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If your dog is around the 12 month mark and has a reasonably long coat, I would brush every time before bathing. If you bathe when there is trapped puppy coat in the hair, mats will get worse when they are wet and almost impossible to get out. At the moment, I'm trying a mink oil conditioner that is supposed th work wonders on the coat. We'll see.

 

[highhorse]

Started with the mink oil spray and must admit they smell very nice. It has changed the texture of their coats though and I'm not sure that I like this. They are less curly. The coats do have a beautiful shine though.

 

[highhorse]

Inca was really good to groom as a puppy and used to lie for hours over my knee whilst I groomed her show mane. When I cut her off, she became an objectionable little witch, dragging her legs up and generally being uncooperative. Her back legs are OK but I have to put her in a grooming arm to get anywhere near her front legs. They can surely find ways to make life difficult if they want to.