lol! Cockers don't shed so much, especially when her coat is left long! Hardly any hair comes out even when she gets her weekly bath/dry brush and I'm TRYING to get it out! lol! She's a show girl, so I'm stripping her back coat out every week to flatten it. lol! So yes she has piles of coat, but generally speaking if a dog grows a loooonnng coat, it's
because it doesn't shed everywhere!
*insert random grooming/dog hair lesson*
Only short coats are heavy shedders, cos the hair itself has a short lifespan from first growing out of the follicle until it's at it's full length and dies, only to be pushed out by the new hair growing in. They shed SO much cos it doesn't take long for the hair to reach it's full length and stop growing. Long coated breeds, like cockers, their hair does shed somewhat, but as the full length is actually really long, it takes aaagggeees for any hair to reach the end of it's life span and come out, and so the shedding is very very minimal. And with a long coat, shed hairs don't tend to actually fall OUT, they loosen off at the base, but stay caught in the rest of the long hair surrounding it, so hence why they HAVE to be brushed & combed regularly, or those loose hairs tangle and mat up terribly... The hair along her back does shed a little, as it's shorter (only around 1-2 inches) and lays flat so can fall out easier, but it's still NOTHING compared to a short haired dog! I honestly can't find more than a few short back hairs in her bed, and certainly she doesn't drop any on your clothes or furniture etc.
*end of lesson*
LMAO! Can you tell I'm a groomer? hahahaha!!!
Now, I DO have a fox terrier X (or jack russell X? Who knows what she is!) who drops white hairs EVERYWHERE; you can't touch her without there being a cloud of hair all over you and the ground... Her bed is totally pelted with tiny little white hairs that weave into the fabric of her bed and blankets, and she'll drop a blanket of hair on furniture and clothes within minutes... I've coped with her for the past 13 years, so the amount of hair coming off the cocker staying here for a week (ie; none) is totally fine! lol!!
Having had my wee terrier for so long (I can't believe she's coming up to 14 now!) I do appreciate the poodle coat a lot more though... lol! I've only had the poodle for a few years now, so I'm still LOVING that she can cuddle without leaving a puddle of hair behind... hahaha!
Poodle coats moult too, but it's even more minimal than something like a cocker, cos they don't have the shorter hair along the back to shed out; it's all loooong hair that gets really long before ever moulting out (and it doesn't drop/shed out either, hence the need to brush & comb religiously on a long coat!) poodle hair is more like human hair; we all moult to some degree (hair comes out in the brush!)
And cos I can, this is the poodle yesterday afternoon as well:
https://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j162/flyingduster2/IMG_22601.jpg
She's getting awfully hairy right now, but I'm grooming her next week! lol.
and thank you so much for the assurance, i feel better now and am not worrying much, i keep wondering why im not able to feel anything yet.
its usually cold and snowy in toronto that time but we had a lovely day, but we still needed coats!! I had a fake fur wrap thing underneath that I wore to the church too that was hubbies grandmothers. she ended up passing away 3 months after we got married 
I would love to picture you in my head when we talk!!
May need a coffee today. Yummmm.
I did have a little panic thinking omg what if this is a sign!!! someone in another folder had 4 follicles ready after clomid but was told its ok they wont all be fertilized. 
thanks for sharing the pictures and information about them 
you do look like a Hollywood celebrity in avatar pic 
