Best way to get Leaves out of a Long Haired Dachshund's coat ?

[papbouv]

Patches gets leaves stuck in her coat very hard to remove they break into little pieces then more difficult to remove. Patches hates being brushed so the leaves are not something she wants me to be getting out.
What is the best way to brush her I have asked before I have a boarbrush,comb, if a slicker brush is better may need a new one mine are old what kind is best.? Thanks for any information ahead of time.
Papbouv

[Dee Dee and Hallie]

Hallie picks up leaves and sticks too. More so when it's wet out. If she has even a tiny stick or even a larger blade of grass on her and she feels it, she will sit really fast and turn and nibble on it then wait for me to get it off her.

Usually things are easy to pull off her but sometimes she'll either get the stem of a leaf, or we have these darn little barbed things that her hair will twirl around and get them stuck. (so I try to get them off as soon as I see them on our walks before they get mired in deeper). She does love to be brushed so it's probably easier maybe, but I will snap the leaf or twig off as close as I can to the twirled hair part then I usually take a small scissors and snip the hair behind the twig and pull the whole thing off. Some there would just be no way to pull out the leaf or twig without hurting her.

Is this in your yard where she picks these up? Would it help to put on a little coat when she goes out or would the leaves get stuck on her exposed parts still?

[papbouv]

Thanks DeeDee yes Patches wears a coat when the weather is cooler/cold the coat helps some,but she still gets all the leaves twigs and anything else stuck to her.When I had the Bouvier's I used CowboyMagic.com is the site that stuff is great for getting mats out of Bouvier Beards they do not call them Dirty Beards for nothing.Did not think to try & use it on the Leaves and other stuff in her coat. Will give it a try will post what happens with it.
Still would like to know what brushes are best to use on a LHD???
Papbouv
Thank you very much for your reply.

[Roberta]

amy is another hairy wonder who hates brushing, but I start of now with a human hair brush with wide bristles and get the wordtout then proceed to finer.
Roberta

[Dee Dee and Hallie]

Hallie has several brushes and combs, slicker, bristle, metal combs, etc. She loves to be brushed so I usually use them all on her. She never really mats and I brush her all the time since she likes it...so she usually doesn't need a heavy duty brush out and with her coat type she doesn't shed. If I had to pick one though my guess is the slicker would probably do the best and gentlest job. I also do like Roberta, start with something larger and work down to the combs.

[Leslie]

I used a steel comb on Zuzu.  It has wide teeth and fine teeth.  She's always bringing in leaves and stick, burrs, you nam eit.  I tease her when she gets a brushie: "Oh, look a leaf, we have to press that in the album."  I started combing her when she was a pup and now I have trained to rollover and get her belly done, too.  I will snip out anything that's just too stuck.  We have sticker weed that in addition to the seed pods being barbed, are also sticky.  Those things make a MESS.

Start by putting the comb on the floor and put a cookie on it every day for a few days.  Then start combing for 30 seconds a day and give a cookie.  Once he gets the idea this is no big thing, extend the combing time and always give cookie.  Zuzu doesn't get her cookie anymore, but instead we play with squeeky toy.  When she gets the signeal: "You're beautiful!"  She runs and gets it and we play.

p.s. in the spring I put the hair out for the birds to make their nests with it.

[Deb G.]

Greetings! 
Both of ours like to be groomed, and it's easy to run your fingers through their coat while they're on your lap for TV time, but for us, the single best thing is to stop it before it starts.  We've got a HUGE oak and a good-sized maple in our backyard (which is fenced, with a dog door for unrestricted romping)and I've found that mulching and bagging the leaves really helps with the amount tracked into the house.  I use a leaf vacuum around the doggie door ramp and the "main drag" sidewalk to the proper backyard.  If the stickers are in your yard, track them down and rip 'em out by the roots!  A sticker caught between paw pads can cause injury before the pupper gets back in the house.  By the time you notice the limp, there's already a sore spot.   Stormy, who is lower to the ground and thicker of fur gets more outdoor matter stuck than Sophie, who has a "slicker" and not as thick coat.  Sophie believes that she moves too fast for the leaves to catch her....:) 

Deb G.

[papbouv]

Thank you all for all the reply's.
Papbouv

[Delia and girls]

Papouv,

My longhair (Gretchen) likes to be groomed. I have most of the brushes/combs mentioned but in addition, I use a stripper on her about twice/year. Gretchen, BTW, is what I call a longhair want-a-be. She is not a hairy LH, if that makes sense. Anyway, I use the stripper like a comb and it takes out a lot of the dead hair. I would imagine a LH with a thick coat (like Hallie) this would not work on, so keep that in mind. Also, I'm not sure how it would work if she doesn't like being groomed. For Gretchie, it seems to scratch her back and she loves it. I have the stripper, BTW, because of my wirehair - she HATES it!!!! A groomer friend of mine recommended using it on Gretchie to get rid of dead hair.