Dematting Tricks and Techniques for Pet Grooming - Gina's Grooming

Come learn the "big secret" of dematting many types of our pet coats. Remember that if a pet is matted down to the skin on it's body, you need to shave! No question! But if a pet has matting in spots and you want to get through it humanely and effectively, come watch our video to learn about dematting tips and tricks. Thanks for watching!
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Good tricks 👍

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Looks like you bathed this dog prior to dematting or did you just spray with a Detangler prior to a bath? I was under the impression you have to brush out /take care of matts prior to bathing. I have heard of owners not using a slicker brush and then comb through when brushing their pet at home - having matts build up under the top layer, taking their pet to the groomer only to be told it has to be shaved because the matts are so bad. The owners of this dog are blessed to have a groomer (you) who will go through this effort. Do you recommend Detangler spraying the coat prior to brushing a curly coated dog e.g. poodle? Thank you for posting this video.

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Hi Susan, thanks for your great comment! Most definitely if a dog has matting to the skin (let's call that level 8-10 on a matting scale of 1-10), then yes, you definitely don't want to get the matting wet and at this point you may have to shave. Romeo, our model, has wispy Havanese coat and his mats were farther from the skin, let's say level 5 matting on maybe 10% of his body, which I actually only saw the extent of the matting while drying him (he's a regular, and is rarely matted). Ideally, you want to brush matting out before the bath with conditioning spray, but I have found that some types of coats (Terriers in particular) do better with dematting while damp + conditioning spray. So it really depends! But I always brush Poodles before the bath unless they are short. And I use conditioning spray (I like THE Stuff and Crowne Royale) for this pre-brushing. But if you can't see down to the skin on parts of the body, and a brush/comb/dematter is pulling too much, then shave it is! Thank you so much for watching and for your wonderful question! 😊🐶