Combing Long Haired Dogs

Video Transcript

"When you're working the comb through the dog's hair, it winds up not pulling not quite as much because the hair rotates too and it also just takes out the undercoat, which is what our goal is with a comb. We're just working through areas. One thing that's really a good idea especially for a novice person who's got a long coated breed and they're just learning how to work on the dog's coat is once you've brushed your coat through with your slicker brush and you've gone over it with your pin brush, it's a great idea to take your comb and comb through the entire coat of the dog. That way you'll know whether you've really gotten down to the undercoat. Another area that is easy to comb through is around the face. Coated breeds most often have beards and so combing through the beard and mustache. It's good to work on a comb with that and also between the toes. When you're working between the toes working a comb through these areas to make sure that they stay mat and debris free. The final comb that I wanted to show you. This is actually used...it's a human hair dress comb and you can use it to make hearts. It's just a regular plastic comb on this. You can use to do your combing, but you can use this end here to make your part along the back of the dog if your dog breed is supposed to have a part. It gives you the ability to part your dogs coat. It's a nice little extra tool to have in your grooming box."