Furminator. Anyone ever try one? (1 Viewer)

[mattlock]

Somebody told me about this fancy de-shedding tool for dogs called the Furminator.

I looked it up online and am shocked at the cost, but am still very interested in what it could do for my dog. Argo has really long hair and he sheds like a maniac. I vacuum almost everyday and brush him with one of those rakes, several times a week. It is still an ongoing pain in the ass keeping up with it, and there are always tumble furs rolling around the house.

Anyone else plunk down the fifty bucks for this thing? If it works as well as it says it should, I may break down and buy one.

 

[gladly]

I've never heard of it, but here's a youtube so folks know what sort of product you were talking about


after your mention of vacuuming and brushing, I was expecting something more like this:

 

[Cuerno Largo]

My wife got one for our 2 Labs, a Chessie, and a cat. I think it works really well, but if my wife paid 50 bucks for it, I'm gonna have to whup her ass.

 

[scottm]

Awesome. My wife can pull a pile of fur out of our golden bigger than our golden.

 

[roscoFJ73]

I wouldnt have anything but a short haired dog

 

[mattlock]

My wife got one for our 2 Labs, a Chessie, and a cat. I think it works really well, but if my wife paid 50 bucks for it, I'm gonna have to whup her ass.

Your dogs sound like good lookin' mutts, but I am more interested in hearing from people that have collies, huskies, chows, aussies, or any dog with a heavy undercoat. Thanks for the input though and BTW your wife probably paid at least 50 bucks for it. http://www.petco.com/product/101897/FURminator-deShedding-Tool.aspx

Anyone, else with a long haired dog use one? I have seen the videos like the one Gladly posted, but for all I know, those were planted by the goon squad at the Furminator Compound.


I could get twice as much fur out of Argo, if I didn't brush him as often as I do. I fill up a plastic grocery store bag at least once a week. It's the only drawback to having a longhaired dog, one that might keep me from getting another one in the future, but if this thing works, I would be one happy Mattlock.

 

[ojaij40]

I have one, there were a few bloody patches after I hit scabs and ticks undrneath the hair I couldn't see, and fleas were jumping out ahead of it like crazy, ........but it worked really good when I got done with my hair and tried it on the dog

 

[mattlock]

Awesome. My wife can pull a pile of fur out of our golden bigger than our golden.

Me too! What's crazy is after I am done and I have a huge pile of fur and have vacuumed up the whole mess, an hour later new tufts of undercoat are visible and I can go back in for another round and get almost as much as the first time.

Argo is a fur factory. I can't be sure how much dog hair I have eaten in the last ten years, but I am sure it's plenty. It gets into everything! I am not a obsessive house cleaner, but I do run a pretty tight ship for a bachelor with all sorts of messy hobbies, but the dog fur is overwhelming, especially in the spring, when he blows his coat.

 

[Hugh Heifer]

I have one, there were a few bloody patches after I hit scabs and ticks undrneath the hair I couldn't see, and fleas were jumping out ahead of it like crazy, ........but it worked really good when I got done with my hair and tried it on the dog

 

[Loki]

Have had two..lost one. Works great. The husky loves it, do not push down!! You WILL have a bald and unhappy dog.

 

[mattlock]

Have had two..lost one. Works great. The husky loves it, do not push down!! You WILL have a bald and unhappy dog.

So does it have a blade in it or something? I have been curious as how it is different than a normal rake, but haven't found any good info. How does it work so well?

 

[bigndn]

I have one, but my curry comb works just as well.

 

[ajfriz]

I had to get one to get rid of some of that hair on your mom's puss just so I could find the hole.

 

[mattlock]

I had to get one to get rid of some of that hair on your mom's puss just so I could find the hole.

She does roll with a sweet seventies bush. Well, at least she did, I haven't seen my Moms bush since 1983. That's OK, I don't miss it. Good luck though!

 

[cruiser7773]

Price hard to swallow, but worth it

I got one about a month ago for my German Shepherd and it rocks. We moved to central CA from Colorado about a year ago and my dog still had a thick undercoat. The furminator works better than any brush I have found. To reiterate, do not push down.

 

[Chang-kuao-lo]

shop-vac...

 

[mattlock]

shop-vac...

Anyone ever point out that dogs don't like vacuums? If I tried to Shop-Vac Argo, I would be bleeding from several well placed wounds.

Argo is vain about his fur, having ten thousand people tell him is the prettiest dog they have ever seen, hasn't helped. He will let me brush him, but only me. It's still a three ring circus and I have to watch out if I pull on it too much. He doesn't mean to bite, it's just an instinctive trait that he has. As soon as he snaps at me, he knows he did wrong, but he just can't help it. He lets me continue, but it is always a battle.

 

[Chang-kuao-lo]

if you can train a horse to be groomed with a shop-vac...

 

[-Spike-]

He doesn't mean to bite, it's just an instinctive trait that he has. As soon as he snaps at me, he knows he did wrong, but he just can't help it. He lets me continue, but it is always a battle.

And the worm is on the hook...

 

[Chang-kuao-lo]

couldn't be bothered.

peanut butter, blahblahblah. too easy.