FURminator Sensitive Areas Tool, Grooming Tool for Dogs and Cats, BLACK

My dog who was undergoing chemotherapy was rapidly losing mats of fur and had very sensitive skin from the treatment. She really seemed to enjoy how soft this comb felt on her skin and it helped remove her falling out fur tremendously.

This is great for brushing my female german shepards (70lbs) belly and inner thighs. I actually feel okay about brushing over her n*pples with this, as it is not painful like a metal brush or even the one with the plastic tips on the ends. This is definitely not good for de-shedding, just removing tangles. I would repurchase this as it is excellent. I use a separate brush for getting rid of loose fur and deshedding as this is not for that.

I like the fact that this comb is curved to fit the hand and curves on my cats. Other than that, I am very disappointed, especially given Furminator's reputation. It's advertised for "sensitive areas," but all but one small area (1/4 of entire comb) is rock-hard, not flexible and doesn't remove fur. The main area is more like a bunch of toothpicks. My cats don't like it, for the simple reason that it's painful for them, I assume. I felt that i was being cruel to them when I brushed them. Because combs are not flexible, it's nearly impossible to remove hair between the "teeth." I wanted very much to like this, but I just don't. I returned item.

Normally my cats hate being brushed, but they loved this from the first time. I didn't think it would get that much fur, but it does get all the surface loose hair. The only draw back is it should come with a brush cleaner, luckily I already have some hair brush rakes otherwise the hair starts depositing back on the cat.

Our kitties love this Furminator Sensitive Areas tool. There are 3 areas of different bristles - one in center with stiffer plastic bristles and 2 softer flexible areas on each end. The softer areas are perfect for their faces and around their ears. Even our shy Tuxedo kitty loves it. I would highly recommend.