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Shedding Blade

Vista Shedding Blade Medium Dog Grooming Millers Forge $6.88

Vista Shedding Blade Large Dog Brush Millers Forge $8.49

Bamboo Pet Dog Adjustable Shedding Blade $15.95

Bamboo Pet Cat Adjustable Shedding Blade $14.95

WAHL PET DOUBLE SIDED SHEDDING BLADE RECOMMENDED PETS A $14.95

FOUR PAWS ULT. TOUCH BRUSH W/SHEDDING BLADE DOG SMALL $9.50

WAHL Double Row Rake with Shedding Blade Brand New $15.99

Double Sided Shedding Blade by WAHL - Brand New $8.99

Ugroom Steel 11" Shedding Blade Cat Dog $9.99

Ugroom Cat Shedding Blade 8" Stainless Steel $6.99

Professional Ergonomic Shedding Blade Medium De-Mat NEW $8.99

U-Groom Dog Shedding Blade Brush De-Matting Rake Large $7.99

Groomaster Large Convertible Shedding Blade $5.66

Shedding De-Shedder Hair Coat Shed 3 Blade Shedder DOG $19.99

Large Shedding Blade Grooming Supplies $15.59

Medium Shedding Blade Grooming Supplies $14.74

Four Paws Shed'n Blade Medium Dog Shedding Brush $3.00

Dog De-shedding Comb Grooming Tool Pro Quality Blade $0.99

MILLER FORGE VISTA SHEDDING BLADE LARGE $8.77

MILLER FORGE VISTA SHEDDING BLADE MEDIUM $7.77

MILLER FORGE VISTA SHEDDING BLADE SMALL $2.77

Pet Grooming Supplies shedding blade bath sack brush $9.99

New Shedding Blades for Cats Dogs Cat Dog Pet Puppy $6.00

Wahl 858408 WAHL PET DOUBLE SIDED SHEDDING BLADE $13.95

DOG DOGS Grooming Tool Ergonomic Shedding Blade MEDIUM $11.99

SHEDDING BLADE / SWEAT SCRAPER - NEW HORSE TACK $5.00

CAT SHEDDING BLADE $11.51

SHEDDING BLADE $13.80

Shedding Blade ~ Sweat Scraper & Hair Removal $6.23

JW Pet GripSoft Shedding Blade $12.99

JW Pet Dog Shedding Blade $10.99

Jw Pet Company Gripsoft Shedding Blade $8.49

New Wahl 2-in-1 Double Row Rake w/Shedding Blade 858424 $17.99

Large Shedding Blade Grooming Supplies $15.59

Medium Shedding Blade Grooming Supplies $14.74

Bamboo Adjustable, Fur Buster Shedding Blade FAST SHIP $11.95

Bamboo Adjustable Shedding Blade for CATS $8.99

Bamboo Cat adjustable size shedding blade $6.99

"Bamboo" Adjustable Size Shedding Blade for DOGS $8.95

DOG DOGS Grooming Tool Ergonomic Shedding Blade SM-MED $10.99

DOG DOGS Grooming Tool Ergonomic Shedding Blade SM-MED $7.99

Bamboo Shedding Blade & Quadbrush for Dogs Set (NEW) $7.99

ULTRA-GRIP SHEDDING BLADE LARGE DOG HAIR REMOVAL $14.95

Four Paws Professional Shed N Blade Pet Shedding Blade $7.97

Four Paws Professional Shed N Blade Pet Shedding Blade $8.97

Four Paws Shed `N Blade Shedding Blade for Cats & Kitt $6.47

Bamboo Adjustable, Fur Buster Shedding Blade $9.49

HAIR RAISER DOG SHEDDING TOOL BLADE BRUSH BRUSHING SM. $7.50

FURMINATOR DE SHEDDING TOOL 1.75" BLADE SMALL $19.99

SAFARI WHITCO SUPER GROOM DOUBLE SHEDDING BLADE DOG CAT $10.00

New Horse Grooming SS Shedder Shedding Blade $4.95

New Horse Grooming SS Shedder Shedding Blade $4.95

MILLER FORGE VISTA SHEDDING BLADE LARGE $8.77

MILLER FORGE VISTA SHEDDING BLADE MEDIUM $6.77

MILLER FORGE VISTA SHEDDING BLADE SMALL $2.77

Safari Shedding Blade MEDIUM $7.99

SAFARI SHEDDING BLADE LARGE $9.99

JW Pet Dog Shedding Blade $10.99

JW Pet GripSoft Shedding Blade $12.99

Salon Large Shedding Blade for Most Dog Breeds $12.99

UGroom Dog Horse Grooming Steel Shedding Blade 11" $12.49

Vista Shedding Blade Small Dog Comb Millers Forge $5.99

Cat Shedding Blade by JW products $8.56

JW Pet Dog Shedding Blade $10.99

Shedding Blade for dogs by JW products $7.82

JW Pet GripSoft Shedding Blade $12.99

JW Pet Dog Shedding Blade $10.99

JW Pet GripSoft Shedding Blade $12.99

Bamboo Furbuster Dog De-Shedding Tool & Blade~Sm/Med/Lg $22.13

Bamboo Furbuster Dog De-Shedding Tool & Blade~Sm/Med/Lg $22.13

Bamboo Furbuster Dog De-Shedding Tool & Blade~Sm/Med/Lg $22.13

Bamboo Furbuster Dog De-Shedding Tool & Blade~Sm/Med/Lg $22.98

Bamboo Furbuster Dog De-Shedding Tool & Blade~Sm/Med/Lg $22.98

Bamboo Furbuster Dog De-Shedding Tool & Blade~Sm/Med/Lg $22.98

Bamboo Furbuster Dog De-Shedding Tool & Blade~Sm/Med/Lg $26.45

Bamboo Furbuster Dog De-Shedding Tool & Blade~Sm/Med/Lg $26.45

Bamboo Furbuster Dog De-Shedding Tool & Blade~Sm/Med/Lg $26.45

NEW BAMBOO FURBUSTER LARGE DE-SHEDDING TOOL BLADE $14.99

NEW BAMBOO FURBUSTER MEDIUM DE-SHEDDING TOOL BLADE $14.00

NEW BAMBOO FURBUSTER SMALL DE-SHEDDING TOOL BLADE $14.00

NEW Horse Tack Sweat Scraper, Shedding Blade, Black $14.95

NEW Horse Tack Sweat Scraper, Shedding Blade, Blue $14.95

Wahl WAHL PET DOUBLE SIDED SHEDDING BLADE 858408 $12.44

JW Pet Company Gripsoft Cat Shedding Blade $6.31

Bamboo Pet Dog Adj Shedding Blade $8.19

Four Paws Pet Products Ultimate Shedding Blade Small $7.72

FURminator deShedding Tool with Double Edge $13.00 Same great item with two 2.65" edges for twice as much fur removal....

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Most rabbit breeders like myself that show rabbits quite a bit don’t use a brush. The only rabbit breeders that usually use a brush are rabbit breeders that raise wool breeds such as Angoras and Jersey Woollies.

