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Coat change in the dog: you have to know that

Coat change in the dog

Dog owners know that they must prepare themselves with their four-legged friend twice in the year for an intensified hair loss. With a few exceptions, most dogs have to change their coat regularly.


You may find the loss of hair in your home annoying. For your dog, however, the change of coat is an absolute necessity that cannot be avoided.


But the change of coat is not only for you connected with work. The procedure is also a great effort for your dog. For this reason you should do your utmost to support him.


With the tips that we give you in this article, you will ensure that your dog's new coat can grow back healthily during the change of coat and that the hair in your home is kept within limits.

Reasons for the change of coat in dogs

Unlike humans, dogs only have sweat glands on their paws, which allow them to cool down in summer. Also the putting on of winter clothes as protection against cold is an exception at most.


Dogs therefore only have the possibility to adapt to the prevailing weather conditions by the density of their fur. For this purpose, they change its fur twice per year.


With the fur-change in the spring, the denser winter-fur of the dogs gives way to a lighter hair-dress for the warm season. In autumn, however, dogs lose their summer coat, which gives way to a thicker winter coat. In particular, the undercoat of the four-legged friends becomes denser.


Altogether the fur change takes between six and eight weeks with dogs. Since the winter coat is denser, the hair loss in spring is usually noticeably stronger than in autumn.

Factors for hair strength

The degree to which your dog hairs when he changes coat depends on a number of factors.

These include, for example, the breed and age of the animal:

  • Older dogs lose more hair than puppies.
  • Castrated dogs lose more hair than their unneutered counterparts.
  • Shorthaired dogs have less hair than long-haired animals, but are also very sensitive to cold.
  • Females shortly before the heat also show a stronger hair loss.
  • Additional stress can increase hair loss during the change of coat.

In some dog species, such as poodles, there is no change of coat. For you, this means a largely hair-free home. For this your four-legged friend must however regularly to the dog hairdresser and get his fur shorn or at least trimmed.

So you can support the fur change with dogs

Your dog's body will be faced with a challenge during the change of coat that should not be underestimated. After all, he has to form a lot of new hair within a few weeks. This strains his organism and requires additional nutrients.

To help your dog change coat, you should concentrate on the following three points:

  1. Regular coat care
  2. The right diet
  3. Food supplements

1. Care during the fur change with the dog

Care during the fur change

While your dog is changing his coat, you should comb him daily. This helps to remove loose hair from the coat and to avoid knotting the hair, especially in longhaired breeds. Make sure that the comb or brush is suitable for your dog's coat.


However, regular combing does not only remove old hair. In addition, it also promotes blood circulation in the skin and thus helps the new coat to grow back more easily. Apart from that, you can at least partially prevent the lost hair from spreading all over your home.


Not only your dog, but also you will benefit from the daily care ritual during the change of coat. And by the way you strengthen your bond to each other.


When grooming your dog's coat, however, do not use care products that are intended for human use. Because these can harm the health of your quadruped, irritate its skin and make a healthy coat change difficult with your dog.

2. Nutrition during the fur-change with the dog

Apart from a regular coat care, you should attach special importance to the nutrition during the coat change with your dog. The quality of the food is of course always important. But in order to be able to form enough new hair, your dog needs additional protein for the coat change.


The reason for this is that most of the hair consists of proteins, more precisely keratin. In order to ensure an optimal supply, we recommend that you eat a high-quality dog food with a high meat content. The proteins contained in it can your quadruped particularly well use and among other things also for the formation of new hair with the fur change use.


You should renounce however dog food with a high grain portion. This is because it usually contains only a small amount of meat, which makes it more difficult to obtain a sufficient supply of animal proteins. In addition, wheat in particular can lead to intolerances and problems with the skin and coat. Especially during the change of coat this is of course anything but optimal for your dog.


In the Bellfor range you will find both dry food and wet food without cereals with a lot of meat. No matter which variant your dog prefers - with the natural dog food from Bellfor you are in the right place.

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3. Dietary supplements while dog fur changes

A daily coat care and high-quality dog food with a high meat content are important to support your dog in the coat change. In addition, the administration of a suitable dietary supplement helps to cover the increased need for proteins and micronutrients and to accelerate the healthy regrowth of new hair.


Bellfor Skin & Coat is a dietary supplement developed specifically for this purpose. The preparation, which you can give your dog either in powder or biscuit form, consists exclusively of natural ingredients.

Ingredients of Bellfor Skin & Coat Powder:

  • Insect protein
  • brewer's yeast
  • field horsetail
  • marigold blossom

The combination of selected, natural ingredients makes Bellfor Skin & Coat the perfect dietary supplement for dogs struggling with their coat change. The nutrients it contains make an important contribution to your dog's coat growing back quickly, vigorously and healthily.


The insect protein it contains has a complex amino acid profile. This means that your dog's organism can make particularly good use of the proteins and use them as a building material for his coat. At the same time, insect protein is very digestible, making it perfect for nutritionally sensitive animals.


The other ingredients such as brewer's yeast, nettle seed and horsetail provide your dog's body with important vitamins and minerals during the change of coat.

Dog fur change: the most important things at a glance

Most dog races change its fur in the spring and in the autumn. The change of coat serves them as an adaptation to the weather conditions prevailing in the respective seasons. Since their body has to form countless new hairs within a few weeks, the change of coat is a burden for dogs.


As a dog owner you should therefore support your four-legged friend. In addition to daily combing and brushing and the use of high-quality cereal-free dog food, a dietary supplement with Bellfor Skin & Coat has proven its worth. The natural preparation contains the ideal combination of valuable proteins and micronutrients to provide your dog with all the necessary nutrients when the coat changes.

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