Make sure the blade is
catching tangled hair, not skin.
Not exact matches
Depending on the species, pores on their heads secrete
tangled fibres that resemble fungi, or they
catch forest debris with small
hairs that act like Velcro.
Your
hair is probably getting
tangled / knotted because it's dry / split and
catching on itself.
When it is not properly brushed, the scales stick up like tiny barbs, these small barbs
catch loose, wooly undercoat
hairs, dirt and debris, knotting and
tangling them into a mass of solid
hair that is almost impossible to comb through
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.
This is a nonshedding dog, which means that loose
hairs are
caught in the outer
hairs, tending to
tangle, unless they are combed out.
Use a slicker brush to remove
tangles and
catch dead
hair with a bristle brush.