for long coded dogs like Percy here he's a Havanese it's easy for them during the springtime let's show them how to get mats and tangles these big balls anyways your best friend is gonna be this right here on that splitter so I went through on this side and split all the mats up just show me the other side Percy so on this other side here you'll see that it kind of catches on those mats oh sorry Percy so you want to hold it just like our just like our own hair you want to I'm sorry about that just like our own hair you wanna you want to hold it at the base and kind of work those mats out okay so hold it up the base and work those mats out so this site I already did right and then once and this is the matted hair those balls that I got out from this side once you work out all with the mat splitter then this is called a mat rake I guess do you meiting rake I went through with the demining rake see that Percy and then this side if I go through on this side see how it catches that's what you don't want on this side it goes through see that then you can go through with your Greyhound comb and comb out those little pin nuts that are left easily it just kind of comes out see that so then you can comb these little pin mats out and the reason for the reason for the matting in those certain spots is because during the spring time our dogs are putting away their winter coats their winter undercoat for these long long haired coats and it tangles up in mats and now I have a lot of people say oh but you're cutting your you know with these tools here the mat splitter and this de-matting rake they're saying that oh you're cutting healthy live hairs and I agree um you know I acknowledge the fact that healthy life here's our gonna be pet but if you're arguing that it's better to shave the entire cut off because of these mats rather than cut a few healthy hairs I feel like that's kind of like saying hey we want to make a playground over here but there's these trees rather than break a few branches while we're building this playground let's just demolish the entire forest it's like no let's leave the forest there you know breaks break the branches that means breaking if we're gonna build a playground anyway that may not be a good experience example but anyways in my opinion I think it's better to break a few healthy hairs and save the code so that this guy can stay fluffy and have hair that protects his coat I think it's better to save the coat break a few hairs and d-mat the dog it only took honestly that section right there only took about ten minutes a little less than ten minutes so I think it's worth taking the time to deem at the dog and save the code and that's how you do it with the net splitter de-matting rake in a greyhound comb thanks guys