Oster Porcupine Brush, Medium to Long Coats (078279-103-001)

My puppy is 9 months old and started shedding. He’s a Larger dog now and he has a hair type I’ve never dealt with. He’s a mix, but clearly has some golden retriever or at least that type of hair. So I looked up how to care for a retriever’s coat and one of the must haves was a porcupine type brush. I didn’t want to spend a ridiculous amount on something I wasn’t sure of, and I didn’t need an over priced fancy looking one either. The price was right in this brush, and it ended up doing an amazing job! I highly recommend this if you need this type of brush for your pooch.

Does nothing for my golden retrievers fur. Her fur just slides right through it doesn't grab anything

It's fine. Like others, I found the bristles don't reach far enough into the coat to be effective at this point, but my Lab/Golden's longer fur is just starting to grow in, so maybe someday. The bristles all bent on one side when it was stored, I don't really care but be careful not to cram the brush up against something when you store it. I think it's an adequate brush for detangling, not necessarily for getting out lots of loose fur though.

My lab mix has a short coat. Sometimes she gets mud caked on her and the soft bristle brush isn't stiff enough to break up the died mud. THIS brush does that easily and the small beads on the ends of the bristle keeps it from scratching her skin. Works really well.

I have a husky and a golden retriever. This brush didn’t work for either of them. The hair gets stuck in the thicker part of the brush and then is hella hard to get the hair off it and even if you do it barely brushes their hair at all. Not worth the money

I bought this brush for my border collie, which has longer thin hair, and the longer very stuff bristles keep the short close together bristles from even reaching her hair. If you have a dog with very thick hair like a Newfie or Great Pyrenees, or something with that type of really thick long hair, this would be a great brush, but for a regular medium/long thinner hair dog, not so much. Luckily, my sister has a Great Pyrenees, and she LOVES it for him. He likes to go roll around in the dirt and this really works well for getting the shedding hair out, as well as getting the dirt/dust out also.

The bristle are very soft, my Cat loves to brush her front teeth with them, just run the brush up the jaw line. Make sure to wash it otherwise it will start to smell like cat breath.I got 2 because my Cat loves to be brushed with this also, and than bought 3 extra in storage in case they stop making them.

Not effective for longer hair dogs.