Master Dog Grooming Tools

I've used this tool, for about 6 months on a long-haired Chow/Labrador mix and on a Corgi. They both shed like crazy and the undercoat is a serious challenge with the Chow. This grooming tool takes care of the undercoat like nothing I've ever used. It's also apparently less painful for the dogs, as it doesn't have the tendency to dig straight in like the previously reviewed Furminator, which I liked well enough before trying this one. I have the 16-blade version. It gets down deep and pulls the undercoat and dander OUT. The blades are much more robust than the Furminator, and there's no chance of bending. It's a VERY well-built device, and the rubber handle looks weird but feels good in the hand. I can't think of a single improvement I'd make. I will say that the first time you use this tool, try not to be too ambitious. It took three or four sessions with my chow (an outside dog, and it had been awhile) before I got all the lumps of undercoat off him. Not because the tool was rough with him, but just that he had so much to remove. The Corgi was done in one session, and despite her shorter hair, this tool removed a huge volume of fur. Her haunches are very thick, but this tool goes right through it without the tearing I'd been so careful to avoid with the Furminator. Now, both my dogs love this thing. When I'm working on one, the other dog comes up to pester me so he gets a turn. Once the major de-undercoating is done, it's a simple matter to use this weekly or as-needed to keep things fluffy. Both dogs really look forward to their grooming. -- Bill Womack   [Note: This replaces the now unrecommended Oster Grooming Rake, and is a canine alternative to the previously reviewed Furminator. --OH] Master Grooming Tool
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• [Bob Ligenfelter]

  what end of the tool do you use on what end of the dog?

  • [Jake Sullivan]

     The one that makes it wag its tail

  • [jere7my]

    Glad to see I’m not the only one who thought “What an uncomfortable-looking handle for…oh.”

    • [Antinous / Moderator]

      Where does the battery go?

• [xzzy]

  That is a serious looking piece of gear.. it looks enormous. How does it fare with cats?

  • [racerx_is_alive]

     A few months ago we picked up a ShedMonster (which looks like a slightly smaller version of this brush) for our cat. It works amazingly well, and our cat doesn’t mind getting brushed at all since we got it.  And bonus, it’s about half the price of this one on amazon.

• [artimusClyde]

  I use a similar tool, an undercoat rake http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00061MWJA/ref=oh_o06_s00_i00_details and it works extremely well. My dog seems to like it, and it just grabs all of that undercoat hair that is shedding. You end up with a pile of hair about half the size of your dog the first time you do this in the summer. Highly recommended for shedding dogs.

• [Promit Roy]

  Could you elaborate on what makes this tool better than the Oster rake?

• [Noah Bunyard]

   why is the only review on amazon a word for word copy of this ‘article’ by a different person?

  • [Houston Lang]

    Which was posted in February, one might add.

    • [David Pescovitz]

      Thanks for pointing this out. We are investigating.

  • [Cool Tools]

    Hey Noah, 
    Oliver Hulland, editor of Cool Tools here. Bill Womack sent us the review back in February, and I didn’t get around to publishing it until today. Since he first sent it to me he went ahead and published it at Amazon under his pseudonym Zino Davidoff. I ran the review without realizing it had shown up somewhere else, and I can’t apologize enough for the confusion. 

    TL;DR Bill Womack and the Amazon reviewer are one and the same person. 

    – oliver

• [David Weintraub]

  So this is definitely a dog toy and not a marital aid.

  • [voiceinthedistance]

    I believe it is both.  Don’t mix up the polarity, though.