Furminator Review

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by AnjaBlue on 13 February 2009 - 16:02

I have never used one - from what I have been told, if you use it correctly it can do a great job. Unfortunately I've never been able to find out what "correctly" constitutes.... I don't like the idea of cutting the hair anyway, so I think I'll stick to my good old rake, comb and brushes.....the price quoted here sounds very high - I've seen them in PetCO for about $49.00 (which still seems expensive). Most likely cheaper on the Internet..........

by Rezkat5 on 13 February 2009 - 17:02

It does work great on cats too.

You can go overboard with it though if you continue in one spot. ie: a serious bald spot...

by crazee4gsds on 13 February 2009 - 17:02

I bought my Furminator off of eBay for $40 or thereabouts. With that being said - I have gone back to using a shedding blade, undercoat rake and slicker brush (pin brush).

I just felt like the Furminator was cutting the top coat hairs and I wasn't pressing very hard...just going over the coat lightly. In the end, I just wasn't happy with how my female in particular was looking - very thin coat etc. My male has a thicker coat and the Furminator worked well on him.

For those of you that mentioned a comb. Is there any particular comb that you use that you like? I just ordered my new slicker brush online and love it. It has a button that I depress and the pin needles retract so I can clean it very easily!!! Just wondering if I need to incorporate a comb into the grooming regime of the shedding blade, undercoat rake and slick brush.

by cktoone on 13 February 2009 - 18:02

The Furminator works well on my dog. Doesn't pull or cut any of the topcoat, but it does get the undercoat out as advertised. I use the medium size, which is large enough. Found it on Amazon for much less than I could find anywhere else. Sounds like it doesn't work for some--guessing that it's differences in the dogs' coats. Works wonders for my dog's coat, but I wouldn't use it if it made "fingernails on the chalkboard" sounds or if it cut the topcoat either. I think it's worth a try if you find a good price.

by justcurious on 13 February 2009 - 18:02

i had searched the messages for furminator and there is a great thread with good advise how to use it because you need to use it a bit differently from a regular brush or slicker. anyway we ordered one from amazon a few days ago for our great pyr and paid $24 for a large.

by beetree on 13 February 2009 - 19:02

Wow, what a difference in price at Amazon and they are selling it with free shipping, too. I just ordered the medium sized one for $22.03! Our pet store is such a huge rip-off, just because they are the only game in town. I'll wait a couple of days to get mine. And I think it was the comment about cutting the dust bunnies in half that makes me want to give it a try. And at that price I won't feel so bad if in the end, it ends up in the drawer with the Pedipaws.

(I have been brushing him everyday! And still everywhere and everything and everyone wears his dog hair!)

by justcurious on 13 February 2009 - 20:02

you might want to check out this thread before you use it http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/bulletins_read/193749.html

here's one of the posts from that thread :
by Louise M. Penery on 28 May 2008 - 20:05

Like any other tool, the FURminator is great if it is used correctly. It does not damage the coats of my show dogs.

I usually loosen (even back-coming) the hair with a rake that has very long, rotating teeth--doesn't rip the hair out. Any large clumps, I pull out by hand--sometimes, use a shedding blade.

I always finish off with the FURminator. The key to using it is not to dig into the coat as if you were using a "mini-cultivator". Just drag (using very little pressure) the tool along the coat--in the direction that the coat grows.

The FURminator is particularly effective in removing the loose hair from the forelegs during a massive shed.

For a GSD, I use the medium-sized FURminator.

by ShelleyR on 13 February 2009 - 20:02

Send me one and I'll let you know my thoughts. LOL
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by Franki on 13 February 2009 - 21:02

A neighbor let me borrow one and I thought it was great.
It reduced the hair in the house considerably.
I take my dog out in the driveway and just show it to him and he comes right over to be combed.
I don't think it's cutting his hairs.
I bought the medium one last week off of ebay for 22.00

by VonIsengard on 13 February 2009 - 21:02

www.petedge.com has their own version of it in their line of grooming equipment, save yourself some money if you like.

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