rubber brushes bad for coats?

[rach58]

I was reading some old post and read the rubber brushes are actually damaging to the coat, does anyone know more about this?

[OntheBRINKofDisaster]

Rubber?

Which part of the brush did the article say was made of rubber? I'm having a hard time picturing exactly what kind of brush you are talking about.

[PuppyFluffer]

I think the op was referring to a Zoom Groom rubber curry, but I could be wrong.

[rach58]

It wasn't in an article it was just what someone said in a previous post about the rubber curry brushes. Maybe I read it wrong, I just wanted to see if anyone else knew if/why it was true.

[PrincessPoodle]

I haven't read the article or previous post, but I use a zoom groom all the time with no damage to the coat. I love it for my desheds (especially labs) and to use during the actual bath. At home I use it on my IG and boston and their coat has actually gotten shinier and silkier with it. It brings out the natural oils in their coat. Plus, I like that unlike the furminator (which is awesome too but with the proper application) and slickers it doesn't irritate the skin.

[Alice]

Well, you probably wouldn't want to use it on a long haired dog, but for short haired coats it is helpful to get the undercoat out. It's just like using a rubber curry comb on a horse.

[Bearmtn]

We'd probably lose half our bath dogs if we didn't use a rubber curry in the tub during the bath to remove the loose hair and make sure the soapy water gets all the way down to the skin and remove the dander and oils as much as possible. We do do a lot of bath dog, and I think it is because of useing a rubber curry during the bathing process.

[Admin]

Rubber curry is real old school but that doesn't mean in a bad way. You will find it recommended for many years for the hard slick coats to use simple terms, but you have to account for the touch/pressure. You don't have to over do it, in fact, it takes a light touch, really massage perhaps is a better term. It doesn't take hard pressure and that could be a problem. It would be interesting for someone to study this in the sense of comparing the effectiveness of the rubber curry (on the appropriate coats) versus the various bathing system attachments for loosening shed and described as massage, etc. There's a lot of art in hands of bathing. Even when as a human you go to true expert stylists have you noticed how they combine massage perfectly to the shampooing whereas some places just scrub ya', why don't you get out the old Dutch cleanser too. smile Yikes. It's the skill in your hands.

[Bearmtn]

We currently use a prima system, and still feel that it is necessary to use a rubber curry. We have both a soft rubber curry, and the zoom groom rubber curry which is also soft. There are rubber horse currys out there for horses that are hard and probably could damage the skin. Before the prima system we used the bathing beauty and used the currys than too.

The furminators really work best on the soft undercoat, but are not real good a getting the hard coat and can damage the skin if used too much.