How long and often do you groom your GSD? (how much, black, shedding)

[Aptor hours]

I have been grooming my GSD ...Storm almost daily for about twenty minutes and he still sheds like crazy Is this normal? Should I groom him more or what The birds like it I see them taking his hair away and making nests

[gsfan]

My female has a thick/fine coat of fur and with it being summertime I'm grooming every other day, I'd do it everyday but time constraints don't always offer the opportunity to do it. Since I own more than one GS and they always love the grooming I do all of them even though the others might not need it.

[Aptor hours]

Do they still shed tons every single time you shed and groom them Stormy is like that and I am just curious if he is and over eager shedder ow what

[maggiekate]

we would use the vacumn on our dog, and she loved it. Or sit or the deck and take loads of fur
of her, and put it into the paper bag. That was way b4 all the tools they now do have. We thought,
if only we could make a warm winter coat with all her fur! Mostly I do think it was towards the end of summer we did it the most. Oh, and if I did wear black, meaga dog hair all over me.

[SouthernBelleInUtah]

Originally Posted by maggiekate

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,. We thought,
if only we could make a warm winter coat with all her fur! ,,,,,,,,,,,.

Some people do spin the dog hair in yard and then knit with it. A personalized touch of their dog!

[Suburban Gal]

My GSD Lexis gets combed/brushed for about 10-15 min every day.

[ctribucher]

What sort of grooming tools do you use?

Growing up, we had a female GSD. My mother had this rake tool that seemed to really get all of the loose undercoat off of her. I think it kind of felt like a massage to the dog - all you had to do was get the rake off the shelf and she would come running for her "spa session".

[AustinB]

I could knit another dog every day from the amount of shedding that comes off Garfie.
We do his "scratchings' every day.

[southern by choice]

I groom my 2 GSDs every day, and it always looks like I never do it, thats how much fur is coming off right now ! They are both shedding like crazy. If I could make money off this I'd be rich, LOl.

[Aptor hours]

I have sort of a rake like thing. I am glad to hear that other people spend plenty of time grooming...in fact I think I may go groom in a couple of minutes. I enjoy grooming as well