Anyone use a coat stripper for dogs...

[ClickMini]

I was just reading about some of my dressage peeps using these instead of pulling. This is what I am talking about: http://www.groomersmall.com/coat_kings.htm it looks like it might really help thin and smooth the manes/forelocks of my bushy ones?

 

[AppyLover2]

I've often wondered about plain ole thinning shears....like the beauticians use.

 

[mydaddysjag]

I don't know about using them to thin, but my trainer used them to actually shorten manes, it left the ends looking wispy and natural not blunt and cut off.

As far as the thinning shears, I've used them on big horses to thin manes with good results. Im a cosmetologist, and one day decided I wanted to see what it would do. Make sure if you do it, you go into the mane at more of a diagonal/vertical, not horizontal, or you will have a mess.

Also, if your just using them on horses, you can get the thinning shears at the "dollar tree" store. The ones cosmetologists are too expensive to be using on horses, and the texture of horse hair dulls them VERY quickly, better to just get the $1 ones and use em a few times, then pitch em and get new ones.

 

[lilstars]

the stripping knives work great i always have them on hand especially for the show horses

 

[Sandee]

I know a trainer that uses them on the body (with a light careful hand) to get rid of that winter coat quicker. Not so much to cut by the time he has to clip.

 

[Wee Mite Miniatures]

I have used them on the manes for years. They work great as long as you do not over do.

 

[srpwildrose]

I use "Mat Breaker".

It is PERFECT for thinning manes and tails.

14.99...cheap enough to buy 2. !!

I also use it for dog grooming to get mats out....Awesome!!

http://www.jbpet.com/Mat-Breaker,1235.html

 

[rabbitsfizz]

I have used something similar to both these for many years, on BHs too, but the tines /blades were slightly wider apart.

They do work well, and it is a lot easier than pulling the mane!!

You can also use them on the winter coat.

 

[joylee123]

I use "Mat Breaker".

It is PERFECT for thinning manes and tails.

14.99...cheap enough to buy 2. !!

I also use it for dog grooming to get mats out....Awesome!!

http://www.jbpet.com/Mat-Breaker,1235.html

[SIZE=12pt]This is an awesome tool

Wouldn't be without it

flip the mane over and thin the underneath side

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Joy