blowing coat..

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My sibe is blowing her coat.
what in everyones opinion would be the best brush to use on her?

here are some pics ;)





:eek:
 

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At first glance, it looks like she tore up a pillow! I don't have any advice. Your lawn looks like you almost need to vacuum it instead of mowing. She's a beautiful dog.
 
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I can't see either picture, but I can picture it in my mind! All that undercoat, huh! You need a rake. And go against the grain to pull it out then with the grain to lay the hair back down. Do you know what I'm talking about? I can find a link if you don't. You need to do this lots during shedding season especially because you don't want to aggrevate your dog or make him hurt.
 

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Looks like you've done the job and need to clean up !!! LOL!!! We've all been there ! Put the hair in an onion bag, hang it, and let the birds feather their nests !
 
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When I groom my samoyeds and don't feel like turning on a blower I use an under coat rake it is fabulous. I find the shedding blades are not long enough.
 
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My Bear had an Akita undercoat, but he hated the rakes. I found a regular vent brush with the rounded tips did a good job and he didn't mind it. I ended up using one on O'Reilly, our Australian Shepherd, as well.
 

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It's amazing the coat you can get out of a double coated breed when you bath your dog. Soak the dog, lather up with shampoo then brush the lathered up coat with a slicker. The coat just glides out, and where it is wet and soapy it doesnt tumble all around the yard. I just put the wet fur into a garbage bag. Keep brushing through with the slicker, then when you think you got as much as possible out, rinse throughly until water runs clear. I have access to a high velocity dryer, so I would follow up with a good blow out with the dryer to get rid of the rest of the coat.
 

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Renee750il, I never thought of my insensitive behavior towards our feathered little friends. Do you think the little creatures will ever forgive me??? ;)
 
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They might poop on your car a few times when they find out you've been holding out on them, but they'll get over it and sing for you ;)

Just hope you don't have buzzards around . . . you should see the size of the splat buzzards leave :eek:
 

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We only have Turkey Buzzards in my area. They are not the type of birds I want sitting on my windowsill leering at me :eek:
 
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They're pretty grotesque when they're on the ground, but really beautiful when they're soaring up high. Our dogs have come close to catching a few buzzards that thought having wings made them safe . . . The dogs really can't stand them.
 

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Kairi has entered "Corgi Shed" mode. No matter how much brushing I do...it keeps on coming. She should be bald by now...
 
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I recently purchased a kong zoom groom at petsmart..works great for shedding..my little button is also blowing his coat, so hair is every where! but the zoom groom is fantastic for picking up hair.
 

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