the furminator

I haven't used it yet, but I have been thinking of getting one for Blue and trying it out on him. It looks like a wonderful tool, I think I will be getting one soon and hopefully it will help with the hairballs rolling around in our house

I def. see a difference in the shedding... still have to vaccum all the time.. but when i bathed them this week.. much less hair in the tub.... I think its great....

I got a molting rake for crusher the other day.  It looks like the Furminator but was 7 dollars.  I have to run the vaccum while I rake him with it cause fur goes everywhere.  If the Furminator works better than this I'd be scared to use it!

Furminator didn't work at all for us. It just cut some guard hairs and refused to get down into the undercoat. (yes, I know how to use it correctly). I think it works on some dogs, not on others depending on each dogs coat.
It basically looks like a clipper blade (a #40?) on a handle. QVC and Ebay have cheaper prices than the homesite.

Wait so the Furminator actually cuts the undercoat out?  Wouldnt that leave some of it behind to come out in the future when it would naturally come out?  And shorter to boot so that the little tiny hairs are impossible to get out of your nose?

oh no, I didn't mean to infer that *(probably phrased it wrong). On my dog it couldn't even get down into the undercoat. It just snapped off the outer top coat/guard hairs. I stress - this was on my dogs coat.
I think it normally is designed to pull or rake out the undercoat, but doesn't cut it. I just mentioned the blade part because it looks exactly like a clipper blade screwed/attached to a handle.
I think the Furminator is like most grooming tools - what works great on one dog might do terrible job on another dog (even if the same breed). Sorry if I confused anyone...
BTW: I happen to have good luck with an undercoat rake (mine has retracting and rotating pins). If you go this route just make sure to get the right length of pins to really get down into the undercoat completely. I would also suggest not getting the widest one, as you can actually rake them more easily with a less wide one (at least on my dog who is an Irish/Golden mix). If you do use a un undercoat rake/furminator/etc, be careful when going over boney areas like the spine. Sometimes I also use a shedding blade left over from my horsey days.
As he is neginning to blow his coat right now - you ought to see the fur fly. I have actually killed my vac via overheating!! ha ha ha

I am THRILLED with my furminator! I've used rakes, shedding blades, curries, slickers, the whole deal. Yes, they remove hair, but my dogs seem to still shed! When I got the furminator I got straight to work on my Shiba and one smooth Jack Russell. I did them for like 3 days in a row and then vacuumed the floors as my "test." The next week I realized that I hadn't vaccuumed the kitchen in like 6 days... usually 4 or 5 days is when the "tumbleweeds" are so bad you can't stand it. I was a believer after that.
 
It works on the smooth coat the best, but it will remove some of the undercoat on my two rough coated JRT's, and when I don't have time to strip coat my non-show terrier, I rake it over her and it'll pull out a decent quantity of the dead outercoat as well. I love it!

I found a great deal on them at QVC.com...passed around on a list for Beagles I'm on. I think it ended up being around $35 including shipping. I got the blue one.
 
I've enjoyed it so far...the hounds seem to like the way it feels and as both my Momma's are doing the after puppy blow to the skin thing, it's come in handy.
 
From my experience it's been a nice product to keep around in addition to the other usual stuff!

I was watching QVC when their pet products were being sold and the furminator came on for like $29 and I convinced my mom to order it. I love it and furminate the dogs only about once or twice a month since they are shorthaired dogs. I use it on my Norwegian Forest Cat mix every other weekend since he sheds so bad

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I am THRILLED with my furminator! I've used rakes, shedding blades, curries, slickers, the whole deal. Yes, they remove hair, but my dogs seem to still shed! When I got the furminator I got straight to work on my Shiba and one smooth Jack Russell. I did them for like 3 days in a row and then vacuumed the floors as my "test." The next week I realized that I hadn't vaccuumed the kitchen in like 6 days... usually 4 or 5 days is when the "tumbleweeds" are so bad you can't stand it. I was a believer after that.

It works on the smooth coat the best, but it will remove some of the undercoat on my two rough coated JRT's, and when I don't have time to strip coat my non-show terrier, I rake it over her and it'll pull out a decent quantity of the dead outercoat as well. I love it!

Glad to hear it works on your smooth JRT.  I also have a smooth JRT, which furminator did you get, I know they have different sizes and lengths.   I am thinking I could also use this on my kitties as they shed a ton .  I had seen this product before but figured it was bs and did not work well.  Glad to hear some good things on it...may have to give it a shot.

I love the Furminator as well. I bought the small size even though my dog is 50 pounds, as it is easier to manage and use on the chest, hips and shoulder areas. I have found it doesn't work on short slick coats very well, or at least not any better than a ZoomGroom which is only $4. I found my Furminator online for $24, and am so glad I made the purchase!!

I just bought the furminator too (cost $60, Canadian funds) and am liking it so far. Jake doesn't like it but then again, he doesn't like brushing in general (he only tolerates it because he knows he's going for a walk immediately afterwards). I did manage to furminate the curly/coarse/thick fluff on his butt and now it's a lot flatter. Since Jake isn't making the job so easy (darn you, it was $60!) the cats have been enjoying it. Buffy will definitely benefit from it since she's the heaviest shedder (and she has the shortest hair! It figures.) but I managed to get a LOT of hair out of Willow today. Even got a picture of it but I haven't uploaded it yet.

I have used one on my Sheltie and it really gets rid of a lot of hair - my little (5 lb) Persian did not care for it at all as it seemed to snag on her "cottony" coat.  I was hoping it would work for both of them as I do deal with a lot of animal hair.
 
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I bought the small (blue handle) one to use on my 2 cats. One cat has long hair, the other cat has medium length hair. Both kitties are prolific shedders! [8|] I finally got a minute to try it this morning. After about 6 strokes on the long haired cat's side I had a big pile of hair. WOW! [:-] I'm going to be using it tonight to do a thorough job on the long hair cat. I'll post a photo of the hair I manage to get off and let you all how long it takes.

Maybe this will cut down on the kitty fur tumbleweeds that blow across our floor. []