"I just can't win", the lady told me. "One of my friends has a Golden Retriever, and the furniture and carpets in her house are light coloured." Her dog moults, but the light coloured fur is invisible ...

Your pooch may have been shedding their fur at a higher rate than normal recently. And if you've been finding clumps of fur on the sofa and the floor for the past few weeks, this shouldn't be ...

Q I love Molly, my three-year-old Labrador, but I'm fed up with the mess that she causes with dog hair around the house. Is there anything that will stop her moulting so much? S M, Dorset A This is ...

Q: I have been trying to find a book on animal health that’s appropriate for my age. Could you recommend any? In nature, dogs tend to be seasonal moulters. The moulting cycle of modern dogs is ...

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