Should I buy a FURminator?

During the spring and summer, pets shed more to help them thermoregulate. That said, you don’t have to tolerate fur-dust bunnies in your home just because you own and love pets. As a vet surrounded by fur and dander all day, I admit it - I hate shedding fur and take it to an extreme with my own pets: I shave them. That’s right – I shave my two short-haired cats down to the peach-fuzz level during the spring and summer to decrease the massive shedding… that is, until I met my first FURminator.

I’ve always just used traditional brushes on my pets: a metal shedding blade scraping brush on my dog, and a metallic slicker brush for my cats. I didn’t realize what injustice I was doing until I tried out my first FURminator – and was appalled at how much hair I could groom out. If you have a cat or a long-haired dog, it’s worth the investment. In fact, after using it once, you’ll realize that you finally found the ideal brush to get that undercoat out. The bad news – if you’re too aggressive, you can actually cause bald or patchy spots on your pets. I noticed this after aggressively grooming one of my cats…but thankfully it grew all back.

So yes, unless you want to invest a few hundred into clippers, the FURminator is worth the investment! Two thumbs up from this vet.

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