I have an Australian Shepherd with extremely thick hair. In fact, I never knew what dog hair was until this dog. What size stripper is best?
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For a dog of that size I would go with a larger stripper. I have an Irish setter and have a larger stripper for body work and a smaller one for around her ears. I usually get enough hair off to make another dog.
1290597
Go to the Mars website and look at the chart they have. It's shows the various dog breeds and the recommended blade size for thatbreed.
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I got the small one for long hair for my Japanese Chin.... beagles have short hair right? Then I would say get the small brush for short hair dogs.Anise
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I only use the zoomgroom dry on my terrier with short hair, I find it is more a bathing tool than a hair removal tool. While my Aussie/Poo has weird hair, matts within moments of brushing, he doesn't have a true double-coat.
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I don't yave a dog right now but I might be getting one soon. I'll update then if I do. But I think it would do great because my friends hair was about 3-4 ft long and it picked hers up fantasticly. The only trouble I had was that after my whole apartment I had to cut some off the brush roller but not much and dog hair isn't as long as that. You probably will have to empty the canister more often than I do because the extra hair.
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I have a standard cockapoo who weighs 30 pounds. The clipper does not work too well. I only use it for his feet. Of course, a pomeranian's fur is not as coarseor curly as a cockapoo's. Although I am not a professional groomer, I have personally groomed my cockers for over 20 years. Therefore, I am aware of the various clippers. I would not use this touch-up Wahl for full grooming. Please note that I am a big Wahl clipper fan. All my best clippers are manufactured by Wahl. Beth
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You want the long hair version of the furminator brush due to German shepherds hair being between medium and long hair. And with your best friend weighing in at 95 pounds you want the giant 5" version. Hope that helps.
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I use the short hair tool for my black lab mix. That was the suggested one from furminator when I was buying.
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We have austrilian puppy. Full grown, she will be a medium to large dog. I use the tool on her now and it works great.
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The English bulldog even though they have short hair I got the large one cause they shed so much hair as for the fila if he sheds a lot this would work on either cause I also use mine on a n Australian shepherd. And she don't shed much but still gets the loose hair off her
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Not the one I bought! It was so LOUD that I couldn't get near my dog. She's used regular professional grooming and me trimming her in between appointments. The A5 2 speed I bought was loud on low speed and very loud on high. I was never able to use this clipper on my dog. I tried a few times a day to get her used to the noise by turning the clipper on. She ran and hid every time. I feel certain that this is an excellent clipper and recommend it to anyone whose dog is not bothered by noisy clippers. It is heavy because it's well built, with one of the best motors. The body of this clipper gets hot (maybe it was just the one I had). Not the one I bought! It was so LOUD that I couldn't get near my dog. She's used regular professional grooming and me trimming her in between appointments. The A5 2 speed I bought was loud on low speed and very loud on high. I was never able to use this clipper on my dog. I tried a few times a day to get her used to the noise by turning the clipper on. She ran and hid every time. I feel certain that this is an excellent clipper and recommend it to anyone whose dog is not bothered by noisy clippers. It is heavy because it's well built, with one of the best motors. The body of this clipper... » Read More Not the one I bought! It was so LOUD that I couldn't get near my dog. She's used regular professional grooming and me trimming her in between appointments. The A5 2 speed I bought was loud on low speed and very loud on high. I was never able to use this clipper on my dog. I tried a few times a day to get her used to the noise by turning the clipper on. She ran and hid every time. I feel certain that this is an excellent clipper and recommend it to anyone whose dog is not bothered by noisy clippers. It is heavy because it's well built, with one of the best motors. The body of this clipper gets hot (maybe it was just the one I had). « Show Less
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I would go for a smaller trimmer version, this one is more suited for clipping the body just b/c of the width of the blade. I have a giant schnauzer with huge feet and it was wider than I would like to trim his feet just b/c it was hard to get the blade head between his pads.
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As a professional pet groomer for the last 10 years I would advise to look at your pet, does it have more hair over or under 2" long? If the majority of hair is shaggier then get the longer one. If the majority of hair is shorter than get the shorter haired version. But the basis of a good deshedding is the bath and blow out, I cannot tell you the difference my customers notice in the way we can hydro-massage quality soap-free shampoos into the coat, condition the hair, and most of the loose hair slides out in the bath. Then you use a nice big professional HV (high velocity) dryer like our K-9 II to blow the hair out straight and fluffy, then use this tool. It glides right through. Look into finding a self-serve pet wash nearby to utilize their professional set-up and make sure your pet is clean enough to Furminate. Hope this helps someone, ~Serena
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The rake is too big for 2 l b. yorkies. It is excellent on large dogs with thick, coarse hair..like german shepherds.
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I don't know - we are using it primarily on a wire hair terrier for stripping dead hairs. But, when we do that the other two (Australian Shepherd's) want in on the action and they like it, seems to thin out undercoat.I agree with makoola - go to Mar's website and check it out.
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I have German shepherds so I'm not sure. I bought a 7 inch skip tooth to thin their hair first and then a 7 inch. to finish and blend it. They work great and I am so glad I invested in them. Good Luck!!
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Maybe...we have a corgi/aussie X (longer fur) and works great. We stopped at our local PetSmart groomer with the dog and they let us try out a couple different grooming tools, which is how we ended up buying the undercoat rake.
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I really like this item.. my dogs have thicker hair. you may have to trim some hair off then trim down more... but I have found that this is the best trimmers I've got in a long while... it get 4 1/2 stars by me