I saw one of these on QVC for £27 and the demonstration looked amazing – but don’t they always?

I’m sure that someone on here has mentioned them before and what I want to know is, are they any better than a normal dog/cat comb or brush costing a fifth of the price, if so, how are they better and are they worth £27? Thanks.

I have recommended Furminators to lots of people on here as I use them in my grroming salon and on my own dogs. What type of dog have you got as this will determine how effective it is, they are geat for dogs that shed a lot of hair (German Shepherds, Labradors, Retrievers) the dog does not have to be long haired as with Labs.

The hair that is shed around the home is dead hair and the furminator removes this before it gets on your carpet, so make sure you do it outside as there will be shedloads.

If you have a dog that gets clumps of loose hair then the furminator is great. I cannot recommend them enough, great for cats and bunnies too.

I bought mine from ebay from a Hong Kong seller and it arrived in two days, its really good for my GSD, hes moulting at the moment and when I've done him with this its like I'v got another dog, with the pile of hair I get off him

can you use them on old english sheepdogs?

They do sound really good is £27 the average price for them?

£27 is good for a large one. I got one from Hong Kong too, not the real thing but its only the brand name that is missing so worth the price. I think they could get into trouble if ebay found out.:hihi:

I had a furminator (though I bought it cheaper than £25 on ebay). I lost it recently and bought a similar looking thing at pets at home, which is even more effective.

These combs are amazing, I'd recomend them to any labrador owner.

My new dog is part GSD and sheds for England. I'm currently using a thingummy I got originally for the cats - it's sort of oblong, with lots of little bent wire teeth. It gets out the undercoat, but needs constant de-clogging, and he still seems to shed all over.

I think I might be giving the "unbranded" version of the Furminator a go!

Sounds like you've got what is generically known as a slicker Dozy- they're great for all of the small knots and everything, but with thick coats they don't get down to the bottom of the coat to get out the deeper knots.

Having just combed out a whole carrier bag of spare fur from Molly (whilst she flapped, generally made a pain of herself and cried like she was being murdered!) I think it's about time to invest in a furminator- I'm just off to order one now.

ooo Medusa, when you get it, can you report back whether its worth it for GSD's please. Currently I've got an undercoat shedding blade thing that's in a loop, or you can unclip the handles so it's one long rake type thing. It has bigger zig zag kinda teeth on one side and smaller ones on the other. Can't remember what it's called.

I saw one of these on QVC for £27 and the demonstration looked amazing – but don’t they always?

I’m sure that someone on here has mentioned them before and what I want to know is, are they any better than a normal dog/cat comb or brush costing a fifth of the price, if so, how are they better and are they worth £27? Thanks.
Got one today from QVC & theyre bloomin brilliant. Yodas walkin about now with a spring in his step. Think cos he's alot lighter after usin it :hihi:

ooo Medusa, when you get it, can you report back whether its worth it for GSD's please. Currently I've got an undercoat shedding blade thing that's in a loop, or you can unclip the handles so it's one long rake type thing. It has bigger zig zag kinda teeth on one side and smaller ones on the other. Can't remember what it's called.

Perfect for a GSD

How do they work?

How do they work?
Look at this Moonbird
http://www.furminator.com/

Ooh thats pretty impressive isn't it? is it good for short and rough haired dogs I wonder...I have a selection of dog coats to think about here :hihi:
Look at this Moonbird
http://www.furminator.com/

Ooh thats pretty impressive isn't it? is it good for short and rough haired dogs I wonder...I have a selection of dog coats to think about here :hihi:
I've used it on Yoda & me cats who have various types of fur & works great :D

Mine is a kind of furminator - it doesnt have a brand name on it and I didn't keep the packaging but it cost me a tenner from an NEC show last December and is BRILLIANT. wonderful on my various cats- especially the maine coon and norwegians -and my old moggie Minty has short spiky fur with a thick soft tangly underfur- she hates being groomed but with this gizmo the exercise is swifter and more effective than with any other grooming tool. If the genuine furminator is anyhting like mine, I would highly reccomend it.

Pets at Home sell them now, I got one today. They're called Fur Buster there and are £13.99. Used it on my Border Collie earlier and Its awesome. Need to have another pop at it later though - i had to stop cos I got arm ache!

I use a furminator for my two beagles, and they are excellent!! You can get one from ebay, for around £26 with postage. The average cost from a retailer is around £30 for the medium size, and a little more for the larger one.
They are great for removing the underneath hair without damaging the top coat.

Well- mine arrived and we took Molly outside so that it wouldn't muck up the house too much. She whined and cried like we were performing some sort of ritual sacrifice with her on the altar and we got a complete spare Molly of fur.

The following day her undercoat starting coming away in handfuls again. Obviously I didn't keep doing it for long enough.

Furmies are brilliant and work very well on our GSD.Medusa Furminaters loosen the undercoat we go over our pooch with a rubber mit after using it on him it seems to bring all the loose stuff out.

Mine is a GSD long haired jobby, she has a problem with very fine hair backend bum region, if you don't brush constantly it matts up very quickly, was watching this space with great interest:hihi:

Puddinburner there are vids etc here

http://www.furminator.com/

I find that the long feathers round the back of her legs and bum aren't touched by the furminator at all. It's the really dense undercoat on her back that's coming out by the handful that the furminator really drags out.

The feathers do tangle badly, but the furminator doesn't take the place of combing.

Yes....I do have to cut the really bad matts out on the feathers at times, nowt beats a good brush and it's a bonding thing I think:hihi:

When she get's really bad, she gets a full feathers off all together and she's too embarassed to go out...lol This has only happened once in her ten years though.