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04-21-2010, 06:37 PM | #1 |
♥Luv my Trixie Belle♥ Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Long Island, NY
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| How do you get out small knots?? matted hair?? Trixie still has puppy hair and hasn't been to the groomer yet (soon though). I just noticed today that she has a small sized clump of hair stuck together...matted hair I guess. How do I unmatt it without causing her pain. The brush I have has a soft side and a pin side with little balls at the end. What is your suggestion. Thanks.
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04-21-2010, 07:01 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: So. California
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| contact mimimomo (member here) and order one of her Madan brushes. DO NOT use a brush with ball tips.. it will tear out the hair. Use a good brush and some spray on conditioner and gently work the mat out starting at the ends and working toiwards the body
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04-21-2010, 07:02 PM | #3 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member | I would also get her facial comb. I love it. I have found that it works wonders on the stubborn body tangles. |
04-21-2010, 07:06 PM | #4 |
I ♥ Armani & Chloe Donating Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Upstate NY
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| I find that a steel comb works the best on matts... just slowly working through it and pulling it apart.
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04-22-2010, 08:43 AM | #5 |
♥Luv my Trixie Belle♥ Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Long Island, NY
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| Thanks. I will try and find mimimomo and order the combs/brushes.
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04-22-2010, 10:52 AM | #6 |
My hairy-legged girls Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: lompoc, ca.
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| Anyone with long coated dogs should always have a slicker brush to get the knots out. (get a small one used for cats) Also need a pen brush, but not with the little balls at the tips unless they are molded and not just attached. The attached type will tear the hair.
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04-22-2010, 11:33 AM | #7 |
Donating YT 10K Club Member | The best brush going is the wooden bristle brush by Chris Christenson. Hands down the best money I've spent. Pin Brushes And also get a buttercomb. These are available from CC also but you can find them locally for much less. Slicker brushes aren't recommended for single coated dogs nor are pin brushes with "balls" on the ends of the bristles
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04-22-2010, 11:47 AM | #8 | |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Lebanon, PA, USA
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I own the CC pin brushes also. Slicker brushes tore the heck out of my Yorkie's hair. That went straight into the garbage.
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04-22-2010, 11:50 AM | #9 |
YT Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Minnesota
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| Get it wet, slowly comb through--use your fingers to prevent pulling the skin....slow wins! |
04-22-2010, 04:50 PM | #10 |
YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: West Palm Beach, Fl, USA
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| Ok I'm confused ... my groomer (who has yorkies herself) told me to use the slicker brush and NOT the pin brush. Kasha hates both and SCREAMS bloody murder when I try and brush her. What to do? |
04-22-2010, 05:36 PM | #11 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2009 Location: Lake City FL
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| I'm such a bad mommy, I am too lazy when it comes to mats and I normally end up cutting them....DONT do this (I am a bad influence lol). However, using a conditioner and a steel comb works for me (so does Johnsons No More Tangles). I just spray and wait a few seconds then comb. If it doesn't loosen it then I spray some more and work slow. Roxy's patience is very short so we dont try to comb them out for too long. That is why she got shaved when she was a pup.....she would not let me comb her at all!!! Now she is great (as long as I dont take too long)
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04-22-2010, 05:37 PM | #12 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2009 Location: Lake City FL
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| The slicker brush made Roxy's hair look so dull and broken. I hated it!!! We use a pin brush with the molded pins on it (not the stuck on kind). It works great on her. I have heard people say use a slicker, but it killed my babys hair....never again!
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04-22-2010, 06:32 PM | #13 |
YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: West Palm Beach, Fl, USA
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| hm interesting. I hate split ends but I haven't been able to hold her still long enough to see a difference. Any tips on that? (I've had 2 super stubborn Scottish Terriers for the past 15 years but they are big enough to old btwn your knees when you brush.) |
04-23-2010, 10:52 AM | #14 | |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Lebanon, PA, USA
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I also have one of the Brass Fusion pin brushes. I highly recommend the wooden pin brush. really, bchgirl is right. It's costs a good penny but it is the BEST investment you'll make for your grooming.
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04-23-2010, 11:32 AM | #15 | |
YT 2000 Club Donating Member | Quote:
Invest in Vellus Satin cream www.vellus.com - they have a sampler kit for about $20 you can order. This cream is a wonder for the weblike mats. Apply it to weblike mat. Use your fingers to spread web apart. Then from the tips of the hair working towards the body you could use your wooden pin brush. Now for a "knot" get any rat tailed comb. begin to use the tip of rattail to gently lift out strand by strand the hair that is in a knot.
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