hi ive been away but now im home
can anyone advise me on fern she was stripped at16 mths and groomed again at 20 mths but at 23mths her wooly coat has grown again hat do you advise stripping again or what her coat is so soft

If Fern is a " woolie " no striping/grooming will change that - she will need to be clipped every so often . Otherwise handstripping (no knives/blades anything sharp/cutting involved !!! ) can improve a dogs coat to a degree - did this only with my terriers , for whom this is the normal way of grooming . Never stripped anything else but the ears of a deerhound , too much work and , for my girls , luckily not necessary - let alone , that deerhounds are not supposed to be stripped . Also , spaying/neutering can affect the texture of the coat , make ist softer , more profuse
Perhaps you can check with her breeder what best to do?

Invest in a good pair of clippers and save yourself a fortune on grooming bills, never had a wooly but everyone says to clip

Last thing you want to do is put clippers on a deerhound wooley or not
Buy a furminator and drag that through often, your welcome to PM me if I can help at all
as I do not come here often thats the best way

BTW did you know Miss Noble agreed that wooleys often had the best construction and movement

They do clip them over here , only ever saw 2 true woollies and for them clippers were a godsend , also for their owners - sheer wool and tons of it on those dogs - very well build but looking more like gigantic Bedlington terriers.

what is a furmator

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Welcome back buckiebilly! Hope you had a nice trip. Sorry, no advice on grooming a wool-coated deerhound as I've never actually seen one. I do own a Mars Coat-King though, which is a grooming tool along the lines of a furminator. Worth the investment.

bought a furminator and im very impressed thank you
can you help me im 62yrs old i have a 2yr old deerhound and a 18 yr old lurcher so when sapper
pasts away im looking for company for fern im not bothered about the age of the dog just its temprement
we live by the sea in buckie n/e scotland so plenty of exercise

I used a furminator on Marti my woolley coated deerhound and it was great. BTW were you advertising 2 borzois for sale not so long ago?