I went out and bought a slicker brush and even a mat brush. Then I was at The Dollar Tree and I saw a metal comb with a wood handle (it was only $1 of course) and decided to give that a try. Got home, tried them all and the $1 comb by far worked the best! I bought some detangle spray and used that with the comb and it worked perfectly. However, I still had to cut out the bad mats. Just wanted to share what ended up working for me
