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With 4 dogs and 6 cats, pet hair sometimes seems to be everywhere. As a former groomer, I know the way to keep it under control is by regular brushing. If you take a trip to the grooming aisle at your local pet store, you’ll see more than just brushes. Newer and more effective tools have come on the market including the ShedMonster, a professional shedding tool. I was contacted by ShedMonster about doing a review and they sent me 2, one for short-haired pets and 1 for long-haired pets.
When they arrived and I looked them over, they reminded me of the rakes and dematting tools I used to use in the grooming shop. These are tools we used all the time to remove excess hair and matts. They worked well, but you had to watch, sometimes it didn’t take too much to scratch the dogs skin or even cut ourselves with the dematting tool. And we didn’t use them on cats, they definitely wouldn’t appreciate it.
The ShedMonster is made differently with no sharp edges. I tested it on the skin on my arm to see if it scratched when used. I applied more pressure than you would need to when using it to remove loose hair. While I could feel the pressure, it wasn’t unpleasant and it didn’t leave a scratch, not even any lines.
Next I tried the ShedMonster on several of my pets- Ricochet, my smooth coated Jack Russell, Mellie, my short haired Springer Spaniel and Omar, my long haired cat. I used it on each of them for about 5 minutes to see how much hair it would get off each coat type. I got about the same amount of hair off of each of them. I was actually surprised because I didn’t expect the ShedMonster to work that well on Ricochet with his smooth coat. None of them minded having it used on them, especially Omar who tends to run from brushes so it must have felt okay.
The last one to get the ShedMonster tested on them was Malarky. Malarky is a little tomboy dog who seems to love being wet and dirty. She’s a rough coated Jack Russell who really needs her coat stripped so she looks like one. Because of her love of water and dirt, she tends to get matted. Malarky’s hair mats in cords rather than clumps. I found the ShedMonster worked well on areas that were tangled and slightly matted, but in areas that were a little more matted, it didn’t work as well at getting mats out. I ended up switching over to my slicker brush and comb.
Review Wrap-up
+ Skin safe. I found the design makes it hard to scratch your pets skin even if you get a little over zealous in your grooming.
+ Works on all types of hair. It did as good a job removing hair from my long-haired cat as it did removing it from my short-haired dogs.
+ It seemed to do a good job of removing the loose hair, even on my smooth-coated dog.
+ The Zoo Crew liked it. Half the battle of grooming is having a pet that lets you. None of my animals were bothered by having the ShedMonster used on them, in fact, they seemed to enjoy it!
— Didn’t notice much difference in using the ShedMonster for short hair and the one for long hair. I used each ShedMonster on my different pets to see if there was a difference and I really couldn’t see one. In fact, I thought the one for short hair worked better on my long haired cat.
— While it worked fine on smaller mats, I didn’t have the same luck with larger ones.
I liked the ShedMonster and will continue to use it especially for my cats who aren’t very fond of being combed.
You can purchase the ShedMonster directly from Amazon. 
Have you tried the ShedMonster? Leave a comment letting us know what you thought of it.
what other pet products has the company distributed, if any? Thanks for the review!
We purchased one of these recently and felt compelled to write a review. It’s FANTASTIC. WE have TWO hunting breed dogs which require more than the normal ‘release’ of burrs, twiggs, and the like from their coats, as well as the matts which can occur from much treeking in the snow. This device HANDS DOWN is the best on the market and we have gone through many (have psent hundreds of dollars on combs, brushes, detanglers, etc. Though certainly there has never been ONE item which takes care of every thing for every body, we’re very pleased !!!
I tried using this on my cat who is about 2 mos old.
I’m not an idiot first of all. but I felt kind stupid for buying this. tried brushing my cat first with the hair, and then against it with no results. I even tried using as much pressure as I could without hurting the cat. and got about two hairs! and those I think just fell onto the tool….he just started shedding too. I even watched a youtube video on it to make sure I’m not an idiot, and I was doing it right. GARBAGE
I’m sorry the ShedMonster is not working for you Daniel. One thing I find helps is to take your free hand and place it on your cat above where you are using the Shedmonster and pulling the skin so it is a little tighter. This keeps the skin from moving as you move the tool which makes it hard to remove hair.
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The ShedMonster did not work on my shorthaired cat either.
I have 17 cats altogether, including the outside cats that I care for so with summer coming on I wanted something to help the cats get rid of some of their coat. Plus I didn’t want all the shedding to end up in my house from my inside cats so I tried the ShedMonster. I loved it and so did every single one of my cats. In fact, everytime anyone of them sees me using it on another one they come running and stand in line waiting to be next. For Daniel, I found that on cats with very fine fur like kittens it doesn’t work as well and I had to first brush it the opposite way and then turn it around and do it the right direction and that worked. Kitten hair is so much different than adult cat hair. I really am so glad I bought this and will probably buy another in a few months. The price is so reasonable too.
I bought one and tried it on my dog Jaxx (husky/retriever mix) I thought it worked great but he hated it. Kept trying to bite me and the brush so I was wondering if it somehow was ripping or tearing the fur. He doesn’t mind other brushing but is quite offended by this tool. I would love to have him get used to it because he’s shedding so much I could collect it all and make a duvet with it!!!
So…does it or could it rip/tear the fur out?
Thanks!
I’ve been a multiple cat owner for at least 30 yrs and have a bucket of grooming tools under the kitchen sink to prove it. The first time I used ShedMonster on one of my cats, after a few strokes she got up and started to move away (or so I thought, another one for the bucket.)Seems she just wanted to turn around so I could brush her other side! Like Carolyn, my cats wait for their turn. Absolutely the best grooming tool I have ever used!
Smart cat! Glad to hear the ShedMonster works well for you.