Since yesterday was such a beautiful day, I decided to do some outside grooming on my guys. They jumped up on the big picnic table and away we went. I used the furminator on my girl Dana, and it looks like I skinned an animal in the yard with all the undercoat that came out of her. She also looks 5 pounds thinner, didn't use it on Jake though, just the double tooth rake. Boy, the fur that came out of him. Much better out there than in my house. Of course my husband has a fit that I let it blow all over the yard, I just tell him that the birds thank me, it's good nesting material. Like Syd said, it only takes a few minutes to pull all that fur out. One of the best grooming tools out there. It is quite expensive though. $55.00 a Petsmart. Patti ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================