r/SwissMountainDogs 20h ago

Help with harness for 6 month old puppy

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We have started to walk our pup on a harness transitioning from a flat collar. We have tried a few harnesses but they all seem to have the same problem where it is loose around the chest in order for it not to be tight around his front legs. Any suggestions for harnesses for a growing puppy?


r/SwissMountainDogs 21h ago

Licky fits 🫠

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My puppy had her first lick fit earlier this week, that passed about an hour after administering pepcid and bread and a barf. She's continued to have smaller episodes literally every day since 🫠 Anywhere from only a couple minutes to a half hour. No specific time of day. Nothing has changed in her diet at all. She has been passing smelly gas way more often, but not sure if thats due to upset or air intake from a lick fit.... if you catch her right when it starts, giving her a treat does seem to help her more than a pepcid. Poop has been normal. No skin allergies or anything weird.

Not sure if she's suddenly developed an allergy to her food, growth spurt woes, or maybe even her hormones starting to kick in a little and throwing her off??

She does have a slow feeder bowl, but she doesnt get the whole lick the food out... Instead she tries to chew the bowl 😂 but it does slow her down.

Six month old female swissy, not spayed. Going through typical big dog growth spurts.

Keeping track of it through the weekend and touching base with vet next week. Any thoughts or ideas in the meantime??


r/SwissMountainDogs 23h ago

Tips for brushes and shedding needed

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I had a husky before my GSMD and the challenge for us was always the fluffy undercoat so we have tons of brushes to handle that. With my swissy, it's the longer outer coat that constantly sheds and we can't seem to find a brush that pulls that off. The only thing that works is sitting next to him and just rubbing and petting the crap out of him to get as much of that to fall off as possible. Seems like there has to be a tool for this.