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Dark Angel
Silver Member
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 Posted - 07 Apr 2010 : 7:41:19 PM
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After seeing posts about the Furminator last week I decided to order one. I found an equine one on the well known auction site for a very reasonable £10.95 with free delivery. It arrived yesterday so this afternoon I went out to Bullion armed with said product. Up until now I had been using my trusty old shedding blade which has been bringing his pally coat out in handfuls. He always seems to enjoy the de-fluffing process with the shedding blade.
For me I thought it didn't do the job as well as my shedding blade. Bully stood like a rock whilst I stroked him gently with the gadget but he didn't seem to like it as much as the shedding blade. I noticed that I got a lot less hair out of him too. I think I'm going to carry on with my old method. I'm happy to give away my furminator for the price of the postage if anyone wants it, otherwise it will just eventually get lost to the bottom of my tack trunk.
I'd like to know how anyone else has got on with their furminator just to see if it performs differently on other horses.
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mouse
Silver Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 07 Apr 2010 : 7:44:31 PM
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| I received mine today and will be testing mine out tommorrow. It says it MUST be used on a dry coat and needless to say it was raining when I got to the yard today! |
    
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jo78
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Posted - 07 Apr 2010 : 7:54:14 PM
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| I was thinking about getting one too..so i will watch this space with interest. |
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Zan
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Scotland
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Posted - 07 Apr 2010 : 8:06:15 PM
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I got a couple last year after a friend raved about hers---one cat size one, which works really well on a long haired cat. It thins out her coat so it doesn't matt as easily, so that was a success. The other one was a big one that I tried out on my GSD. I thought it might help when she is moulting out her double coat but my normal rake comb thing works much better. So then I tried it on the horses, and, like Dark Angel, much prefer my shedding blade. The furminator on both the short haired GSD and the horses seems to waft a lot of fluff about in the air without seriously removing very much, whereas the shedding blade removes serious amounts of hair They love the shedding blade as well---mine were out in the sunshine with no rugs on today, and when I was using it on Zaharoff he was enjoying it so much that he stopped grazing. |
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leiat8
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Posted - 07 Apr 2010 : 8:27:03 PM
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mine too arrived today! and i too was a little disappointed iv just been using a normal shedding scrape/blade which brings that much hair off it looks like iv murdered something in the field but the furminator brought very little hair off. I'm gonna give it a week or so of using it daily before i completely write it off though. |
     
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leighann
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Scotland
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Dark Angel
Silver Member
England
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Posted - 07 Apr 2010 : 8:52:01 PM
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| Lanabanana has agreed to give my furminator a good home |
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moatside
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England
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Pauline
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England
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Mrs Vlacq
Platinum Member
Wales
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Posted - 08 Apr 2010 : 12:34:46 PM
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| Can't beat the shedding blade, also use a fine toothed metal dog comb, they all seem to love being 'raked' with that. |
    
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debs
Platinum Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08 Apr 2010 : 1:07:09 PM
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| I must have such a sensitive soul... Ali hates anything but a body brush, or one of those mitts. Luckily he never really had a coat to groom out... |
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pinkvboots
Platinum Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08 Apr 2010 : 1:10:04 PM
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| Not used one but I like to use a rubber curry brush Arabi loves it I think it gives him a massage at the same time |
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JuliaB
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England
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Posted - 08 Apr 2010 : 7:46:22 PM
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| Mine arrived today and I used it on a miniature shetland, a TB and two Arabs! It worked well with all of them and no-one objected to it which is unusual for our TB mare as she is particularly sensitive with anything metal! It worked a treat on the mini Shetland who really seemed to enjoy it! I will continue to use it daily to see how it goes. |
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Fleas
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 08 Apr 2010 : 8:33:16 PM
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| I tested one out once on a Highland and I wasnt impressed, I'm sticking to the good old shedding blade too |
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Honeyb060674
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 08 Apr 2010 : 9:12:32 PM
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| Friend used hers on her woolly grey arab boy this afternoon...we stood back with baited breath as the first strokes were taken...result! Took out lots of his loose winter coat, less mess than a shedding blade as it holds all the hair it removes |
      
