brushing GSP

gspgunner · Post by **gspgunner** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 11:56 am

does anyone brush their GSP after a bath?

NC Quailhunter · Post by **NC Quailhunter** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 12:02 pm

It may seem silly but I brush him out after a bath to remove any loose hair or things.

gspgunner · Post by **gspgunner** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 12:09 pm

thanks, wasn`t sure to do it or not, what type of brush to use?

Theresa · Post by **Theresa** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 1:44 pm

My experience is that the bath looses the coat - so that the next 2-3 days you will experience shedding, ie brushing will be needed not just the day of the bath.

For removing loose coat you may want to consider a pumice stone (sold as a grill brick at most hardware stores!) or a stripping 'knife', ie magnet stripper, or a 'sheddin' blade' - available at most petstores.

griffgirl · Post by **griffgirl** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 4:07 pm

gspgunner wrote:does anyone brush their GSP after a bath?

Thats when your suppose to do the brushing,when there wet not when the coat is dry.

wannabe · Post by **wannabe** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 8:18 pm

gspgunner wrote:thanks, wasn`t sure to do it or not, what type of brush to use?

A rubber curry comb works pretty well. I have also used a rubber bathing mitt.

AHGSP · Post by **AHGSP** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 8:56 pm

Zoom Groom!

gwgdog66 · Post by **gwgdog66** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:42 pm

I use one of those red rubber block type brushes. I believe it's called a Miracle Brush. It says it is for a cat but works really well on my GSP's. I usually brush them down real good the day after the bath.

NC Quailhunter · Post by **NC Quailhunter** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:20 am

Like everyone else has said. A rubber brush just to pull away anything loose.

Chaingang · Post by **Chaingang** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:13 pm

One of the best deshedding tools I've seen is the "Furminator"

You can see it in action on their website: http://www.furminator.com/testbed/indexnew.html

Wagonmaster · Post by **Wagonmaster** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:26 pm

I use a rubber mitt with nubs on it, during the bath and then at the end, when the dog is cleaned and rinsed. Lots of hair comes off.

gspgunner · Post by **gspgunner** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:24 pm

I bought a Zoom Groom, I`ll let you know how it works

mountaindogs · Post by **mountaindogs** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:17 pm

ditto the zoom groom!

zodiakgsps · Post by **zodiakgsps** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:54 pm

Zoom Groom is the only thing I use on dogs with GSP type coats(and on my GSPS!) at my grooming shop now for about the past 7 years, work awesome, much better than the rubber mitts - threw them all out!!
Furminator works OK for "thicker" coated GSPS(but mostly just the neck area tends to be a little thicker), but the Zoom Groom works better. The Furminator is awesome on labs, Goldens & that type of coats though, much better than the Zoom Groom.
JMO from 24 yrs of grooming......

mountaindogs · Post by **mountaindogs** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 7:45 pm

Ah, a groomer! That would be someone who knows!

What do you use to get yellow out of white coats?

MikeB · Post by **MikeB** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 1:59 am

There are several excellent whiting shampoos on the market. When I was grooming my own dogs I used Double K's Groomers Edge formulas of shampoos. Here is their whiting shampoo that really works well.

Groomer's Edge Midnight White Shampoo
http://grooming.petedge.com/Groomers-Ed ... goryId=275

AHGSP · Post by **AHGSP** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 9:53 am

Any whitening Shampoo will do. Most Farm stores will carry them for horses and all will work pretty much equally well. We use White-N-Brite Horse shampoo when we're showing our dogs.

zodiakgsps · Post by **zodiakgsps** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:09 pm

mountaindogs wrote:Ah, a groomer! That would be someone who knows!
What do you use to get yellow out of white coats?

The 2 best products I have found are Bio-groom whitening shampoo, for particularly stubborn staining, White Lightning works great.
I like the Bio-groom for an all round shampoo, priced good, hypo-allergenic, cleans well, nice scent w/o being perfumey. Pet Edge carries it.

gspgunner · Post by **gspgunner** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:32 pm

used the Zoom Groom I purcashed the other day, and all I can say is WOW!!!!!

mountaindogs · Post by **mountaindogs** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:35 pm

Thanks. I think the white lightning is the shampoo that some had recomended years ago, but I didn't write it down at the time.
I once went to a show and there were 4 brittanys in the ring. One was outstandingly whiter and made the other 3 look cream colored. Very interesting to see.

The other great benefit to the zoom groom is that it's easy to wash the fur out. I used to use horse curry brushes or the rubber shampoo brush and the fur would not wash out. I would always be picking fur out of the brush.

AHGSP · Post by **AHGSP** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 5:27 pm

gspgunner wrote:used the Zoom Groom I purcashed the other day, and all I can say is WOW!!!!!

HAHAHA! Didn't realize they had that much hair did you?!

mountaindogs · Post by **mountaindogs** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 11:56 am

My long haired dog sheds alot but it is easy to roll with those pet rollers. GSP hair sticks in furniture and clothes longways and will not roll out. It may be short but it's persistant. A breed trait perhaps

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