We have retuned from holiday and collected our baby yesterday only to find 2 lumps of matting under his ears (hard to explain exact place). I tried to get this out last night but as you will see from my previous posts he has only just started allowing me to brush him normally let alone tring to get knots out!!

Has anyone got any suggestions to help get them out?

I am wary of taking him to the groomers in case they cut his coat!!

Hi, I've looked back through your previous posts to see that he's a Cavalier. That being the case, I would just simply snip the knots out with plain scissors. That would cause him the least anxiety and pain, and would therefor not set him back in his grooming tollerance. It will be barely noticable if at all, and it'll grow again in no time.

Take it from somebody with American Cocker Spaniels..........hair grows. :)

Dawn R.

Thanks. We were away for 2 weeks and he was at kennels. He certainly didn't have them before going as i groom him every day what could have caused them?

Not being groomed for two weeks I would say.  I would ahve expected the kennels to ahve given him basic grooming?

Yes so would I!!!!

I am quite upset because i work really hard to keep his coat shiny and knot free and i didn't want to have to cut his hair but i also don't want to cause him any pain by trying to get them out!!

fantastic stuff called COWBOY MAGIC [ google it] i had the same problem after the kennel i put my yankee boy in whilst i had 4 girls in season,they let him run the woodland in full show coat!..........i was picking out whole blackberries from inside the matts!......without the Cowboy magic he would be full of holes!
Pauline

I might get some but for Indigo as her hair is a nightmare for tangles and we have a battle everytime we try and wash it and comb conditioner through :rolleyes: It says it is good enough to use on humans :D

It is good enough for humans, have used on a couple of occasions when my daughters long hair was so tatty I couldn't bear the whinging  when I was trying to brush it, smells nice too .:) Works wonders on newfoundlands too.

Depends entirely on the kennels sadly.  I've worked in three, and the last did no daily brushing of any of the dogs whatsoever - didn't matter if they were likely wooly mammoths.  The best they got was a bath on going home day, if the owner booked it, and they didn't get much brushing then - any loose hair or mats were just shampooed along with the rest of the dog.

The place before that kept them groomed - but only because I happened to be a groomer and did it.  None of the other staff did.

I am owned by two cavaliers and have this very problem quite often as Alfie loves to lick and chew behind Harveys ears:rolleyes: If the matts look too much to comb out, then I simply snip them, infact, I'm always snipping matts and knots out despite combing through every day but you would never know - there aren't any visible chunks missing

yes I use Cowboy Magic detangler on our Bichon. Makes short work of mats without pulling and tugging.
Deb

I have snipped the matts out but will look for the cowboy magic product in case i need it in the future!:rolleyes: