Use a slicker brush to remove tangles and
catch dead hair with a bristle brush.
Dogs with short, dense fur prone to matting, like Retrievers and Labradors, need weekly brushing with a slicker brush (a brush with soft pads and angled flexible pins) to remove tangles and a bristle brush to
catch dead hair.
Not exact matches
By removing the
dead skin cells you minimize the chance of
hairs being
caught underneath and thus becoming ingrown.
A few years ago, I wouldn't have been
caught dead wearing a shade even remotely close to my
hair colour, but times change (see above).
Stripping the dog's coat involves gently pulling the
dead hair from the coat, as it would be in the field if it were
caught on thorny bushes in the Scottish countryside.
When your cat grooms herself, her tongue
catches loose and
dead hair, which she then swallows.
Long - haired single coats also are prone to matting, because
dead hairs are likely to get
caught in the coat; some can be more challenging to groom than any double coat.
However, with some breeds the
dead skin and
hair they lose gets
caught in their outer coat so doesn't land on your furniture or float in the air.
When your cat grooms himself, tiny hook - like structures on his tongue
catch loose and
dead hair, which is then swallowed.