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Originally Posted by Swellmomma  I was wondering the same thing. Finn's underside and armpit areas get so matted so quickly. He hates being brushed, will grown and snap and then roll around on the floor getting messy again. I need to cut the mats out tonight when he is sleeping little by little and keep trying to get him used to grooming. Part of that is that I left it be in the winter months because when the breeder dog sat for us she shaved him so he had no fur to brush until recently. Now when he goes outside he gets so muddy he needs frequent baths (which he also hates) and got all matted up on his underside. His upper side is fine. I am going to have to look into the products mentioned to start using with him as I work on clipping these mats out and getting his underside as untangled as his upper side |
Their arm pits & underside needs to be shaved or cut off w/ blunt end scissors. That area is very sensitive & are prone to tangles. When you go to get your pup groomed, they call that sanitary trim. It includes arm pits, inner thighs/ underside & underbelly for boys, along w/poopie area trim & wee wee area. It gets very hot here, so I trim their underbelly all the way up to their chest. You can't see it & if they have longer hair, it gets covered.
I pay special attention to the areas where the harness rubs, my boys tend to tangle there, esp bc they pull on the harness during walks. It needs to be brushed out everyday, otherwise they become a tangled mass. If it's not worked out & they get bathed, the mat shrinks & tightens, gets harder to work out & ends up being to the skin.