Slicker Brush and Steel Comb Set for Golden Retrievers

A slicker and a steel comb in one purchase, which is the pairing that actually works on a Golden.

The slicker has extra-long angled pins, and that length is the whole point. A Golden’s mats do not start on the surface. They start in the feathering behind the ears, under the legs and along the tail, and a short-pinned slicker skates over the top of them. Longer pins reach the layer where the trouble is.

The steel comb is the piece most people skip and should not. Run it through after you brush. If it passes clean, you are finished. If it catches, you missed a mat and the brush needs another pass. It is the only honest way to check your own work.

This is a budget tool rather than a professional one, and it does not self-clean, so you will be pulling hair off the pad by hand. If you want what professional Golden groomers actually reach for, that is the Chris Christensen Big G.