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Vera
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 08 Apr 2010 : 9:17:48 PM
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| I love the Furminator. I paid around £35 for mine so I am going to stick my neck out and guess that at £10.95 you have bought a cheap imitation. The real thing works really well IMHO. |
    
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littlearabians
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Posted - 08 Apr 2010 : 9:23:48 PM
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Vera... it is the real one... its just from
I have said it in the other post... I find it really good... but don't over use it... my mare was "furminated" every evening for a good week, and she had a couple of patches on her neck where she was close to hairless. |
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littlearabians
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Vera
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littlearabians
Gold Member
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Posted - 08 Apr 2010 : 10:14:59 PM
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| well its just like the one I have for my cat that i payed nearly £30 for... so if its not the real thing, its a very good copy |
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JuliaB
Bronze Member
England
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Posted - 09 Apr 2010 : 09:10:42 AM
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| I used mine again this morning on the mini Shetland and it removed a huge amount of hair very quickly. Like Vera, I too paid around £35 for mine. I |
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FullCircle
Gold Member
Scotland
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Posted - 09 Apr 2010 : 8:29:31 PM
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As a dog groomer, I'm well acquainted with furminator. The price of these used to be something like $400!!!! And back then it was ONLY ever intended for professional use and part of the purchase prices was getting a stupid video that showed one how to market your self using Furminator as a new way of making money (as an add on). Meanwhile, for decades or longer, groomers have been using a 40 blade minus the cutter to do the exact same job, but the furminator made it easier by adding a handle. It works fantastically on labradors and breeds that have a double coat prone to moulting lots. I don't like it on boxer/pinscher/staffie type coat as in my opinion, it's far far too harsh against the skin. And it must be used VERY VERY carefully on a cat!
So then Furminator got greedy and did a nasty to the groomers - and started selling this tool to the end user (ie our clients) for $30 odd (and we had to buy it for more than 10x that?!!!) but never gave the end user the training to go with it. As groomers, we saw people with yorkies, bichons and non-moulting breeds buying this and damaging the dogs coat and skin....
So now that it's being sold to and used by horse people - I can only say that it's not the end all and be all of groomign tools. Give me a grooming stone, a rubber curry and a shedding blade any day of the week! |
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littlearabians
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Posted - 09 Apr 2010 : 10:49:35 PM
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| FullCircle... i think that's just what my OH ended up doing to my mare... he was so impressed with the furminator, and used it every day... perhaps her coat is too fine for it... but she has surely ended up with patches on her neck (hair is growing back, but she was nearly bald) |
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zooscat
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 09 Apr 2010 : 11:41:23 PM
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| I got one last year for ZeZe the GSD; she has a triple coat and is very furry. Also very fond of swimming, mud puddling and generally getting in a right state! Not a great fan of being groomed either - really under protest and for a strictly limited time only! Furminator was OK to start with, but has got a bit dulled with use, so we are back to the pin brush and rake and a good rub down with a rough damp towel. I used it on Ry today, to see what he thought. Not overly impressed. OK but shedding blade, stone and rubber curry comb and a good polish with a stable rubber is a lot better - with you on this one, Full Circle! |
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Qui Gon Jinn
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Scotland
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Posted - 10 Apr 2010 : 09:41:34 AM
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Afer reading all your comments, I decided not to buy a furminator and bought a sheding blade instead. I'm very impressed with it, especially on my arab colt who has the thickest coat you can imagine. He doesn't look quite so like a Highland now!!
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Kharidian
Platinum Member
England
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Posted - 10 Apr 2010 : 2:22:49 PM
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I tried a Furminator today - Roger didn't like it on his neck (even very lightly applied) whereas he likes a shedding blade on his neck BUT on his sides/belly in front of his stifles where he is ticklish with the shedding blade he liked the Furminator. Puzzle that one out! I liked that it was more controllable for fiddly areas than the blade (and collected the hair) so, if I can get one for around £10 I'll by one to use in combination with the shedding blade but if I can't get a cheap one I can borrow (with an open invitation) the one I used this morning as I know which livery's grooming kit its in!
Edited to say I've just bought a 5" Furminator for £11.95 + p&p from "a well-known auction website".
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