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Devices make fluffy less fluffy.(up front: News / Trends / Advice)(Furminator, device to remove pet har and reduce shedding)(Brief article)
The Furminator is designed to remove pet hair and reduce shedding. So are the ShedEnder and a number of wire pet brushes. But the Furminator, sold at PetSmart and online, costs more: We paid about $34 for a medium-size model, compared with $10 or less for the others.
To see whether one device removes more hair more easily than another, we tried them on 25 dogs and cats at a shelter and other locations around Yonkers, N.Y. We used either the Furminator or the ShedEnder on the right side of each animal, a plain wire brush (Four Paws Ultimate Touch Gentle Slicker) on the left. Our staffers brushed a side of each animal for 1 minute, then removed all fur collected by the device, put it in a plastic bag, and weighed the samples.
To assess how easy the devices are to use, we also had 23 people take each home for a week and use it on their pets at least ...
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