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Its called shedding. They do this because dogs need to grow hair follicles to keep cool/warm in different weather climates

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Q: What is the cause of molting in a dog?
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How do you pronounce molting?

The word molting, aka: a dog is molting, this is pronounced like mole-ting.


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The molting lava started flowing from the volcano. This is an example to the word molting.


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That is the correct spelling of "molting" (also moulting).


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What does it mean for a dog's claws to be discolored a few of my dogs claws turned white and he is molting what could be wrong?

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