Everyone says brushing should go up during shedding season, yet no published standard fixes how many weeks that lasts or how many sessions a week it takes. This comparison therefore supplies no count. You enter the stretch you treat as shedding season, your usual sessions per week and the per-week figure you set for the season, and it works out what that adds up to over the stretch and how many times the usual total that is.
The planned total multiplies sessions per week by the number of weeks and rounds up once, at the end. The usual rate over the same stretch is derived the same way, and both the ratio and the extra sessions row are taken from the two values on screen, so the rows never disagree. The last-week comparison rounds the target and the actual count to one decimal before judging, and as of October 2026 no breed brushing table is used.
Coat length band and season appear as a record memo and are not used in the math. This tool does not cover brushing intervals, the next brushing date, how long one session takes, brush types or shedding grades. It is for reference only and does not replace veterinary care. Contact your veterinarian right away if hair comes out in clumps or the skin reddens.
Frequently Asked Questions
No published table of shedding length or recommended brushing counts by breed was found, so only the stretch and counts you set are compared.
No published basis derives a session count from coat length or season, so they appear as a memo only. The math uses the counts you entered.
The row reads as equal to target with a difference of 0.0 sessions. Both values are rounded to one decimal before comparing.