Am I crazy??
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| Mostly just use a pin brush, and love it. I have been thinking about a wide tooth comb like some of the experienced groomers here use. Maybe, just what you get used to using, although the combination of tools is probably best. What type of comb do you use? |
I have one like this but I find it hard to use. Hurts may hand after awhile.  But mostly something closer to this with the rubber/plastic handle rounder handle not flat. Walmart or somewhere I bought it.  |
Even crazier I bought all the below grooming supplies from a groomer going out of business and I use a comb from Walmart! |
| wow you need to open up a grooming salon |
| i use the same comb as you, the metal one, find it easier |
| I was told to use a pin brush to get the hair brushed out and the comb for making sure you have gotten it all. Then use the comb for working out the mats. Also use a slicker on the feet. I recently found out that if you use a comb too much, you'll pull too much undercoat out - bad for show dogs, good for companion or working dogs like Dawn's Chewie. Vance |
| Laika is always thinning and super soft less is better for her anyways you look at her and she mats up. Langley fur is sooooooo think it wouldn't even matter. He doesn't really mat much and it is easy to brush out. I will try using the brush more often. |
| I say, since they are just companions, if the comb works for you stick with it. If both you and them like/tolerate it then keep using the comb. |
Vance wrote: I was told to use a pin brush to get the hair brushed out and the comb for making sure you have gotten it all. Then use the comb for working out the mats. Also use a slicker on the feet. I recently found out that if you use a comb too much, you'll pull too much undercoat out - bad for show dogs, good for companion or working dogs like Dawn's Chewie. Vance Well, I will admit I use a comb on Chewie now, but not for grooming when we were showing! Saving coat and a comb just don't go hand in hand. The wide tooth comb is wonderful, we call it the butt comb. As mentioned, otherwise the only real use of a comb when showing is for the final go through to make sure you didn't miss and mats or tangles. This is Chewie and I in 2009, when he finished his CH -  He wasn't always working dog Chewie!  We did some rally and obedience and weight pulls while showing, but the rest had to wait until we were done showing and he could be cooler. So since then, a comb has been used. It's a nice compromise for Chewie and I. Being a really warm blooded dog anyway, with full show coat he was always hot. Always  We never even started agility until after he finished, as he got too hot and just shut down learning skills. So a shorter cut, and loosing about half his undercoat is the only thing that saves us! Otherwise he's just miserable.  For combs, I use my wide tooth comb mostly, but also sometimes my regular long 2 sized teeth comb (like pictured), a greyhound comb. I just don't do well with the ones with handles, they aren't ergonomically correct for me. But, I have a big variety of pin brushes - they really are not all the same. So if you have one pin brush and don't like it, it's probably just that brush isn't the best match for the length or character of your dog's coat. I find as Chewie's coat grows, I rotate through my collection to find the one that's best at that particular moment! |
got sheep wrote: Vance wrote: I was told to use a pin brush to get the hair brushed out and the comb for making sure you have gotten it all. Then use the comb for working out the mats. Also use a slicker on the feet. I recently found out that if you use a comb too much, you'll pull too much undercoat out - bad for show dogs, good for companion or working dogs like Dawn's Chewie. Vance Well, I will admit I use a comb on Chewie now, but not for grooming when we were showing! Saving coat and a comb just don't go hand in hand. The wide tooth comb is wonderful, we call it the butt comb. As mentioned, otherwise the only real use of a comb when showing is for the final go through to make sure you didn't miss and mats or tangles. This is Chewie and I in 2009, when he finished his CH - He wasn't always working dog Chewie! We did some rally and obedience and weight pulls while showing, but the rest had to wait until we were done showing and he could be cooler. So since then, a comb has been used. It's a nice compromise for Chewie and I. Being a really warm blooded dog anyway, with full show coat he was always hot. Always We never even started agility until after he finished, as he got too hot and just shut down learning skills. So a shorter cut, and loosing about half his undercoat is the only thing that saves us! Otherwise he's just miserable. For combs, I use my wide tooth comb mostly, but also sometimes my regular long 2 sized teeth comb (like pictured), a greyhound comb. I just don't do well with the ones with handles, they aren't ergonomically correct for me. But, I have a big variety of pin brushes - they really are not all the same. So if you have one pin brush and don't like it, it's probably just that brush isn't the best match for the length or character of your dog's coat. I find as Chewie's coat grows, I rotate through my collection to find the one that's best at that particular moment! Great info from everyone one thanks! Great picture of the two of you! |
| I use the pin brush 90% of the time but we are going to start working in the slicker again as I think it would be helpful every so often after the pin. Then again, i don't know much ahhah |
We mostly use a comb too - when I put either of them on the grooming table I always set out a wide tooth comb, a couple of different pin brushes, and do have a slicker somewhere - but the wide tooth comb does 90% of the work - and of course they don't have much undercoat left because of it.. but that typically means no matts so that's fine by me!!  |
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