So how do these work for you guys? I have a scottish terrier, gets very long hair...does it cut har or just pull off the lose and dead hairs? anyone have good experience with this item?

I dont know if any of you know this, but Petsmart carries these for cheap compared to some I saw on ebay.

Petsmart Furminator

Hi! Can you let me know how these brushes work for you? I am thinking about buying one too!

Thanks!:mrgreen:

While it is a pretty good, the Furminator is mainly for those of you with an Akita or a Shepard. Its also pretty idiot proof. Other than than get a good slicker brush and a good comb, and try to brush your dog everyday or atleasy once a week.
If you do this for a living, get a rake from Oster (then on that looks like a claw) its better but you can cut yourslef if you arent being carefull.

I bought the furminator and it works wonders on Gretta (GSD) but doesn't work well on Sidney as she has long, semi-couse fur and it pulls. Makes grooming uncomfortable for her. But Gretta loves it and it takes out tons of that undercoat and feels good to her.

Originally Posted by Raggs

When you tell people that don't groom to buy a rake, you need to be more specific because there is more than one type of rake. There's the undercoat rake and the dematting rake. It's a little hard to use the demating rake to get out undercoat. It works and works well to thin, but if they just want to comb their dog, they need to get the undercoat rake. The one that's a regular comb with the handle on the side of the comb not attatched to the teeth.

Get Both Rakes, Go Nuts. you can never have too many rakes. Heck dont even use a dog rake, go get the one you use for the lawn, chase your dog around with it. Its a bonding thing
Better yet, just shave them. Dont go to a groomer, just buy some 50 Dollar P.O.S. clippers with a 30 Blade on it and start shaving your pug. Nothing bad can happen.

This was Sarcasm by the way. Have a good night

PLEASE WAIT!!!
Careful!!!

A couple of my clients went and bought them. One client took off the coat unevenly and broke some of the dog's topcoat. The other client was also a bit over excited and she dragged the Furminator over the spine which cause infection.

The blade must also be cleaned with a germicide for blades.

One must be very careful not to go over any lumps or growths. Skin burns can also develop when used too much or improperly.

I specialize in de-shedding dogs and I usually do NOT use my Furminator; I haven't used it in a very long time. I use other tools which do the same thing, except more thoroughly and safer.

I live in NY. If you would like to further discuss, I would love to hear from you.

I have found that using one of these rubber brushes and then combing out works the best. My shepherds loves, I mean really loves these rubber brushes and it realy makes his coat shiny. He'd sit for hours and let me brush him with that. I then use a comb to get the remaining loose hair off. Works the best for me and much cheaper and easier to use then the Furminator.

I bought FURminator for my dog. I didn't know you can take so much hair off a dog without leaving bald spots lol. If you've never used it before or considered buying it, there are FURminator demonstration videos you can watch. I think we all will agree that's about accurate.

Hey we just got one of these at our shop, and we like it so far
here's how we use it on our big shedders
-Rough in dog, brush out, nails, ears...
-bath, they get 2 shampoos and one conditioner at our shop.
-wring out coat with a big towel
-drip dy in the crate with big towels, we never, ever use crate dryers my boss knows someone whos dog died of heat exaustion in a shop where they used one!
-dry with High Velocity dryer (blaster) watching the hair fly out with these is amasing!
-Dry with large standing dryer, and slicker brush, line brushing heavy heavy coated breeds
then when they're dry and you don't think anymore hair will come out
go over them with the Furminator and it strips our any of the remaining dead undercoat.
Becareful not to brush burn the skin on the dog though... not nice