Take it from someone who started off all wrong in that department! And I even asked the groomer at PetSmart and they told me to get the slicker brush. That was not a good idea though. Tatum hated it so much - and I can't say I blame her because they hurt! - that she wouldn't let me brush her very thoroughly. Then I wised up and got a wide tooth stainless steel comb and a pin brush. I use the comb right after her bath after I put her leave-on conditioner on her. That gets all the tangles out and then after blow-drying (and in between bathings), you use the pin brush. It's much more easier on their hair and skin. The first time I used the comb, I got so many mats out of her hair that she looked like a completely different dog. What I thought was just a thick full bushy coat, turned out to just be a matted mess way down at the skin. She was silky from then on.
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