The best method for grooming a rabbit is to use slightly wet hands. Many use a damp cloth to grab with their hands. I like to dip the tip of my fingers in a bowl of water then kind of rub my hands together and wipe off a little bit of the excess water on a towel or my pants. Then I take my hands and brush with my hands front from to back. The loose hair will stick to your hands. Then you just rub your hands together and the loose hair will ball up and fall off your hands. When I groom them I groom them on a small sample carpet pad to catch the excess fur that flies off and I like to have a trash can nearby to rub the fur from my hands off into. You can come back with your hands in the opposite direction from back to front to help get a little more loose fur out, but you don’t want to do that too much because it can break some of the fur hair follicles. Just make sure that you don’t use so much water that the fur starts looking wet or spike. If it does, stop brushing your rabbit or get a towel and kind of dry it off a little (just remember…front to back).

There are two main reasons why brushes and shedding blades aren’t used very often by people who professionally show rabbits. The first reason is that they tend to break the hair follicles. The second reason is because they tend to pull out follicles that aren’t loose and you don’t want to pull out follicles that aren’t loose.

Brushing your rabbit for about 2-3 minutes each day over about 4-6 weeks should help bring it into a good coat of fur.

Some other suggestions:

I have a few other suggestions you should consider besides just brushing.

The first other suggestion that I have is to treat your rabbit for fur mites and fleas by giving it a shot of ivermectin. You wouldn’t believe the difference that can make if that is a problem. Fur mites can be easy to detect because of the white flakey stuff they produce like dandruff. However fleas don’t do that and they can be very hard to see.

My second suggestion is to watch your rabbit’s diet, especially during the summer. Their diet is very important as far as how much they shed. If their diet is too high in energy they will tend to get fat and shed much more. Watch giving them snacks, vegetables, fruit, grass, etc…that can increase the energy level of their diet. So can anything fatty or oily. In the summer, they don’t need as much energy as the winter. On occasion the rabbit pellets themselves can have too much energy if it is a poor quality rabbit pellet.

Make sure your rabbit gets plenty of water. If a rabbit doesn’t get enough water it can raise the metabolism of the fur follicles and thus cause the rabbit to molt.

Be careful about switching feeds or moving the rabbit around too much. Changes can cause stress which can lead to the rabbit molting.

Finally, if you are breeding and raising rabbits to show, watch the genetics of the rabbit. The traits that rabbit has, it will pass down to its babies. As far as genetics go, I like to see my New Zealands have good fur almost from the time they are in the nestbox. Some of them you can grab out of the nestbox and roll the fur back and see a prime line on them even when they are in the nestbox. You want to look at the hair follicles also. For my New Zealands, I like the hair follicles to be short and straight. If the hair follicles are long or curl/curve on my New Zealands, I know the chance is pretty high that they won’t have very good fur later on. I also don’t like the fur to be too dense. Good fur density can make the fur feel really good, but one rabbit breed told me that if the fur gets too dense it can prevent oxygen from getting down to the rabbit’s skin and can cause the rabbit to molt more. I think that holds a little bit of truth to it.

We all know the weather does somewhat affect their fur, but a lot of people don’t consider how hormones also affect their fur. If you raise rabbits, check to see how the fur looks of the rabbits that are bred or that have babies. Ever see many with bad fur? You shouldn’t. The increased hormone level of the doe helps the female to have good fur. That’s one reason why some rabbit breeders will breed their senior does a week or two before a large show.

I’ve been raising and showing rabbits for 25 years. That’s a lot more information about how to get good rabbit fur than most any professional rabbit breeder would tell you. So start jotting notes down and use the many good tips I gave you. I’ve won plenty enough Best-in-Shows to know what I’m talking about.

PS – Don’t pick your rabbit up by the back of the neck. Any good rabbit judge can tell if you have recently. It leaves finger imprints where you picked it up in the fur. Also it stretches the hide there. Instead, pick it up by putting one hand under the chest and the other on it’s rear end.

Don’t shave your dog in summer
Certain breeds can be trimmed, but how close depends on how fur grows. Q: I see a lot of owners getting their dogs shaved down. I know they think they’re doing their dogs a favor. But I was taught that a dog’s coat protects them from the heat and shaving will lead to the skin being burned. Every time I see a shaved dog I cringe. What do you think?