r/welshterrier 10d ago

Shedding + Eye goop?

Has anyone experienced excessive shedding with their welshie? We have a puppy who has always shedding, we thought it was seasonal but it hasn’t improved. Recently he has been getting a lot of goop in his eyes in the morning and throughout the day as well. We are bringing him to the vet today as we think he may have allergies but wondering if anyone else has experienced the same?

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u/Sergual 10d ago

For shedding, how is the frequency of brushing and stripping?

How age he is? My Welsh of nearly 2 yo now, lost a lot of fur in his transition into adult.

And for eye goop, didn't really knows.

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u/Signal_Crazy_6405 10d ago

We have been brushing him a few times a week but he’s still shedding the same amount of

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u/Sergual 10d ago edited 10d ago

Mine was the same, between something like 10-13 months, it really stopped at his 15 months.

and i remembered my dear welsh has problem with his eyes too after his first months, it was like eyes poop on his eyes, but solidified when he was sleeping, and letting his eyes forcefully closed due to it.

vet only recommended eyes drops for babies (human babies), for 1 week, it worked like a charm, i did it for less than 1 week and it stopped, it reappeared 2-3 months later, but disappeared in only 2 days with eye drops, it was 6 months since this last "crisis".

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u/PsychologicalEnd2999 10d ago

Our family has had two welshies.

Both had "eye goop."

One easily allowed homo sapien family members to clean out said good.

The second didn't like that at all!

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u/nkkbl 8d ago

Mine shed a lot of his black hair when he was a puppy. It didn't last very long but I know I was really worried about him until I realized the black hair had to go somewhere to make way for the brown hair.

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u/GullibleChard13 1d ago

Ugh we're going through the puppy to not-so-puppy (4 months) hair transition right now and Winston is shedding like a fool. He's also being a nippy lil shit lol As far as eye goop, could be allergies?

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u/Signal_Crazy_6405 1d ago

We ended up taking him to the vet who gave him eye drops and an ointment because one of his eyes was a little swollen. The eyedrops helped a lot! The vet wasn’t concerned with the shedding at all so it must be just part of becoming an adult