I started this post back in May but didn’t have my phone cable handy to add the pictures so I never posted it, then I got busy with other stuff and forgot about my blog entirely.
I borrowed a furminator from a friend at work to see if it would help thin out Dash’s undercoat so he wouldn’t be too hot and might not get as many knots in his fur. The answer is yes for thinning out, yes for not as many knots, and it seems like yes for not as hot:
He didn’t really want to be brushed at first, but after a few times where I followed him around the room with the brush he came and curled up in my lap so I could brush him. This was with the short-hair furminator I was borrowing, so it was doing great at loosening his undercoat but wasn’t getting it out, but alternating brush stroke and petting rolled it into nice balls of fluff. Brushing Talore just produced a bunch of loose hair drifting around so I didn’t take a picture, but I got a good bit off her too.
Several weeks later I got a furminator of my own (the long hair version), and even though Talore has short hair it works quite well on her:
Despite how much fur I’ve gotten out of her coat it doesn’t look or feel any different. The long hair furminator works much better on Dash with his longer hair too.