March 2010

Shedding Season Tools

The FURminator and FurBuster pull more hair than a flexible shedding blade.

Everyone is familiar with the flexible metal shedding tool. It can be used with one hand or two and, using long gentle strokes, it does an OK job pulling out loose winter hair. It’s inexpensive, too, at about $6 or less. However, it doesn’t pull out a lot of hair with each stroke. So, we usually reach instead for our traditional oval rubber curry (about $3).

We like the amount of hair and dirt the curry gets out of the horse’s coat, all the while massaging his skin as we work in a swift circular motion. It’s been the top choice for shedding season in our barns, especially when teamed…