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08-04-2013, 08:03 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: england
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| help! my yorkies hair keeps getting knotted i have two yorkies we brush them both every day but they have differnt types of hair and my 10 month old puppys hair keeps getting matted no matter how mutch we brush her she is going for another hair cut soon and we think this might help but she dosnt like being cut and dosent let the groomers cut her mutch but most of all the knots on her hair wont come out we even left conditioner in her hair while we brushed he but i dosnt seem to help |
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08-04-2013, 08:26 AM | #2 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Central california
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| Probably cotton coated. My one boy is cotton coated and constantly tangles. He has to keep his hair shorter with a sanitary cut (shaved belly and under arms). He does not like being brushed or groomed because the tangles hurt to be brushed. |
08-04-2013, 08:43 AM | #3 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: england
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| thankyou i think your right its a shame she will have to be cut short being longer haired suits her |
08-04-2013, 08:46 AM | #4 |
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| I use a flea comb to groom Ian because the comb's teeth are really close together, and he is guaranteed to be tangle-free. I also keep him in a puppy cut year round. He also has a cotton coat.
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08-04-2013, 09:23 AM | #5 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: North Ridgeville, Oh. US
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| I'm pretty sure Bella is cotton coat. She is 6 months and starting to Matt pretty badly.
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08-04-2013, 10:04 AM | #6 |
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08-04-2013, 10:31 AM | #7 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Central california
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| I can easily tell the difference since I got them at 8 weeks there difference in coat. Teddy was as soft as a lamb and thick constantly knotted, meanwhile bear looked shiny and smooth and now is silky at 5 months and rarely tangles his hair is kept ling where teddy is kept in a short coat. When I got my boys the breeder told me bear would be silky and teddy cotton. so far she has been correct. |
08-04-2013, 11:10 AM | #8 |
YT 2000 Club Donating Member | Have you tried an undercoat rake on the cotton coat? This if there is undercoat present will take that undercoat out. Also have you or the groomer tried thinning shears on the coat? I use a wide toothed comb first on the tangles and or mats. Start from the botton of the coat, and hold with your other hand the area you wish to brush/comb out. For conditioner which ever one you use, use a whole lot of it, and make sure you saturate the roots, and lift up the coat to get all through the coat. Let the conditioner stay in for 10-15 minutes, meanwhile you wrap your boy in a towel and hold him on your lap. Rinse but do not rinse all of it off. Then a must blow it dry using a pin brush - CC makes good ones - called a wooden pin brush. Then use a wider tooth comb to comb through and finish with a smaller tooth comb. Have a grooming spray on hand, so that as the coat dries where you have not blown it dry you can re-wet the coat.
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08-04-2013, 12:06 PM | #9 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: ireland
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| could just be because of puppy coat. you can use detangle sprays if it helps |
08-05-2013, 12:59 PM | #10 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: england
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| thankyou i tryied leaving conditioner in and brushed her with it in it did help but there is still luggs |
08-05-2013, 01:57 PM | #11 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: NJ
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| Lola's legs get very tangled too. Her back leg was so matted I thought I'd have to cut it all off. I saturated the hair with coconut oil and it came out pretty easily. |
08-05-2013, 02:07 PM | #12 |
YT Addict Join Date: May 2012 Location: secaucus, nj
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| It may just be the puppy coat. But it will still mat when she's older. I use Wampum Miracle Coat spray - which is fabulous on mats. Also, I purchased a round tipped, curved 5" groomer scissor. I simply clip out the really bad mats. Lucy mats under her legs. My daughter holds her still and I cut out the mats under the legs very easily. Good luck. |
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