Quote Originally Posted by joycenalex
so how do you brush an unwilling husky? antare is a beauty and much bigger, so what do you use, and how long will he tolerate it, and do you put out the warm warm hair for birds' nests next spring?

I don't! The ones who are truly against the whole idea of brushing, I just leave alone. Bandit and Raven would both try to take my hand my hand off if I pushed the idea! Antare is so timid that once I catch him, he just submits. I can probably brush him for half an hour at a time. Then I have to let him go and try to recapture him to do the other side! Sometimes I just keep a brush with me when I'm outside and will do a few minutes on whoever will let me.

I use a rake with a double row of teeth. I have several in the same basic style with different teeth on them.

I used to collect the fur for a couple friends who spin. I sent some to Corinna once(I have a beautiful sweater she made me). I have a hat made from my dogs fur as well. This year I just let it blow away into the trees. I'm sure the birds have very cozy nests around my house!