hopefully more experienced akita people will reply.

^^ This. My brother's long coated akita blows his coat twice a year but you'll find nary a dust bunny in the house otherwise. The best thing to do is take them to a pro groomer or a self serve dog wash that has a forced air dryer and just blow all the dead coat out when they're shedding it out. That gets it all out at once.

I've never used a furminator, but imagine that it might be handy if you're unable to get access to a forced air dryer. Other than that, a high quality diet will keep down shedding and odor. Ranger gets Avoderm. They wanted him to have a low fat/protein food while he was growing to prevent bone issues since he's a large breed. He grew slowly on it, but ended up topping out at 110 lbs.

They didn't use the large breed puppy food. That was too protein and fat rich. They went with the chicken and brown rice all life stages formula.