Furminator

[AGonzalez]

I bought my first, actual brand-name Furminator today for $30 (a large one with the waterless soap stuff) from craigslist, brand new in the package!

My God, I've never seen so much fur come off a dog in my life...can you over-use it and strip too much out? Am I doing this right, because I had a whole dog worth of hair that came off (filled a 30 gal trash bag) just off Lacey!

[AGonzalez]

I now have evidence, here's a shot of a few strokes out...just Lacey...I didn't have time or energy to do Jasper after Lacey...



Sorry about the foot in it Jess.

[Barb04]

Oh no, Lacey has melted where is Lacey? Only kidding. They do take off a lot of hair.

[Tankstar]

You can cause balding in spots with it. And I wouldnt even touch Jasper with it. I used mineon Blaze before I knew better, and it just broke all his long hair in to short little pieces that stood up like fly away hairs all over.

[AGonzalez]

Well Jasper has already had the wrath of my scissors done to him, it' can't get much worse than that (imagine a 4 yr old with scissors cutting the dogs hair, looks the same)

Lacey's a lot smoother feeling and no more tangles on her back legs so I'm rather happy with it, and that waterless shampoo/conditioner smells great!

[filarotten]

I have been wondering if it would work on the Fila monsters? I would like to find a really good brush for them.

[AGonzalez]

I tried it on Lily, it doesn't pick up anything because she has no undercoat, doesn't even cut the top coat because her's is so short. I was under the impression that Fila's are a very short plush coat like an APBT? I could be wrong, I've never seen one in person.

[filarotten]

They do have short coats, so I guess I won't waste the money if it won't work.

I need to train the monsters to let me use the vacuum on them.

[wcladymacbeth]

Just don't use it every day and it should be fine. Justin was obsessed with using it on our cat every day even though I told him not to and he ended up with some pretty bad bald spots.

[dobesgalore]

The Furminator shampoo did well, but I have been leary of the tools. I don't think I trust them.