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08-04-2006, 01:35 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Missouri
Posts: 181
| Can't keep the mats out I know you are all probably tired of hearing about my quest for Zoie's "perfect" products. She has a cottony coat at 7 months and I have used Cowboy Magic for all of a week but she is constantly getting mats. I found lots of them today around her shoulders. The under part of her coat isn't getting combed out it looks like. I just bought a new 16mm CC brush and I think it's not working as well as my previous 27 mm brush. I used an old dog brush today that had rounded tips that were probably 27mm and I got alot of them out after conditioning the crap out of her coat, using PetSilk Silk, Cowboy Magic, Pantene Leave-In-Conditioner and lots of brushing. Then I had so much stuff on her she was not even soft and I had to rinse her off and start again. I just think someone else has to have gone through this and have a good suggestion for product or brush. I guess it's back to the longer pins that I thought I didn't need! Plus the new CC brush, the bristles are stiffer and that doesn't work as well on her for some reason. |
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08-04-2006, 01:58 PM | #2 |
& LuvtheCarley too! Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wa State/Texas
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| Hi, Cooper has a cottony coat and matts too, especially wearing tanks and his harness vests. I use Cowboy Magic and I use a comb to get down to the skin. I only have to do it once a week (usually do it twice to three times though), and the matts don't come back for at least a week after the cowboy magic. I have tried the brushes, but they just didn't get down to where he matts. I use a regular black comb with the fine toothed end and the larger spaced teeth on the other end. This is the best combo I have found so far. I have also used Pantene detangle and the ice on ice (they worked okay), but the Cowboy Magic and the comb is what works best for us. Hope this helps and good luck!!
__________________ Delaina Cooper & Carley Last edited by LuvtheCooper; 08-04-2006 at 02:00 PM. |
08-04-2006, 02:53 PM | #3 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North Carolina
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| Help Help Help My little Yorkie, Jasmine has a cottony coat and I took her to the groomers today and told her she had some matts. When I went to pick her up the groomer had to shave her tummy and all four legs. I know the hair will grow back . The groomer told me to get a comb with teeth close together to get all the matts. On top of this, Jasmine hates for me to brush and comb her and it is a constant fight. What can I do???? My other Yorkie had a silky coat and I never had to deal with as many matts. I love her to death and the poor baby is upset about her hairless tummy and legs. I keep telling her it is ok. She is 4-1/2 months old. Where can I purchase Cowboy Magic? Thanks for all your help. I love Yorkie talk so many nice people and so very understanding and helpful. Marhat and Jasmine (my precious little girl) |
08-04-2006, 02:58 PM | #4 |
Donating YT 12K Club Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Council Bluffs Iowa
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| My guys are now 6 and 7 months. I keep a brush on the end table next to my chair. At night after they are worn out and want to sit on my lap, I brush them. They sit much better for it than they used to. |
08-04-2006, 04:14 PM | #5 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Missouri
Posts: 181
| What kind of comb is it and where did you get it? I'd like to try the comb idea, I'm getting desperate! |
08-04-2006, 04:18 PM | #6 | |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Missouri
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| Cowboy Magic Quote:
You can do a search for it and find CM. I bought it at a local farm and home supply store. I was surprised to see they had it! It's alot like the Pet Silk silk serum. I like the smell of the Pet Silk much better than Cowboy Magic but the Cowboy Magic might be a bit more concentrated. I can't believe your baby is upset by her hairless tummy and legs. Is she hiding or what? I've already spent so much of this puppy of mine and now it looks like I'll be buying a comb too!! I'm going to ask my groomer what she used on Zoie because it left her tangle free for a WEEK and she smelled so good for at least 5 days. I wish I could afford to have her groomed every couple of weeks, just bathed, blowdried, and feet and ears trimmed. THat would make my life so much easier. :-) If Zoie's hair never gets better, which I don't think it will, I'm in for a lot of brushing and I already brush her at least once a day if not twice! | |
08-04-2006, 06:29 PM | #7 |
& LuvtheCarley too! Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wa State/Texas
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| It's just a regular old people comb I got at Target. The black one with the wide spaced teeth at one end and the closer spaced teeth at the other end. I had a groomer tell me to try one of these and I have found it works the best for Cooper's hair and getting close to the skin where he mats.
