How much brushings is to much
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socalguy wrote: Can you take out to much undercoat? I brush Daisy almost eveyday at least a little with a pin brush and I use a 2 row rake on her once or twice a week. She always looks great and my groomer loves me because never has any matts. I have been looking into getting a Mars stripper and a wooden pin brush, but Daisy goes to the groomer every 6 weeks for a bath and blow dry so I dont know if I really need the stripper since i already use the rake. She is 16 months old so i dont know that her coat will change anymore. Any advise would be great. Well, that depends on what you are doing with your Bobtail. If you are showing any loss of undercoat is too much, if you want the absolute maximum loft to the coat any loss of undercoat is too much. However if you just want to have your dog in a full length or slightly trimmed coat that is well groomed some loss of undercoat is generally not a problem. If you live in hot climate and want your dog in full length coat then removal of a large portion of the undercoat will be of benefit in keeping the dog more comfortable. Most non-exhibitors will end up removing most of the undercoat with no real problem about the dog's looks being encountered, especially as they generally don't trim the dogs into a show presentation. Since you are using a pin brush every day I would question if the two row rake is really necessary. Line brushing down to the skin combined with removing matts with a medium comb will generally keep the coat in good shape. If you follow each pin brushed line with the comb you will invariably remove a large protion of the undercoat, in fact it will usually be enough that the potential for matting will be very substantially reduced. But if you really want to deliberately remove the undercoat I would recommend the Mars stripper over the rake. Rakes are generally used to break up large matts and can have very sharp edges that might scratch or even cut the skin if not used carefully. Used properly the Mars Coat King stripping tool is much more gentle and will leave the guard hairs almost totally untouched. I rarely use the heavier tools and keep the use of combs to the absolute minimum possible. I find that line grooming tends to remove enough coat to facilitate comfort in the summer and then a more gentle line grooming in the fall and winter promotes undercoat retention to assist in winter warmth (it is not unusual for us to see -35). Hope this helps but as always feel free to ask further questions. Thanks and Cheers Carl |
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