how often do you brush?
 ) brush every other day. How long do I need to do that I forgot to ask? It takes me a good 2 hours to do it. he is WONDERFUL about it, he sleeps through most of it. the aslt 15-20 minutes he seems irritated.
I was hoping at some point we could do a wuick 30 minute dialy bush and a nice long brush once a week, is tha tpossible without getting matts? thank you!! |
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| If Cooper is going through a coat change you may not be able to, but I just give Abbi a quick brush over daily and a one hour on the week end. She has a shorter coat though. And I trim off her stomach and face hair, and the hair under her ears, anus, and armpits. It makes things go much faster. Abbi is 5 year old. Her back hair is getting coarser every year, and doesn't seem to mat much.
If Cooper is going through a change in his coat you need to at least slicker brush it daily. This will take out the loose hair that would mat and allow for the coat to come in evenly. If you use a demating brush/comb you could keep his coat on the thin side and do the 15-30 minute brushes daily and the long grooming sessions once a week or so. Every dog's coat is different. And their coats change as they age. With age it will get easier to keep dematted. Puppy coats are always the quickest to mat. You will probably forget to brush him and find missing a day or two doesn't mean a disaster. You will just have to break up the beginnings of mats. That is discussed here. Ron gave a very good to the point description of how to "pick" apart a mat. I need to go, but I will run a search for the post later. Enjoy you grooming time. Don't let it "get" to you, and it goes faster. I remember a time when I would just do one part of Abbi per day. It is all I could manage. Probably why I am a trimming and shaving advocate.  |
| Woof's in full coat - and going through the change (as described above) - we brush him every day for 30 mins with a slicker. The trick is to get right down to the skin whith the brush, rather than make the mistake of just brushing over the top coat.... |
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