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Cocker Specific Discussion => Grooming => Topic started by: lilliegez on January 28, 2015, 07:01:18 PM

Title: furminator
Post by: lilliegez on January 28, 2015, 07:01:18 PM

hi can anyone tell me if a furminator will get rid of fluffy fur on my working cocker.  she has gone fluffy since being spayed.    any tips or advice thanks.

Title: Re: furminator
Post by: vixen on January 28, 2015, 07:50:01 PM

I used a furminator on my spayed girls and 'thought' it was the answer to my prayers.  It certainly got rid of LOADS of hair very quickly.  Perfect I thought.  However, when their coats began to grow, the new regrowth was a terrible mess, sticking out at all angles, spiralling and not laying flat.  I decided NEVER to use one again.  Since then I have just used a comb and rubber band interwoven through the tines to remove the dead coat on their backs and sides.  I use a coat king on their tummies and on their chest.  It has taken a LONG time to get their coats back to  pre-furminator condition  >:(  My solid black girl has a much heavier coat than her blue roan sister and always seems to be shedding hair  >:(  I sometimes feel that whatever I remove one day, grows back again overnight  :o. 
Try the comb and rubber band method as it does take out the dull dead hair.
Someone else make say they like the furminator but for me it was a terrible mistake  ;)
If you type in furminator in the search box in the grooming section you will be able to read other discussions about it.  :D

Title: Re: furminator
Post by: lilliegez on January 28, 2015, 08:05:00 PM

thanks do you use a particular comb also do I just comb as normal using this.  thanks

Title: Re: furminator
Post by: vixen on January 28, 2015, 08:14:53 PM

Quote from: lilliegez on January 28, 2015, 08:05:00 PM

thanks do you use a particular comb also do I just comb as normal using this.  thanks

I use a wide tooth metal comb (it would be really difficult to thread a rubber band through the teeth of a fine comb  ;) ) and a thick rubber band (courtesy of the postman  :005:) and just comb as usual.  The rubber band really helps to get the dead fluffy hair out.  :D

This is what my comb looks like

(http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad199/vixen_07/IMG_1498%20-%20Version%202_zpsxywtwcqx.jpg) (http://s935.photobucket.com/user/vixen_07/media/IMG_1498%20-%20Version%202_zpsxywtwcqx.jpg.html)

Title: Re: furminator
Post by: fionad on January 28, 2015, 08:59:16 PM

I agree. I used a furminator on our border collie. It removed loads of fur but damaged the growing coat.

The wide tooth comb looks a good idea.