I only brush once a time every week and I hardly ever have mats this way. I bath them once every week as well. I think a good conditioning is what helps them stay mat free. I remember a long time ago they would have mats if I didn't brush them out every day. That was before I used a good conditioner. I was told to by a groomer to let it set for 8 minutes and it really seems to do the trick. Oh and my yorkies have silk coats.
Now my cotton coats like my yorkiepoo and maltese can be brushed once a week as well with no matting but they can't go any longer than that. By two weeks they would have some matting but nothing too bad and they still combed out easily. The yorkies I can get by with 2 weeks with no matting.
Oh and I use CC's Ice on Ice to spray on a mat to comb it out whenever they do have a mat.
I'm glad I only have to brush them out once a week, it saves so much time. |