I have two working cockers, both spayed last April. Marley's coat (black) has gone slightly woolly but there has been hardly any difference with the blue roan.
I like my dogs shaggy but am aware it might not suit everyone
I have tried a Furminator and it seemed fine to begin with and I thought it was great. However, Marley's coat then started to grow at odd angles and stick up in spirals which I didn't like
Since then I just use a comb with a rubber band threaded through. The Sprats 76 is a fine tooth comb and I think it may be hard to get a band through it (I may be wrong, others will tell you if I am). I just use a really cheap comb (purchased as a set at Poundland
) and it does the job for me.
When Marley is moulting I could swear whatever I remove one day, she grows again in the night
Her coat is slowly improving and both girls have very shiny, silky coats.
The only disadvantage of keeping them shaggy is that they look quite chubby
and it is only when they are wet that you realize they are not chubsters