Tips & Guides

Dog Coat Types Explained: The 7 Coats and What ...

Dogs have seven coat types — short, double, long, curly, wavy, wire, and hairless. Here's what each looks like and what a brush has to do for it.

Best Brush for a Shiba Inu

A Shiba sheds hard and hates being handled. The fix is fewer passes, not gentler ones: pick the tool that lifts the most coat per stroke, then stop early.

What Is a Double Coat on a Dog? Undercoat, Guar...

A double coat has two layers — guard hair for weatherproofing and a dense undercoat for insulation — and each sheds differently through the year.

Best Brush for a Bernese Mountain Dog

A Berner mats in two places first: behind the ears and in the britches. Which brush each spot needs, and the order that stops you making it worse.

What Is a Slicker Brush For? Pins, Angle, and t...

A slicker brush's angled wire pins sweep through curly, double, and long coats to lift loose hair and tangles — and which coats it isn't built for.

Best Brush for a Pomeranian

A Pomeranian is a huge coat on a 7 lb dog. A slicker brush is the tool; a wide undercoat rake is the wrong shape; and shaving is the mistake...