I have a dobermann and I can't believe the amount of hair.  I brush him most days and honestly I could hoover every day.  We had a dobe before and really don't ever remember there being so much hair.  Can anyone recommend a good brush or comb?  It drives me mad, I have a light coloured stone kitchen floor!

We have an electric brush, it's fantastic, we've had it for about 16 years, it collects all the hair and then just pop off the cover over the "bristles" remove hair and carry on, easy to wash when finished too.  3 of our Frenchies are losing their coats at present so I did what I used to do with two of the Boxers - I hoover them, they love it.  Take the wide flat attachment designed to hoover curtains etc and starting at neck go down their back and legs.  Obviously don't go near ears or the boys' bits!!

A Zoom Groom for getting out the loose hair, followed by a bristle brush then a wipe with a chamois leather should have him gleaming.

i got rotts and they loose hair terrible at this time of  year,i use a firminator.u would not belive the hair that comes of the dogs with one stroke.
goodle it.x

I'm the opposite - white dog and dark kitchen floor.  Nightmare!!!  I never thought such a short haired dog could lose so much hair.
The zoom groom is fabulous, and also works wonders when removing his hair from the car too.

I have three big hairy Bernese and yet my friends little JRT (Rough coat) leaves more hair on my carpets in ten mins than mine do in a day!!! Her hair just spikes into the carpet and it is imposiible to get out wheras mine lays on top and is easily hoovered away !!!
Aileen

What is he like with the hoover,dont laugh! as on one of our old boxers she used to love the brush part that comes with the Dyson every day she used to be hoovered hav'nt managed to train our new Pup yet but will have ago soon probably to her disgust. Debby

LOL I can imagine you running the vac over the carpets and over the dog laid there!!

> hav'nt managed to train our new Pup yet but will have ago soon probably to her disgust.

lol lol lol lol lol lol.love it.

My grooming routine is...
Furmintaor...
then a good, firm, vigorous rub wearing a pair of marigolds...
Furmintaor again...
Horses body brushing but any medium firm brush will do...
Chamois leather.

Whole routine takes about 10 mins and I have a very similar coated breed.

I ve just read back what i'd written,it does sound like i run the whole hoover over her what i didnt say is that the brush attachment is on the end of the extending hose and used this way lol x

My dobe is fine with the hoover, but sometimes it does depend on his mood.  If he fancies a bit of a lark then he will bark at it, but other times he just ignores it. x  Thanks for the tips, I am going to have a look at a couple of different brushes.  At the moment I use a glove with a rubber side, and a flat side.  I must admit his coat it beautiful, he is always gleaming and shiny, but the hair - it gets everywhere!!!!

Yes I know but it was funny they would have looked like speed humps in the carpet!! Just vacumumed up after my two this morning wood floor's hide nothing!

My girls are completly unfazed by the hoover and if sleeping will not move a muscle while I can hoover all around them...I have to get quite insistant before they will move...otherwise I would have Berny shaped grubby patches where I could not hoover up!!!
They all like it when I put the dog brush connecter on the hose and "Hoover" them out!
Aileen