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the right kind of brush or comb for yorkies... there are lots of brushes and combs tipes for dogs.. can anybody tell me which one is the appropiate for yorkies? please post pictures :) |
Slicker brushed are NOT good. Those should be used on dog's w/ a double coat. Try using a PIN COMB. I don't know how to post pics but here is the link where you can buy one: http://www.petco.com/search/mercado_...ntry=pin+brush |
I use the slicker brush. It is a real fine metal comb and it's angled at the tips so I can get around Fred's little face easier. I bought mine at Target for only $3 dollars and it works wonders! |
Take it from someone who started off all wrong in that department! And I even asked the groomer at PetSmart and they told me to get the slicker brush. That was not a good idea though. Tatum hated it so much - and I can't say I blame her because they hurt! - that she wouldn't let me brush her very thoroughly. Then I wised up and got a wide tooth stainless steel comb and a pin brush. I use the comb right after her bath after I put her leave-on conditioner on her. That gets all the tangles out and then after blow-drying (and in between bathings), you use the pin brush. It's much more easier on their hair and skin. The first time I used the comb, I got so many mats out of her hair that she looked like a completely different dog. What I thought was just a thick full bushy coat, turned out to just be a matted mess way down at the skin. She was silky from then on. |
I use a pin brush and a medium and fine stainless steel comb. |
A pin brush, or a boar bristle brush is good, a slicker should only be used to remove mats if your pet gets them, and you have to be very careful when you use a slicker not to hurt the dog. The pins can poke and puncture your pet. |
I use a Rubbermaid stainless steel comb from PetSmart for Gus. He has a pin toothed brush, but he hates it. The comb is easier for me to handle and it doesn't poke him like the brush does. I liked using our fine toothed brush because it left his hair real soft but afer a while of brushing his hair had static and stuck up. |
I use a pin brush and a stainless steel comb, but only when she gets really long. Otherwise I just do her face and tail about once a week. |
I heard that the pin brushes work the best, w/o the balls on the end, b/c they rip the hair... is this true? |
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I didn't explain myself very well, did i?!! lol..Yes, that is what I heard..that the ones with balls on the tipe rip hair! Just curious to know if it's true. |
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There are 2 kinds of pin brushes. One has balls and one just has the pins. You want the ones witout the balls. The balls are bad for yorkie hair. A slicker brush has very fine pins set close together and usually angled and very fine. I use a pin brush and a metal comb on mine, if you want to finish it off with a shine i heard the boar bristle brushes are great!! I am waiting to see if I can find a people one cheaper. I think both chrissy systems and Plush Puppy sell combs and brushes. Plush Puppy has someone who can and will answer all your questions on grooming yorkies. |
Thanks for all the info. I never knew what a pin brush was, and just used a wide tooth comb. |
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Pin brushes and metal combs are what I use on the yorkies that I groom. I have never and will never use a slicker brush. Those things HURT!!!!!!!!! |
I have a slicker brush and a pin brush. |
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I can't find a pin brush! All of them I see have little balls on the ends. Some don't have rubber or something balls and some have just tiny numbs of the same material as the pins at the end, but every brush has something. Could it be that the little numbs are OK? I've check Petsmart in Springfield and all the local outlets. Even the websites show them with numbs. What gives? |
Theres some on this website http://www.chrissystems.com/ |
Look for brushes by PSI , you can order them from almost any pet supply on the internet, I shop a lot at JBpets. Here is the link for the pin brushes http://www.jbpet.com/Shopping/produc...ct_id=204-0104 I have and use all the sizes listed here. PSI English Wire Pin Brushes are preferred by many groomers, they are well made with rust resistant pins set into a rubber pneumatic cushion. • Comfortable mahogany colored wooden handles, fitted with eye hook hangers. • An excellent pocket brush. • Please choose style. A. Large - 13 rows of pins, measures 8 3/4”. B. Medium - 12 rows of pins, oval wooden handle. C. Toy - Oval wooden handle, 9 rows of pins, measures 6 1/4” long. D. Oblong - 7 rows of pins, oblong/rectangular wooden handle. |
a pin brush when damp and then a natural bristle (boar hair) brush works wonders! i get my boar bristle brushes at sally beauty supply. they are of great quality and costs half what you would pay for one marketed just for dogs... combs are great for doing the topknot, but i like using a straight pin brush on the body... |
"hindes" makes a good quality pin brush (without ball tips) i have about 7 of them and all are holding up good. |
WOW! Lots of different view points here. I use the slicker brush since I had been told by 3 different groomers to use it. I don't push down hard when brushing them because I don't want to scratch their skin. My yorkies seem fine with it. I've had great success in getting out tangles using one. I bought a stainless steel comb today and will try it out tonight. Also, the pin brushed with the balls ARE bad because I broke off a lot of hair with it before I got smart. But with the slicker, like I said, I was never told differently and this is the first that I'm hearing of it. Not that anyone is wrong just that it's new to me. |
Favorite hands down..Boars hair brush.... I have a pin brush from Chris Chritensens systems :D ..that I love...also a comb...but :rolleyes: ........... Since I've started using the Boars hair brush ;) ....gosh..there is nothing like them!!! :) So easy to use...and Sophie doesn't mind them as much.... ;) :) |
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