I thought about clipping it a couple times especially after this weekend when I took them to the lake and he came back with cockaburs in his fur- my regular coat shephered was bur free but not my 2 long hairs!! Thats one of the benefits of a regular coat I'm finding out
I do several of these guys at work. For the area you are asking about a furminator probably won't help that much. Sounds like some matting back there. You can use a matt spliter, the one I like is made by Safari and has several rows of serrated teeth. Be careful they are sharp. That and a little Cowboy Magic will go a long way toward getting them out. If they have gotten pretty large then the outer part of the hair can be lifted outward and the matting shaved out letting the rest of the coat fall back into place to cover up the shaved area then trim remaining coat to shape up. With practice you can keep that area trimmed to reduce matting but make it look like it grew that way.
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I use a variety of tools to keep mats down. The main one I use is a steel comb from greyhound. Great tool. Second thing I use is a furminator (There are actually three types of those things of various widths.) I use a rake, and lastly I use a flea comb.
The usual order of things in my house on the little long haired beasts is to go through with the comb first. If I run into snags it means I need to take another step. If I notice loose hair I go through with a furminator. If I notice tangles I use a rake then a flea comb because one tangle builds into a mat in short order and between the rake, comb, and a flea comb I can usually work out anything before it starts to twist.
I think I got my work cut out for me- better get my fingers ready for alittle mat busting I found some cowboy magic at a feed store here so I am going to try it. A Mat splitter sounds interesting and it sounds like a good comb may help too I'll have to surf the web to see what I can find on those. Thanks for everyones input.
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All the grooming equipment you could ever want is on this page: http://www.leerburg.com/grooming.htm . The Adjustable Shedding Blade is a great tool too. Gets lots of dead fur out.
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I bought a furminator over a year ago and its never been used, I watched the thing being used on a video and it was unbelevable what was coming out. a sheep being sheared does not have more on it
since i saw that i have not used it, surely that amount of hair coming out in one go is not to the dogs benifit
I may give it a try after reading these posts but very gently to see what happens
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