Getting Mats Out Of Dog Fur

When this happens the dog bites at its skin or tries to scratch causing the mat to grow in size and the hair to get even more tangled.

Getting mats out of dog fur.

When you locate a mat hold it at the base and slowly ease the knotted fur apart with your fingers. Mats can also result from dogs scratching themselves and getting their fur wet in rain or snow. Mats form when dog fur becomes tangled and wraps around itself forming tightly wound clumps of the loose dead fur and live fur. Needles to say this biting can discolor the hair and cause skin.

Dogs that sit a lot or are right hipped or left hipped when they sit will get mats from the fur being. Mats not only make the coat look disheveled they actually add to a dog s distress and cause skin irritation. If not brushed out they continue to trap more fur becoming closer and closer to the dog s skin. Problems with matted dogs.

To brush mats out of dog hair spray your dog s coat thoroughly with a detangler and work through the fur with a slicker brush. Also known as dematting rakes these combs are specifically designed to pull apart mats. Left untreated mats get larger and more difficult to remove. You can also try sprinkling stubborn mats with cornstarch and working through them with a dematting comb.

Mats often occur in areas of friction such as under the collar behind the ears in the armpits or on the lower legs where the legs rub together or where the dog comes into contact with grass.