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08-08-2006, 04:28 PM | #8 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North Carolina
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| Hi Marcia, Don't worry, once Jasmine's adult coat comes in she won't get those matts. Petey and Rosie don't get matted. We use the Cowboy magic now too. I found it at Amazon.com. It works great on both types of coats. Wally is going to the groomer Friday, he has matts on his legs also. I don't know how he got them, but they are getting worse. They will probably have to shave him down as well. I tried, but he won't cooperate with me. Keep on trying to comb/brush Jasmine, she'll learn to love it. Try it when she is tired and sitting in your lap. Petey just rolls over now on his back and lets me brush him out. He used to hate it too. Don't worry, things will get better. Kim
__________________ http://www.dogster.com/?328155 Petey http://www.dogster.com/?328593 Wally Momma to two sweet 's Petey & Wally |
08-08-2006, 04:32 PM | #9 | |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North Carolina
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| Quote:
You need to get a slicker brush. You pull the hair in an upward postion, then take the slicker brush and brush downwards, pulling a little at a time. That will get the matt out. Keep doing it on the same matt until it's out. Also, brush them out before wetting them. Wetting them with matts makes it worse.
__________________ http://www.dogster.com/?328155 Petey http://www.dogster.com/?328593 Wally Momma to two sweet 's Petey & Wally | |
08-08-2006, 04:49 PM | #10 |
Mimi & Gabby too! Donating Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Vineland, NJ
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| I use Cowboy Magic and a flea comb. Works great for me. |
08-08-2006, 09:30 PM | #11 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wylie TX
Posts: 1,577
| I use the small brushes from Walmart, they are about $1.67. The thing I like best about them is that my pups are happier to let me brush them. They are not too soft or too stiff and pully. I have them at every place I sit and brush whoever is in my lap. I use a spray conditioner if the hair is fly-away. I actually find it is a little easier to brush if their coat is damp. I also lift their hair and brush down from the matts. I find clothes and harnesses tend to matt their hair, so I try to remove them when not needed.
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08-09-2006, 04:36 AM | #12 |
I heart Sugar Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Florida
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| I use a fine tooth comb I bought at PetSmart. Johnson and Johnson's No More Tangles sprayed directly on the matt to saturate it, really works well. I have two cotton coats- they sure can be a challenge! I've recently decided to keep them both in puppy cuts and it has really made my life easier.
__________________ "If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men." — St. Francis of Assisi, 1181-1226 |
08-09-2006, 06:51 AM | #13 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Missouri
Posts: 181
| Well, I've used Aussie 3 minute mirace DEEEEP. And three days after her bath she is almost mat free when I went to brush her. I brushed her out three times after her bath, it went much easier and I skipped one day of brushing but today she had a few small tangles, but they came out. I think the conditioner made all the difference and this is the softest her coat has ever been. Beats everything else I've bought. I've used Ice on Ice, Pet Silk silk serum, Cowboy Magic and baby detangler, NOTHING beat the Aussie 3 minute miracle DEEEP. I didn't buy the regular, they have something in an upright cylinder called DDDEEEEEEPP. That's the one I bought. Best $4 I've spent in a long time. I can't wait to use this again. She even smelled good. |
08-09-2006, 06:56 AM | #14 |
Rescue Angel Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: md
Posts: 1,530
| YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I love when people say they like the DEEEP. I brag about it all the time on here but I don't think people believe me.....LOLOL if you actually leave it on the full 3 minutes it works even better!!!!!
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08-09-2006, 07:11 AM | #15 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Missouri
Posts: 181
| Did I not mention that I left it on a full 3 minutes? I timed it !!! And I'm glad you saw this to get validation on your DEEEeP! It is a great product for Zoie for sure. Thanks for the idea! LOL |
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