Help with Boxer hair!

creditcarddebt

Hi

I have a male boxer, now age 13, and he is constantly losing hair all over the house! I have seen on Amazon a brush called the Ferminator, and it has some pretty good reviews, but then I found one that said it is like a razor blade and cuts the hair instead. As Sprocket has lots of warts all over him this sounds like it could end up badly! I don't want to go cutting them all off with a supposed brush.

Has anyone used one of these brushes, or has anyone got any tips for stopping so much hair coming out. I gave him a good brush this morning and brushed out 3 big handfuls before he started getting annoyed with it, but there is loads more that will come out.

Thanks

minxtress

My mum has a large dog and the vets reccomended this brush as its reaches the underneath hair and detangles rather than just doing the surface hair

Caroline_a

Furminators are really good for longer haired dogs, not sure it would be great for a short haired dog like a boxer. When I had Danes they used to moult more and more as they got older.... I ended up hoovering them with the hose, they seemed to like it!

adviceforall

Our old collie would let me hoover him but the 3 we have now would rather run a mile than me to do that..:)
I brought one a while ago and tried it on our lurcher and got loads out, he wasn't that keen on it, so we have kept to small sessions doing it rather than 1 long session

Caroline_a

To answer part of your original question - the Furminator doesnt have blades, it has short tightly packed tynes almost like a flea comb. This is what brings out the dead undercoat, but short haired dogs dong have undercoat like that as such.

Have you tried a hound glove?

HannahIOW

We have a furminator which we use on our rottweiler (not long or short haired, sort of in between). It doesn't cut the hair, but as the previous poster said it removes the undercoat. You could probably use one ok on your boxer dog just go slowly with it so as not to hurt his warts.

creditcarddebt

Thanks for all your replies. I was tempted to use a hoover on him but thought that seemed a little cruel!! I might give it a go though.

I have not tried a hound glove - where would I buy one of those from? The problem has certainly got worse as he gets older, am guessing its just one of those things you have to deal with (as well as wiping the slobber off the walls!!!:().

getcarter

I've got a rubber brush that I use on my staffies, the coat should be about the same length I would have thought, got a furminator for my other dog but wouldn't use it on the staffies as I wouldn't think I's need it.

It's a Kong Zoom is you want to google it.

without-a-paddle

creditcarddebt wrote: »

Thanks for all your replies. I was tempted to use a hoover on him but thought that seemed a little cruel!! I might give it a go though.

My boxer absolutely loves being hoovered, follows me around until i do it lol, even lifts his front legs up so i can do his "underarms" :rotfl:

creditcarddebt

I tried the hoover this morning, on the lowest setting so it did'nt suck too much, but he was not impressed! And as he is so old I did'nt think I should push my luck.

He also has quite flaky skin of late, should I shampoo him with some drandruff shampoo? Also any tips on making him smell a bit better....he has vile breath which I know is par for the course, but this is extreme. The vet has said his teeth and gums look good, and I have tried those denta sticks, but they make him sick!

HannahIOW

Pets at home sell a herby/minty spray that you squirt directly into the dogs mouth, we use this when the dog's breath gets too much to bear lol.