Best type of brush to use

[mantine]

Ok, this is my first experience with a longer haired dog. Grizzley is a Aussie/GSD mix. I have 3 types of brushes that I have tried on him, the slicker brush seems to really only work well on his "feathering" I think it is called, on his hind legs. Then I have the brush that has the pins like a regular hair brush on one side and the black bristles on the other and it doesn't do to well either. Then I have a Shedender (it seems to be the exact same thing as the furminator, just smaller) brush I got at the flea market for $2.00 and it works great but, like someone said in the furminator post it seems hard to get thru the longer hair and the guard hairs, and while I can usually get Grizz to be good for grooming he doesn't seem to like that one very much. So I ask what type of brush do you guys think would work good on him? Here he is:

I am thinking since he is only a year and 2 months his coat will be getting longer, is that true?

 

[Zoom]

I think his coat is probably about as long as it's going to get. Aussies don't have really long coats. What I use on Sawyer is a Zoom Groom to get the top coat out, then a comb for the undercoat and the pin brush to get his feathers/britches and overall smoothing. The only use I've found for the black bristle side is for Virgo to smooth over the combing marks when I do her.

 

[RD]

The secret with the furminator is to keep the skin very taut while brushing. You can't use it like a normal brush.

I think you'll see his coat get longer and thicker, but not by a whole lot. I'd use an undercoat rake on him if his coat gets really thick, otherwise a regular slicker or pin brush should suffice. Use a flea comb (teflon coated if you don't like static) on the fuzzy part of his ears to keep it as tangle-free as possible.

 

[mrandrei]

I have the large Furminator that I use on my German Shepherds and it really does do a good job taking out the loose dead hair.