Tools

bristles made of animal (horse or boar) hair, human hair, or synthetic material that resembles hair

flat, rubber brushes have stubby rubber teeth that, especially when used in a circular motion on a dry dog with very short hair or a smooth

canvas or rubber mitts that fit over your hand, as a mitten would, and are covered on one side with rubber nubs, similar to those on the cur

grooming tool that includes a handle attached to a sharpened blade that can be used to cut through mats when attempting to preserve the leng

stainless-steel blades are lined up side-by-side and are perpendicularly fixated to a handle, and the resulting tool resembles a garden rake

similar to the mat rake, except the blades are placed parallel to the handle instead of perpendicularly

They are dull, not sharp, and the tool is not meant to saw through a mat; it is simply meant to pick away at a mat in the most comfortable f

this tool resembles a human hairbrush, except instead of teeth or bristles it contains several short, -sharp blades

metal comb, such as a Greyhound comb or a comb with handle that is used during the dematting process.

process of removing undercoat to allow new healthy hair to grow into the coat effortlessly without becoming tangled or impacted

looks like a long strip of metal with plastic handles on either end. One aspect of the blade is serrated, and the other side may be smooth.

comb perpendicularly attached to a handle. The length of the teeth should be relative to the length of the dog’s coat

basically involves using your thumb and index finger to grasp just a few hairs on the dog’s coat and pull, releasing any loose hairs. Both g

used by seasoned and well-trained groomers during stripping (as an alternative to using their hands, or handstripping)

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