Maltese Matted Fur

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Maltese matted fur. However tuffy will not sit still long. Removing the mats can be moderately challenging especially if your pal has gone significantly longer than a day. Removing them is a test of patience both yours and your dog s. This maltese brush is great for long hair that needs to be detangled or have matts or loose hair removed.

A long haired maltese who has gone even a day or so without a good brushing is a matted maltese. Use your pin brush as you dry your dog s hair one section at a time. Mats will inevitably form. Lately his hair has been getting matted even though we try to brush it very regularly and keep it in a puppy cut.

Maltese dogs have beautiful white coats that shed little but tend to tangle quickly and so require regular brushing. But with perseverance and the right tools you should win the battle. Our maltese has just truned a year old. Unfortunately maltese s fur is so thin and whispy that they always seem to mat really bad unless you wash this way and brush them out weekly at the most.

As a certified master groomer and president of the paragon school of pet grooming melissa verplank has worked on many beautiful dogs and more than a few in need of extreme makeovers. You can brush in the direction the hair grows as well as in the opposite direction. Finish with blowing the hair in the direction of hair growth. When i brought tuffy to the groomer this week she said that maltese go through hair change at about one year and that is why he has been matting more.

It can be cleaned easily by removing the hair that gets collected between the bristles and rinse with water. The author of the grooming industry reference guide notes from the grooming table has cleaned up dogs with fur so matted that the only solution was to cut off the entire coat which falls. For long coated dogs whose hair tends to mat use a blow dryer after a bath to dry the hair. Once they re out though it s easy to troubleshoot them before they form again.

If you can t invest this sort of time i would suggest shaving the hair to a managable level or just taking them to a pet grooming salon once a week.