Help with matting under collar!!
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| you may already know this and it may have not be any help to you, but...
i was told that some matting occurs if the dog gets his fur wet while tha hair is tangled. thats why you're supposed to brush them entirely before bathing. how true this is, i do not know, but i've started to do that, and his matting seems to be less....maybe i just imagine that
at any rate, maybe he's getting damp under the collar? |
| Our vet told us to get a "rolled" leather coller. We've never had a problem with mats under his coller. |
| Pisco used to have the same problem...and still does sometimes....his groomer showed me how to unmat ....use a comb...the one the is all metal with the teeth not very closed together (not the ones with razors)...then with the tip/ point of the comb try hooking the mat and pulling at it gently....it workes with Pisco .... |
| Thanks all for your suggestions - I didnt know the one about working on the mats before a bath and not after and I will try the comb and rolled collar!!! Really Helpfull!!! |
| I've been brushing and combing Abbi before baths for a year now, and it does seem easier to bathe her, get her skin clean, and blow dry and brush n fluff her out. (Before the hair is totally dry around the collar area, get a hair dryer and brush, comb and slicker it out while blow drying. It will be straighter and stay fluffier that way). Also, I have found that after brushing her out first, she looks so good, that I just put some cornstach bathing powder with a light scent on. Then I brush again and skip the bath.
Vero is right about the dematting. Try on a small mat. Just use the tip of one of the teeth of a steel comb and sort of tease the mat out, either from the edges or by going down to the roots and splitting it apart and gently untangling from the edges. Some times this works so well. If the dog is in the house or fenced yard, you may try loosening the collar whenever you are not walking the dog. If the collar is on tight the dog will scratch at it and mat it up, which will irritate the skin and cause more scratching, which will cause pulling and more mats. Many people have used a rolled, undyed, leather collar with success. Didn't help with Abbi until her hair quit changing coarseness, around 2-3 years old. We just use an easily adjustable nylon collar with thi snice latching closure. Its easy to take off and on and easy to loosen and tighten again. It sold every where, including WalMart and has no staining aluminum closures or dyes that will rub or bleed off onto Abbi's white chest. I use the comb with the razor blades to quickly thin out Abbi's thicker hair in the summer and for very big mats. You have to take it down to the roots, wiggle through the mat with a sawing action, then saw it up and out. If possible, hold the bottom of the mat so that you are not just pulling the dogs hair out by the roots. It takes practice, and you can get that by using it on unmatted hair. It is a tool of last resort. Daily brushing with the brush or slicker (very gently with the slicker) helps prevent matting, but you already knew that. Hope you are having a Happy and Safe new Year's! |
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