Owners of dogs with lots of hair (particularly labs)....what type of brush do you use?

I don't use a shedding bald on my Golden's it rips their coats. I do use a deshedding rake for double coated dogs and a slicker brush and a pin brush with the ball tips. The groomer told me they also blow the hair out of some dogs too. That after a bath they really brush the dog very well and then blow all the loosed hair out (or as much as they can ) then go over the dog with a slicker brush to get any remaining hair.

Maybe that's why your dog looked so good after a trip to the groomers!

It relies upon. Afghan Hounds are bathed about a pair of times weekly, so as that they don't have a lot oil in any respect of their coats, in spite of the undeniable fact that that is critical that the groomer positioned cream rinse contained in the dogs hair to convey again a touch oil, so the coat would not dry out and ruin off. and diverse Afghan human beings use human shampoo, i do not own an Afghan, yet my dogs sometimes get human shampoo. yet Afghans are an exception, maximum dogs should not be bathed commonly. Oils contained in the coat benefit this a lot more suitable than in simple terms weatherproofing. They for one make the dogs look nicer, a dogs devoid of oil ought to have a dry coat which will ruin off and look poor, oil is major. it really is likewise major for swimming, not all dogs swim, yet those that do favor oil of their coats to stay away from them from attending to water logged and too chilly. i imagine, if it really is a puppy dogs it really is going to be bathed 4+ situations a year, once in the course of each and every season replacing and perchance some in between baths, except the dogs begins to sniff undesirable or receives into some thing. i comprehend of a few breeders who've not in any respect bathed their dogs. Azawakh have very wonderful and extremely short hair, and their chest and abdomen are loose from hair, plus they don't produce very a lot oil in any respect, so as that they actually have an truly mild smell, some say odorless, and they don't favor bathing except showing. Weekly bathing devoid of any cream rinse will damage a dogs coat until eventually they look poor!

Believe it or not,when I buy myself a new brush I always buy an extra just like it and add it to my collection of brushes for my dogs. I've never been one to think anything you use for a pet has to be something specially designed for pets. I have a tuxedo tie with a strap-on band from a wedding I went to a while back and my lab loves it. He likes hot dogs better than any dog food.

OMG yes!! Somehow I usually end up with dogs that have tons of coat. I bought a tool at the vets office that I really love, The Furminator, works like a champ. (short coats, don't know that it would work so well on a long coat) And you could always ask the groomer what tools she used, and let her know you think she did an awesome job =)

LOL.... I use a shop vac.

Seriously, I use a curry comb - that's the loop thing you are talking about. Then I vaccum them with the hose attachment from the shop vac or the dyson. They love it. They run around and go crazy at first but I vaccum the loose stuff off of them with the hand held hose attachment.

(Then I knit sweaters/blankets/rugs with the hair. - joke I am seriously thinking we should blow it into the walls of our house as extra insulation. Hey it can't hurt!) .

My fiancee and I also use a shedding blade which seems to be the best on our Lab/ Ridgeback/ Boxer mix but no matter what it seems like we can never get it all.. Living in Florida though she constantly is blowing her coat...

Slicker brush and Shedding blade

I use metal bristle "people" brushes on my two Golden Retrievers. Cheaper than "dog" brushes.

i usually use a shedding blade, its long and made of metal with "combs" on each end, it kinda looks like a big metal loop that comes together at the handle. those things work wonders!

ones with metal bristles i have 3 labs with long coats and those do the trick