I brush mine about 4-6 times a week... skip a day here and there. (I voted everyday) I think another important factor to consider is coat length. Tink is silky but matted badly when her coat was shorter than it does now that it hits the floor. Her coat tends to dry out and that makes it worse, so I use extra conditioning both at bath time and at brush time. For bad mats, I take some corn starch and work it into the mat then tease it out with a single tooth of my comb.
It is so much easier if I at least hit them all quickly with the brush daily than if I wait. So if I don't have time for a complete brush out, I do a tidy brushing, enough to make them look neat but still needing some work. That keeps them from getting too bad. |