How to Reduce Shedding in Pets

It consists of what looks on first sight like a traditional flea comb and a handle. If you look closer you see that consists of a fine toothed stainless steel blade that passes through the topcoat and reaches the undercoat easily. It then removes with each movement all the dead, loose and 'ready to be shed on your furniture' hair. Whilst doing so, it also brings the natural skin oils your cat, dog or ferret produces to the top coat and so making it soft, smooth and shiny. Bear in mind, the Furminator doesn't cut, nor rips it out hair that is still alive and anchored in the skin. It only removes the dead hair, ideally before it gets matted! This way this grooming tool, when used correctly can reduce the hair shedding of your pet by up to 90%! And this effect can last for up to 6 weeks. That not also ensures that your home and your family look cleaner, i.e. pet hair-free, it also helps to reduce the suffering for pet hair allergy sufferers that might want to visit you!

Easy to use, this waterless shampoo and conditioner helps to prepare your cat or dog for the grooming session and loosens up the undercoat for maximum grooming and de-shedding success. As it is waterless, it is fast applied and your pet is ready to be de-shedded in no time. As it is a waterless shampoo it is great for cats – and dogs – that simply hate to be bathed the traditional way. It also contains Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids amongst other ingredients that help to give your pets coat this extra 'just freshly groomed' shine. It is recommended also for pets that have a very sensitive skin as it is hypoallergenic, but please try it out first time on a very small area, where you can see the skin well to be 100% sure that your dog or cat tolerates it well. You will notice that it helps to reduce odor, dandruff and even leaves a nice, natural fragrance on your pet fur. Whilst it helps to remove a dead hair, it also strengthens the ones that are alive and anchored in the skin, by nourishing it with its ingredients. This helps a long term solution to the whole shedding problem. Healthier fur coat means less shedding in general. For the curious, here a short summary of the ingredients of the Furminator Waterless deShedding Shampoo and Conditioner for Dogs and Cats:

• Coconut based cleaners

• Glycerin

• Hydrolyzed collagen protein

• Safflower oil

• Omega 3 + 6 fatty acids

• Vitamin E

Further advantages are also that you can use it in winter when it is too cold to give your dog a traditional bath and that it also helps to reduce dandruff, something especially annoyin in black dogs in my opinion.

How to use it:

• Follow the instruction that come with it, but in a nutshell:

• Give the fur a quick brush and clean out any hair knots.

• Spray pet with the waterless shampoo and conditioner and rub it in.

• Proceed with the Furminator Deshedding Tool as usual and enjoy the even easier grooming and the superior results.

This one is ideal for cases when your pet enjoys a nice bath but is reluctant to let you groom it. It works obviously even better with a good grooming session, but some de-shedding is still better as a shedding pet in your home! It works like any other shampoo. Carefully lower your pet into the bathtub or bath it in your back yard, on a short leash. Wet the fur throughly with nice warm water, make sure the water penetrates to the skin! One of the undercoats functions is to prevent this, so you will have to rub the water in for maximum effect. When coat is throughly wet, give little dabs of shampoo on it and lather it up well until the foam penetrates every thing. But make sure to spare carefully your pets face, especially the orifices and the eyes. Work it in for at least 5 minutes and then rinse thoroughly with clear water. Repeat if necessary. You can now proceed directly to drying your pet and to de-shed it with the Furminator tool if so desired. The shampoo is of the same high quality and as hypoallergenic as the waterless shampoo. But if you have a pet that tends to have allergy troubles you should make sure to test the product first on a small piece of skin. In all cases you should supervise your pet in order to avoid that it licks larger amounts of the shampoo. Apart of this, nothing special, easy to use and you will enjoy your new, less hairy pet! Which brings us to the next, additional step available

Suitable for both cats and dogs, it contains oatmeal, Omega 3+6 Fatty Acids and Aloe Vera. Further ingredients are: Kava Extract, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Vitamin A, Hydrolyzed Oat Protein, Vitamin E, Vitamin B5 and Chamomile Extract.

Its composition is meant to help to loosen up and to release dead hair and fur from the undercoat and to nourish the remaining hair and the skin. As all Furminator solutions and products it is hypoallergenic, and as always you should test it first on a small area on your hypersensitive pet before using it on its whole body! It basically works like a conditioner and is applied after you have shampooed and rinsed your pet throughly. And last but not least a few extra items in the Furminator system, first the

A triangular shaped brush with nubs, made out of extra soft and smooth rubber. It is meant to give your pet this little bit of extra massage when bathing it and it really helps to lather and foam up the shampoo. Additionally it will help to loosen up dead hir even more and to work the products better into very thick pet coats. It is rather small, 3 inches / 7.5 centimeter each side and therefor most effective with smaller and medium sized pets. Apart of loosening up the coat and working in the products it also gives a nice, stimulating massage to your pets skin and healthy hair. Apparently some dogs enjoy it so much that they beg for an extra massage, even when not bathed ;-) And there is also the

Ok, that might now not necessarily necessary, but as it is part of the de-shedding system, I think it is worth a few words. Basically it is a 18x24in / 45x120cm large micofiber towel that helps to dry small and middle sized dogs faster. It might be a bit undersized for a Grand St. Bernard dog ;-) It is machine washable and therefore reusable. As I said, it adds a nice little touch, but an old, traditional towel will do just as nicely, especially for larger dogs. For small dogs and cats it is surely nice to have and effective.