The Furminator Gets Rid of a LOT of Fur!

• GeekAlerts
  January 11th, 2008 at 6:00 pm

  I’ve been trying for so long to get a hold of one of these here in Sweden, it’s impossible. They’re available at Amazon, but it’s one of those products where shipping it to Sweden just isn’t an option.

  Anyone who’ve tried it, is it good?

• Deb
  January 11th, 2008 at 6:07 pm

  Well — that pretty much was how much fur I got off my Husky mix and she has a lot less fur than that retriever.

• Harry
  January 11th, 2008 at 6:10 pm

  The Hardware Aisle link shown takes you to another equally compelling post. The Furminator post can be found here:

  http://hardwareaisle.thisoldhouse.com/2008/01/pet-furminator.html

• megmeg
  January 11th, 2008 at 6:10 pm

  I use something similar on my dog, except the handle is more oval-shaped. The comb part is the same though, and let me tell you, the first time I used it on her, it looked like she had spawned a twin. She’s a husky/shepherd mix and this was in the summer so her coat wasn’t long like a golden’s, but there was an insane amount of fur everywhere, and it filled up an entire standardish sized trash can. The amount of fur was surprising, so it could be possible for those photos to be real.

• Tempscire
  January 11th, 2008 at 6:28 pm

  We have a similar comb for our cats. It works great, but they both loathe the thing. The dog seemed okay with it, though.

• Alex
  January 11th, 2008 at 6:38 pm

  Oops - The link should be fixed now. Thanks Harry!

• Lorkeet
  January 11th, 2008 at 7:06 pm

  Believe the photo.I use one on my labrador and it is amazing how much hair comes off! I highly recommend it for those with the shedding breeds.

• tobot
  January 11th, 2008 at 7:10 pm

  we have one for our cat and he goes nuts for it

• Joy
  January 11th, 2008 at 8:12 pm

  Yep, the thing really works. I’ve got two American Eskimo dogs. Every time I use the furminator on them I accumulate enough undercoat hair to make a a third all-white dog!

• Miss Cellania
  January 11th, 2008 at 9:05 pm

  What makes this different from a regular comb? Is it fine-tooth or something? It hard for me to get a good look.

• mb
  January 11th, 2008 at 9:17 pm

  I have one of those for my cats. I also have a big-ass scar on my forearm from when I tried to use it on said cats. It worked though - an unbelievable amount of fur came out of the cat. It’s not worth the blood though…

• Jared Boehm
  January 11th, 2008 at 9:21 pm

  I also have one of these. I’ve got a Black Lab-Border Collie-Blue Healer mix and the thing is amazing. I couldn’t believe how much undercoat it pulled out and it has greatly reduced shedding. In answer to Miss Cellania’s question about how it’s different from a regular comb - it’s finely toothed and they’re shaped so that when a hair gets between teeth, the teeth grab onto the hair. Quite ingenious really.

• AbbyJoy
  January 11th, 2008 at 10:25 pm

  Oh I think all that fur is really from that golden. Having owned and bred goldens for the last 20 years I have a little experience with their shedding. Dogs are social animals and are constantly trying to grow enough fur to make a new friend for themselves every day!

• Janet
  January 11th, 2008 at 10:41 pm

  The furminator is awesome. I was skeptical at first, but it does get that much hair out and I have a cat! It was crazy!

• Paul
  January 12th, 2008 at 2:37 am

  It’s just a flea comb mounted on a fancy handle. I’ve been combing my cat with one for years (a flea comb).

• Pudifoot
  January 12th, 2008 at 11:05 am

  it’s more fun just to shave your dog every once in a while. It is even more fun to shave your cat.

  (there is a naughty joke there somewhere…hmmm…)

• Leslie
  January 12th, 2008 at 5:20 pm

  I have one.

  I have two ragdoll cats that have fur like a rabbit’s and nothing I found on the market worked. So, the one day they went on sale at 50% off at the local pet store I went in and bought one. It still set me back around $50 but here’s the thing…it worked! That day I let hubby do the deed and he shrunk my cat by about a third! I had no idea he was all fuzz!

• KRSplat
  January 13th, 2008 at 2:50 am

  I don’t have one
  I am a REBEL

• Fazia
  January 14th, 2008 at 10:16 am

  I know a couple men that could do with using one of those.

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