I used to use a shedding blade on Smudge and follow up with the slicker to pick up all the fluff, but he'd still get tangles. His fur is just so dense and fuzzy that they didn't reach all the way through. Recently I picked up an undercoat comb. I was skeptical - it wasn't high-tech or innovative enough for my way of thinking! - but it's perfect. It just reaches through all the fluff and lifts out any incipient mats before they tighten into dreadlocks, and even dislodges the dandruff flakes that nucleate tangles. So sometimes he looks like he's been out in the snow, but it just means he's gotten a good combing!

Love, Columbine