.... And so, the Mats Begin

[Stella]

Chase is now seven months old and just in the last week has suddenly begin to mat. We usually brush him once or twice a week. But, he was only brushed two days ago and this morning it took me over an hour to brush and comb him out. I am thinking that maybe his coat is begining to change from puppy to adult and this is why the sudden matting. I think we need to get a better brush and begin brushing every day. At the moment we have been using a slicker and comb, but it doesn't seem to get deep enough. This is all very new to us as Hartley is so easy to take care of - brush once a week, and it ony takes 15 minutes to do a good job!!

[Sandy]

When Toby's coat was changing over we used a rake - it gets deeper into the hair and he never got matted. You should have SEEN the hair that came out.