Adjustable Dematting

Fits in my hand easily with a comfortable grip. Grabs a lot of undercoat in a short amount of time. In just a minute or less, on my pom I had a Cottonball size ball of fur from him. This was recommended to me by our groomer because my 11 year old pomeranian has a very dense coat. (Literally feels like he's wearing a polar fleece hoodie) He's groomed approx every 8 weeks and they use this on him EVERY time! It's important to know that you need to detangle your pet FIRST!! Be sure you're not using it over matted areas. Comb those out first Use a favorite regular dog brush before using this. The Furminator only needs quick strokes in the direction the fur grows. This is NOT for long stroke brushing. It grabs an insane amount of undercoat which is just hanging in there anyways. Your dog will be uncomfortable if you take to long of strokes with this as it will pull. Otherwise it's very good at getting the job done. Can be used on short hair dogs too. Has an adjustable height option but be VERY careful. Your dog will hate you if you use this too far down into their coat and cut or scratch them with it. I do not recommend this being used by kids under age 15 unless you're sure your kids are very well informed on how to use it. Definitely not for kids under 10. This reaches deeper than any other tool I've ever used and works wonders on my pomeranian. If you've got a pomeranian, golden retriever, husky, malamute, chow or any dog with a similar coat thickness or fluff level, this will help greatly between grooming. I highly recommend Furminator predicts but especially this.

I have a TNR who I have been trying to gain trust with. He’s long-haired and ends up, ripping his own fur out to get the knots out of himself. I needed something that was going to work well, that is well-made and going to cut through without too much effort since I didn’t know how long of a chance I was going to have with him to get the mat off his neck. Well, this worked. It’s very smooth to the touch on the blade area no chance of cutting your pet and when combing at the mat to get under it, it didn’t pull very hard instead cut the hair mat that was combed into the hooked area of the comb. He actually allowed me to do it as if I was just combing him. this is a cat that is just learning to trust. Also feel that the gray color is less intimidating when you’re bringing it close to them. All these wild colors I don’t think are great ideas when you’re trying to work with animals that are a little timid, or untrusting , I can say I highly recommend this piece and I am impressed at how well it works.

Our Maine Coon, Floki, is long-haired and fluffy like most cats of that breed. His tummy is wavy/curly and he definitely gets little knots and mats of fur under his "arms" and down around the base of his tail. This thing works pretty well to detangle and remove knots. I try to pull the knot apart a bit by hand first because if it really pulls with the de-matter, Floki will give me a bite! But mostly he doesn't mind me using this on him. Still, keeping him groomed so that we have less hair on the couches and other things he lays on is a challenge. I have a couple of combs and a couple brushes, and one of those rubber-spikey gloves (that thing is pretty useful) and now the de-matter. It takes all of these things to manage a Maine Coon's fur! Furmintaor tools are pricey, this one less so but if it works, then I guess it's worth it and this one is sturdy and seems to be wellmade, should last years.

This is my favorite dematter for my Maine Coon cat, who has very long, silky hair. However, you need to try different tools on your particular pet's coat to see what works best for that coat. What I like about this one, besides the curve of the claws, is that it's relatively narrow, so you don't pull a lot of hair at one time. I try to hold the base of the mat so the tool is not uncomfortable for my cat, and gently remove a small part of the mat at a time. With a much wider tool that I own, I still only use a corner of it so I'm not pulling across a lot of skin. When I bought this, I had been using a brush and an Xacto knife--please, please do not do this, because it is very easy to cut your pet (only once for me, fortunately) or yourself (many times). So I had expected that the claw teeth in this would be razor sharp. They're not, and that's probably a good thing because eventually you'll need to work close to the skin, and that's why it's shaped this way, to keep from digging in. A really bad mat may require some cutting with scissors but again, carefully. Cat's skin, in particular, is pretty loose, so you don't want to pull it up and then cut it through the mat! That's why the Xacto knife is such a bad idea; even scissors are dangerous if you get too close to the skin. Here's my best advice. Use this regularly and get on top of the matting. In my case, it took around 3 months to overcome the matting that had already occured on my cat, because he's only willing to stand for this for perhaps 10 or 15 minutes at a time. So you just want to remove them faster than they're forming and eventually, even if it takes months, you'll get caught up. I try to do a brushing every two days. It's a lot of work, and the cat doesn't like it a lot, although brushing is not as bad as dematting, but if you stay caught up with the mats, everyone will be a lot happier. It's a quality tool, and works well on my particular cat.

