- Best Grooming Brush#1
Chris Christensen Big G Slicker Brush
The Big G is a serious brush for serious coats, especially doodles, poodles and long-haired dogs whose charm can turn into matting with alarming speed. It is not cheap, but it moves through hair with less resistance and more purpose than the average pet-store slicker. Grooming becomes calmer when the tool is good. The dog may not thank you, but the coat will.
- #2
FURminator deShedding Tool
The FURminator is blunt, effective and slightly astonishing the first time it removes enough undercoat to assemble a second animal. It is best used carefully, but for shedding breeds it can change the household atmosphere: fewer hair tumbleweeds, fewer dark trousers ruined by affection. It is not elegant, exactly. It is simply good at the problem.
- #3
Hertzko Self-Cleaning Slicker Brush
Hertzko’s self-cleaning slicker is the accessible everyday brush, made better by the small mercy of retractable pins. The grooming is ordinary; the cleanup is easier, which means the brush is more likely to be used. Pet care often turns on such details. The best tool is not always the most refined one, but the one that makes the routine survivable.