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Features stainless steel rake with 20 round tip teethRubber coated handle for easy gripGently removes tangled and matted hairRemoves the underlying undercoat without irritation to skinSuitable for long hair pets
Specs:
| Color | Red and white |
| Height | 0 Inches |
| Length | 6.8 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Size | Medium |
| Weight | 0.3 Pounds |
| Width | 3.4 Inches |
Nope, just brushing it with something like this.
Many breeds of dogs have something called an undercoat. It's a thick downy layer that grows underneath the outside fur that's used for insulation.
Many will grow in a different one for summer than for winter so twice a year they shed the heck out of it and this is what happens.
I had a Newfoundland that I would brush like this every day for two weeks twice a year and get at least this much undercoat out each time.
(To be clear, I'd brush him other times, too. But during the sheds it was unbelievable how much fur would come out.)
You're not wrong, though. It's this undercoat that makes shaving these kinds of dogs problematic - the insulation, from cold or hot, doesn't work if the top coat and undercoat are shaved off.
I'd actually recommend against a furminator in your case. Furminators do very well with shorter-haired double-coats like a lab. Berners do have double coats, but their outer "guard" coat is very long so the furminator wouldn't get down the to the undercoat very effectively.
My recommendation is a greyhound comb (all dog owners should have this, #1 tool in your arsenal) and an undercoat rake with curved teeth like this: http://www.amazon.com/Undercoat-Rake-DeSheddingTool-Fantastic-Grooming-High-Brush-Cat-Grooming-Grooming/dp/B00CMJZ4TE
Source: Used to be professional dog groomer, tried a lot of equipment, and asked a lot of questions from fellow groomers at several different locations.
Sora is the only husky I've owned so far (although I have to keep myself from not having a dozen or two) so his situation may or may not be the norm, but twice a year he will shed his undercoat (happens to all Huskies but I'm not sure on the frequency) which typically lasts 6-8 weeks in his case. During this time you can pluck patches of wooly hair from his coat since they get dislodged from the skin; with regular brushing you can keep the runaway hair in check - a light brushing every day and a couple passes of something like the Furminator once a week should help.
I've found that the best thing to help remove the dislodged hair is to actually use a flea comb - it gets the hair right out, but not all sections of the undercoat decide to go at the same time.
Outside of this period he sheds mildly, so I use a Furminator and one of these and I think they work well. Depends on the length of your dog's hair, but since mine has medium hair both of these work.
These guys just never stop shedding though, and they have a LOT of hair. It's just something you learn to live with, but some folks can't stand the mess they naturally make. Having a Husky and being a neat freak don't go well together :)
Edit: Like said below, you never want to shave these guys when the concern is for their heat tolerance. Their coat protects them from extreme cold but also from extreme heat, and their skins are very sensitive to the sunlight. I does them more harm than good to shave them.