FURminator Adjustable Dematting

This worked very well to take out two mats on my dog. I tried to remove them with a regular brush with no luck. Love this tool! It’s easy to use and my dog didn’t mind it at all.

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.

Works well!

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.

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.

When I saw the condition of my elderly relative's cat, who was very overweight and evidently couldn't reach to clean her back's fur for a long time, probably years, I was horrified. I figured I needed to get this cat to a vet, it was so bad--the entire half of her back was severly matted with large very hardened mats. But a friend who traps, rescues and spays stray cats in another state told me that the vets she works with use a Furminator, so I tried it. At first it seems like it wouldn't work without pulling the cat's hair and causing pain. BUT, I started just sliding the Furminator over each individual clump of hard hair bit-by-bit, slowly, just a few times when the cat was around, and eventually it starts get loosened and to come off. Then, I was able to each part of her back--overall SUCCESS in about a week and a half--with virtually NO pain or stress to the cat. Once in awhile I pulled a little too hard and the cat certainly let me know,. But, I am astounded and very pleased that this Furminator worked after all! The trick is to do it very slowly at the cat's tolerance speed.Thought it was important to share this information.

Size of comb head is perfect for underbelly and around the rear-end and back of legs. My cat is about 17 years old and cannot groom himself so he gets terrible mats around these areas as he cannot reach them any longer. But this tool will be so helpful for me to groom him. It cuts right through the mats with no pulling so there's no pain involved. Everything else I tried, including other defurminators, just pulled at the mats. My poor cat would cry and even bite me. He is happy and so am I. Highly, highly recommend this tool for long haired cats that mat easily. It cuts right through their soft fine hair.