I need a good de-matting comb!
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| There is a lot of great advise on some of the other "Grooming" threads. Run through some of them and you will find all kinds of helpful info on every aspect of grooming. A lot of the people on this network are very experienced at grooming. Good luck and welcome. |
Hard time when they are transitioning. Best thing is to brush him more regularly during this stage. They seem to form matts/clumps overnight when the matt fairies attack, those darn matt fairies. 
Adults I brush through once a week, at this stage with a youngster I flick through every couple of days so it is not too much of an ordeal for them while the matt fairies are breeding. 
You can use a wide tooth metal comb as well as a pin brush to run through the coat/greys at this stage as it will get out what I call the puppy rubbish (Black Fluff) faster and bring through the Junior coat quicker and lessen what the matt fairies are doing at the moment. 
Best wishes, hard stage and if it gets too bad, then think about a clip down to start again. A lot find this stage really hard. Even the whites clump as they are starting to get courser too and not that soft white fluff still either, they change and transition too.  |
| What always works better for me than a dematting blade is just using a double sided comb and a slicker brush. I'll use the last few teeth on the two sided comb and break the matt into small sections. Take your slicker and that will get out the little matts that tend to slip through the comb.
It takes a lot of time, especially around the areas where you have more friction with the coat, such as the stomach, around the arm pits, and under the ears. I'd limit your grooming to every other day, as was previously suggested. You want your dog to be cooperative and not learn to really dread getting groomed. Buying a grooming table is a really good investimate. It is the ONLY way I can groom my 15 month old Asterisk. Good Luck! |
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