Heavy Shedding Dogs

Timber sheds like crazy. I don't think i'm using the right type of brushes. Is there a way to somewhat control the shedding? I know it's impossible, but maybe someone can recommend a brush or something that may help a little bit.

I think the best product on the market for dogs with a double coat is the Furminator. It looks like half a clipper blade and strips out the undercoat. http://www.furminator.com/

The best thing to use on the coat of a GSD or simlar coated dog is a moulting comb,it has teeth of different lengths,long/short .I wold never use a furminator,it cuts the hair,combs are time consuming but you remove a tremendous amount of undercoat.I had a black GSD to groom yesterday and it took 1 and 1/2hours to groom him out before bathing him and then another 1hr to groom out with a dryer.For me as a groomer of 30yrs combs are answer.

I have never used the Furminator but it is a very popular product here. Growing up I had 2 Collies and 1 Shetland Sheep Dog. Now we have Shih Tzu's. I love Collies and Shelties but they shed like there is no tomorrow, especially in warm weather. Good luck! I can only say that your probably right when you say it's impossible. With my Sheltie it seemed that no matter how long or often you brushed him you always got a lot of loose hair.

I use a sturdy pin brush on Dillon and a slicker brush works wonders.

They say that genuine Furminators do NOT cut the fur but that cheaper imitations do?

I find that the furminator actually makes things worse. I have one of those combs with teeth of different lengths was Windhound suggested but never used it on Timber. Will try it out. Thank you all for the suggestions.

Furminators are not good on double coated breeds - I use a pin brush, a moulting comb and a slicker.

We used one like this on our Landseer:
http://www.pearls.org.uk/ekmps/shops...tc.-2121-p.jpg

It worked a treat and kept his fur looking lovely and light, especially in summer when he got a bit hot.
Before that we used to use a pin brush like this: http://www.dogsupplies2.com/product_...83290_zoom.jpg

It was a disaster, because the little pins irritated his skin (he was quite sensitive) and he got really bad hot spots.