If she's only around 18 wks old the mats are probably from her blowing her puppy coat. What you are finding are probably the shorter hairs being carried with the new growth. The hair that they are born with has new hairs growing through it and that carries the puppy coat out away from their body. If she has a "halo" of longer hairs on her back and sides you can trim them to be a uniform length with the rest of her hair. If you work with very small sections at a time with a good conditioner that might loosen some of the "mats". When I put mine in a puppy cut the hair is between 3/4 & 1" on the back and sides. |