Best brush / groomer for Cushings coat?

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Trewsers

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Storm did not cope at all with the Prascend meds and last year after trying for a few months vet and me decided she'd be better off it. Unfortunately that means her coat is quite a bit thicker than it used to be. Not so bad it requires clipping but definitely thicker / denser. And, with bad weather and heavy rain it seems to look thicker and harder to groom.
What if anything would you recommend? I have the usual suspects, rubber curry, goat hair brush, cowboy magic style brush, medium brush and a furminator. Just asking. Its a while since I bought any brushes as well, perhaps there are new things that you've tried?
I just want to fluff her up rather than have the fur looking wavy. I will take a photo - to show what I mean.
 
Frances144 said:
I quite like those wire brushes for sheepskins! They separate the hairs well. My horses and ponies have thick coats with tough hair, so possibly not ideal for a horse/pony with a thin coat.
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Might be a bit too harsh for her. Though OH did suggest some kind of poodle grooming device.
 
I'd actually suggest clipping her but using a blade that leaves a good hair length. I have some blades that leave 4.8mm of hair length, about the equivalent of a normal summer coat, that I use on Luka not because he has Cushings but because somewhere in his ancestry there may well be woolly mammoth! He didn't look clipped, but was a lot more comfortable in the summer heat and working but without the risk of sunburn or increased exposure to flies.
 
Dan has a very thick, heavy coat that can go clumpy, I find a magic brush best, or when it gets really thick, a basic human paddle brush gets through it and fluffs it up well.
 
carthorse said:
I'd actually suggest clipping her but using a blade that leaves a good hair length. I have some blades that leave 4.8mm of hair length, about the equivalent of a normal summer coat, that I use on Luka not because he has Cushings but because somewhere in his ancestry there may well be woolly mammoth! He didn't look clipped, but was a lot more comfortable in the summer heat and working but without the risk of sunburn or increased exposure to flies.
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I did wonder on the clipping, would have to get her used to the noise though, she's never been clipped - I have clippers though that I bought for Chloe.
 
@Trewsers my Heiniger Saphirs are pretty quiet, plus they're cordless and have snap on blades so no need to faff with tensioning. And I still make a botch of clipping!
 
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carthorse said:
@Trewsers my Heiniger Saphirs are pretty quiet, plus they're cordless and have snap on blades so no need to faff with tensioning. And I still make a botch of clipping!
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I often wish I had bought cordless - I think at the time they were out of my price range and I opted for plug in. Used to bring Chloe into the garage, bless her she was okay with the coming into the garage part but we had to use Domesedan as they were sore and vet told us to get as much feather off as poss.
 
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