[AnAmericanMother]

We're actually pretty lucky, our Lab doesn't shed much. She blows her winter coat (the downy, fluffy greyish undercoat) in April, we vacuum like mad for about 10 days, then it's over. Her stiff brown outer coat really doesn't shed that much. You do find hairs lying around, but the Siamese have been doing that for years. Long as I vacuum once a week things don't get out of hand. . . . IOW no hairs in the food, on the toothbrushes, etc.

What I really like is NO BRUSHING - at least only once a week I go over her with a fairly stiff bristle brush. Of course, she gets lots of pats daily. If she gets dirty, we just hit her with the hose. "Wash and Wear."

[afraidfortherepublic]

The Golden I have now has a fairly flat -- not too abundant -- coat. He does not she much compared to my previous Golden which was more fluffy, with a lot of wave. She shed like mad.

Don't get me wrong, he still looks beautiful and he still sheds all year, but he is not a hairy monster.

If you go here: http://grrow.org/ and enter the Website and find the button for "Success Stories" and click on 2002 and then scroll down to find "Magnificent Max" you can see his picture with one of the 9 grandchildren.

[afraidfortherepublic]

I know several folks who have 3 or 4 Goldens in their house! I always hope that they have a full time maid!