Grooming & Shedding
Short, regular sessions do more than an occasional marathon. Find your dog's rhythm in how often to brush a dog, by coat type, then pick the right tool with slicker brush vs deshedding tool.
When hair starts drifting across the floor in spring and fall, dog shedding season explains what is happening and how to keep up. Cat owners will find a brushing schedule and a gentle plan for cats who resist the brush here too. The brushes, de-shedding tool and nail grinder these guides mention are in dog and cat grooming tools.
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Buying guide
What Size Slicker Brush Do I Need? Matching Head to Coat
Buying a slicker by the dog’s size gets it wrong about half the time, because the head size should match the area you are brushing and the pin length should match the coat. This covers both, plus the pressure trap on large heads and when a multi-pack makes sense.
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Buying guide
Types of Dog Brushes: Which Brush Suits Your Dog’s Coat
Slicker, de-shedding tool, pin, bristle, rubber curry, comb or rake: what each type of dog brush does, a coat-by-coat table of the ones your dog needs, the three tools we stock and the ones we don’t, and the signs a brush is wrong for the coat.
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Buying guide
Best Brush for Cats: Choosing by Coat, Undercoat and Temperament
Which brush suits your cat: soft silicone pins, a slicker or a de-shedding tool? Match the tool to coat length, undercoat, skin, age and temperament, see which brush we stock for each coat, and spot the signs that a brush is the wrong one.