Hmm..well. Bought this bc my 10yrld main coon gets the worst matts when his hair grows out. I mean, the hairbrush is nothing against his coat. Groomers were closed bc of corona and I was feeling defeated, he was started to feel miserable. Here’s the thing - my cat doesn’t like being brushed in general. So this...was a challenge. It takes 4 hands to groom him and I only have 2, so. It claims to not pull, but sad to say, it does. I had to be extremely diligent when using this bc everytime it would tug he would get frustrated and the already short amount of time I had to groom him was gone. It tugged a lot. Albeit, it did, infact cut his hair, I mean those blades are SHARP. I would say this is practical if you have very minor matts, but if you’ve got a big one that’s right up to the skin, this thing won’t do much. My short haired dog did enjoy having me run it across his back. Will try again with this when cats hair starts to grow back and if I spot any minor matts coming in, like I said i think it would be more practical then. To sum it up, the price can’t be beat and you could def get some use out of this thing, but putting money in the groomers would probably be your best option.

This dematting tool removed mats from my long-haired cat, Gracie. She had terrible mats on her sides that combing wouldn't touch. Gracie loves being combed so using this tool was a breeze. It took three sessions of 20 to 30 minutes each time to remove all the matting. Please take your time and go slowly. I used it first on her unmatted hair to try it out. Then I held her skin and mats with my left hand and used the tool with my right. That way I didn't pull on her fragile skin. The teeth on the tool helped to break up the mat so I carefully cut out some of the mat. I started at the end of the mat and detangled that hair first, then worked my way back. The first time was the hardest. The second and third times went very well for both Gracie and for me. Both of us knew what to expect. She looks and feels so much better and is very soft. I will use this in the winter to keep her from getting matted again. The only problem I had was my other two short-haired cats wanted their turn, too! I lightly combed them with the tool and they enjoyed themselves. They both have very short under-coats and no matting. Great product, easy to use, great price!

We have an older kitty who is slowly declining from kidney issues. He normally grooms himself just fine, and he's a DSH, not a long-hair so... To our surprise, he turned up with two big matted spots, one on each hip. Just those areas - the rest seems to be OK. We have zero experience with matting like this and turned to Google, which of course led us to Amazon lol. We already have a regular FURminator, but this was beyond that. We debated taking him to a groomer, but worried about stressing him out. So we got this dematting tool. We are definitely not great cat groomers lol - but the tool did its job, and we managed to get those mats off without hurting him! Well worth the price of admission. One tip we have is, make sure you're reading the right instructions! The instructions were a paper of instructions for probably every tool they make, and we nearly followed the wrong ones. You are supposed to use it against the fur (going from tail toward head), not with the fur (head toward tail). We also fiddled a bit getting the rake (?) to the right depth position, using the buttons on the sides and top. Make sure it's even and locked. I hope to never need it again, but would definitely use it if needed.

Danger. This cut my cat pretty bad. The blades are too profound, big, sharp. Still, it did not reach under the mats fully. I think cats are too delicate for this, and I'll go back to my old cheaper cat deshedding mat rake that cost $5. This product is really excellently made, and likely it would be good for a dog with a shedding problem or a dog with mats. Maybe this is best for a larger dog with long hair, or a dog with undercoat fur shedding (like a german sheperd). If you use this on a dog like a lab, you taking off their needed top fur too, and same on more ornamental dogs. I wondered why the cat and dog hair rakes are not sold at the Walmart store....just too dangerous. Well, as you know, cats are just "thin skinned". Also, watch out for product vids on youtube, as they are not going to discuss this danger, and also the product support paid vids here you Amazon....they have only the positive view. My own approach was to try some of the matting and shedding products for my cats, as recommended for cats. Then, today I'm goint to donate the ones that were just too dangerous to the DOG animal shelter, not the cat one. And, think about this, a bloody close nick could end up costing you stitches at the vet and $2oo plus. Mostly though, I don't want to hurt my buddy cats. This furminator is the BEST of it's type, but for a very specific dog.