Is there such a thing as projectile shedding?

[hedgehog]

That's what my husband says happened to him this morning after he passed the white dog wearing black pants.

[atomic-fly]

1. do you happen to video tape that?

I've heard tall tales, but have never witnessed it.

[ScreamingMeemie]

2. Well, my mother in law's cat hates ( I mean HATES) riding in the car.

When she moved to a new condo, my husband put the cat in his truck for the drive over. The minute he started the truck up *poof* white fur began flying. So, I would say yes. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it. We could barely breathe and it tooks months to get rid of all the hair. :hi:

[NewWaveChick1981]

3. We have had two dogs that did that.

One, Kara, projectile-shedded from fear when we had to take her to the vet. Our dog Vicki does that in the car when she's excited about barking at something.

[LibertyLover]

4. My Siberian Husky

projectile sheds his white coat. If he can, any dog can.

[XemaSab]

5. Might be static too.

[graywarrior]

6. Yes! I had a white German Shepard whose hair waited for me

around corners and then attacked when I walked by. I actually saw white hair rise like the dead from my carpet and attached themselves to my pants like freaking magnets.

[prole_for_peace]

7. i know from experience that cats do this.

i didn't know dogs did too.

the first time i saw it i had taken my kitty to the vet and they were short handed so he asked me to hold her on the table while he examined her. all of a sudden masses of hair were just flying off her. i ran my hand down her back and had a handfull of hair.

i looked it up later and found out it is a defense mechanism so that the cat can get away and the predator will just get a mouthfull of fur.

[Arkansas Granny]

8. I would almost swear that my dog does that. She has long white

fur with a thick undercoat that sheds as individual hairs, not clumps, and when she shakes it looks like a snowstorm. The hair piles up on the porch in drifts and is attracted to anything dark in color. I have to keep a sticky lint roller handy if I don't want to wear half of her to work.

[hedgehog]

9. Is it true that God created the world because

He had to do something with all the hair the cats and dogs were shedding?