Blunt Hacksaw Blade or Stripping brush

[Guest jrt]

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Edited January 8, 2009 by jrt

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Differances are depth of teeth (Dual, on a decent brush). Comfort for user. And about three and a half quid!

 

How funny that you should raise this today, when only yesterday I gave my lot a good going over and was so pleased with myself I thought I might mention it on here and show ye my stripper, by way of hearty endorsement.

 

Well, here is is anyway. Had it years and swear up, down and sideways by it. Why mess about with old saw blades when this thing will still set ye back probably less than a fiver? Handle comes apart too, to give ye a Currying Knife type affair, lest he have a truly huge Dog to handle.

 

 

Stripper

 

 

Incidentally; If ye live in a town, I'd seriously suggest taking ye Dog out to an open space somewhere to do this. Otherwise balls of fur tend to drift everywhere and will probably upset one of ye neighbours!

 

Birds'll love ye for it though. Some are still building nests even now.

[Hob&Jill 258]

How do you use them? Do you just comb like a normall brush?

 

Just my Beddyx has a very thick coat and is geting very hot when out on walks at this time of year, so thought stripping might be a good idea, but dont have a clue how to do it

[Guest jrt]

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Edited January 8, 2009 by jrt

[Guest reload]

I have used stripping combs/knives, with teeth and blade between the teeth, the traditional one.

And I have used the one like old ditchshitter, both are good.

 

The ditch shitter one is ideal to remove loose coat on lurchers aswell, not really a truly artistic approach for a terrier but does the job just fine.

 

Hacksaw blades are fecking hardwork on the hands i expect, when for a few quid ye can get one of the above mentioned.

 

Regards Reload

[bill88 6]

I stripped my terrier yesterday with a blunt hacksaw blade, took me over a hour to do, anyway quite proud of the results for my first try at doing it. whats the difference in using a proper stripping comb to a hacksaw blade? is it worth buying a stripping comb?

what are the benefits of stripping and how often is it needed? my dog has a broken coat, will his coat grow back harder and more dence? was told that when clipped the coat turns to shit, and curls up and away from the dogs body.

F**k me mate,you did well to keep the dog there for an hour.I just use me fingers to strip,but i never stay at it for more than ten or fifteen minutes at a time,any longer than that and the dog won't sit still and starts giving me evil looks.

[squirreltail 15]

Like bill88 I use my fingers and also a stripping knife.fingers do the job better.the point of stripping is to get rid of the fluffy bit of undercoat and leave just the hard top coat.if you want less fur I do a mates labrador with an electric dog clipper, this does a brilliant job but takes loads of tim as their coats are so thick and dense.well done mate stickin it for an hour and well done the dog.

[Guest jrt]

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Edited January 8, 2009 by jrt

[jacko 1]

HI, ME MAM PUTS POWDERED CHALK ON OUR BORDERS SO YOU CAN GRIP THE COAT BETTER, IT MAKES IT WELL EASIER. JACKO.

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

JRT; What it is mate, I have this f*cking great Dog here. English Mastiff x Rottie. He sheds a carpet of hair every year. I was at my wits end with it as massive fur clouds blew around my laminate floor. I was sweeping up three times a day and getting no where.

 

Then, by chance, I was in a pet shop and he drew some attention from the staff. I mentioned what a f*cker he was for the shedding and the Dog Groomer who happened to be there said, " Oh. You need one of these then. " With that, she produced the thing I showed ye and, with a couple of strokes, brought a fist full of dead hair out of his coat!

 

Suffice to say I bought one there and then and now use it when ever the fancy takes me. I use it on all my Dogs. Run away? The b*stards queue up and jockey to get under the bloody thing! They Love it! I guess it's a bit like when someone sits scratching ye head. It's just nice. And any of my lot will sit there, watching the world around them, for every bit as long as I have time and arm power to simply keep brushing away at them.

 

Nip down to ye local pet shop or else take a look on the Bay / Google. Stripping Comb. Should find a wealth of them available

[lonedigga 23]

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[Guest jrt]

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[EOD 0]

is it too soon to treat my 8 month lakeland very thick coat on him

 

can see him hit hard with any hot days we had in the last few weeks

[highlander 0]

I have got one the same as DS great thing I used to use a hacksaw blade but it was hard on the hands. I use my one on the terriers, lurchers and spaniel. Only cost me a couple of quid from pet smart.

 

Regards highlander.

[celt 1]

stupid question i have not used chalk ever, does it make a big difference and where do ye get it?